Boyzone star Keith Duffy has said he doesn’t socialise in Dublin anymore due to the negative publicity both he and fellow Boyzlife singer Brian McFadden receive there.
The Dubliner said he and former Westlife crooner Brian are always on the receiving end of bad press.
Speaking at the opening of celebrity fitness trainer Paul Byrne’s new gym in Dublin’s Powerscourt centre, Keith added: “We don’t do [interviews] here. That’s our choice.
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“We just wanted a peaceful life, we love what we do. We’re very successful in the UK. They champion us over there and they bring out the best of us. You come over here and whether it be radio DJ’s or certain journalists, they write in derogatory terms about us. They’re just negative.
“Boyzone was the same and when we came back together in 2008, I never worked here again. It was always the UK, Australia, Middle East, Europe.
“Brian and I are just back from Cape Town, we’re on our way to Indonesia and to Bali and then Vietnam and Cambodia. Then we’re off to Bahrain, Dubai and Abu Dhabi but we do nothing in Dublin.
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“It really is just begrudging. People don’t listen and they insult.
“People assume it is going to be s***e because they don’t like us from the days of the 90s.”
Keith revealed his own children, son Jay and daughter Mia, don’t want to read bad press about their famous dad anymore.
The fed-up star said: “I rarely socialise in Dublin because when I go out, you don’t know if someone is going
to buy you a pint or give you a dig.”
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