Daniel O’Donnell has not ruled himself out as a contender as new Late Late host as he defended outgoing star Ryan Tubridy from cruel trolls.
The Donegal country singer has hit out at social media trolls who slated Tubridy during his tenure on the show and says he feels for all the people that had been lined up to take over the “difficult role."
Daniel has said the role has its challenges as a “minority” of people are writing “horrible” things about everybody. He compared them to “scraping like seagulls on a rock.”
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“We mustn’t listen to all that's written on Facebook. Ryan (Tubridy) got his own fair share of slating," he said on Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder.
"It's a very difficult show to go from talking to a politician... to go to talk to me.
"I don't know what they should do with The Late Late Show.
"Everybody's saying it's losing viewers, but I wouldn't miss it if I'm at home".
“I think there’s a lot of people like me," he added.
Daniel was asked if he would consider hosting the Late Late Show but gave a light-hearted answer when pushed to rule himself out.
"I didn't rule myself in so I'm not ruling myself out,” he explained. He doesn't know who will get the big job after big guns Claire Byrne and Sarah McInerney ruled themselves out.
"God help them whoever they are [the new host] - they're dropping out like flies, all the people that were lining up for it," he said.
"I really don't know who should take over The Late Late Show - it's a very difficult show to do.
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