Joe Brolly asked for a vomit bucket after watching Ryan Tubridy appear in front of an Oireachtas committee on Tuesday afternoon.
The former Late Late Show host appeared in front of the Public Accounts Committee alongside agent Noel King over claims RTE misreported fees paid to him.
And Brolly took a lighthearted approach to the situation as he requested a vomit bucket after Tubridy spoke of his respect for the Oireachtas.
Responding to Mr Tubridy saying 'We both want to say how much we respect the Oireachtas', Brolly cringed at the comment.
Taking to Twitter, the former Sunday Game pundit said: "Pass me the vomit bucket"
RTE’s star presenter Ryan Tubridy has said he was finding it hard to leave the house as he gave evidence to a committee over claims the broadcaster misreported fees paid to him.
In an extraordinary appearance Mr Tubridy appeared emotional at times and slammed his hand on the table during his opening statement.
In his opening statement to the PAC, the host said he has “become the face of a national scandal; accused of being complicit, deceitful and dishonest.”
Mr Tubridy banged his fist on the table when he says that the hidden payments have caused “justifiable anger” amongst his RTÉ colleagues.
He said "we’ll stay for as long as it takes" to PAC.
He said he has a “foot-high” pile of cards and letters addressed to “Ryan Tubridy in Dublin”. The father-of-two thanked An Post for getting the post delivered to him.
He later said that he felt it “hard to leave the house” as the ongoing saga has unfolded in recent weeks. His agent Noel Kelly said his client has “been thrown under a bus”.
Mr Kelly said Mr Tubridy was being made a “poster boy” for the scandal – but declared “this is the RTE scandal”.
He told the Oireachtas: “Ryan and I have attracted and our families and our friends a horrendous, horrendous amount of criticism and abuse in the past few weeks and I would not wish it on anybody. Why? because the only figure in this whole story whose face was recognisable was Ryan Tubridy.
“He's been made a poster boy for this scandal. And that's undeserved. This is not the Ryan Tubridy scandal. This is the RTE scandal.”
Mr Tubridy said the last three weeks have been "beyond difficult" as he explained why documents to the committee were delayed and weren't given to the Oireachtas until 8.30am on Tuesday.
He said: "The last three weeks have been beyond difficult. We wanted to get things right today because so many people have been getting things wrong. Hence we were working on this... we were burning the midnight oil."
The Oireachtas appearance continues on Tuesday afternoon.
