Ryan Tubridy has confirmed he'll be taking a break from the airwaves and our screens for a few weeks - and took a cheeky jab at the Conservative Party while doing so.
The Late Late Show and RTE Radio One presenter has been a busy man in recent times, from visiting Toy Show superstar Saoirse Ruane to bopping along with his family at the Westlife gigs in the Aviva.
And while the Friday night chat show is currently on a hiatus, Ryan has still been hosting his morning radio show.
It doesn't seem like we'll be hearing from him for a while though, as he took to social media on Tuesday to confirm he's going quiet for a bit.
He found the time to swipe at the Tory leadership race in the meantime, posting a picture of himself outside 10 Downing Street and writing: "As of this morning, I’m retiring from my current job so I can enter the race for Number 10…
"Not really but I’m off grid for a few weeks so have a great few weeks and I’ll see you in the other side!"
Ryan added three emojis to his post, perhaps hinting at his plans - an ice-cream, a sun and the Irish flag.
People wished the Dubliner luck in the comments, with one person writing: "Enjoy some fishing maybe and hanging out in the West ! Well deserved break"
A second wrote: "Enjoy your break! Thank you for helping us get through Covid, particularly at the beginning, when we felt afraid & so isolated, with your chirpy chat"
Ryan recently took a trip to the cinema to watch the new Elvis biopic.
Speaking on his RTE Radio One show, Ryan expressed how much he adored the film he was but found himself let down by legendary actor Tom Hanks and his performance.
"I was nervous, I'm a big Elvis fan and I was a little nervous going like 'what is this'. I like Moulin Rouge, I liked Romeo and Juliet and I loved the Great Gatsby, all directed by Baz Luhrmann so I was ready for it," he said.
"I loved it, I love, love, loved it. It took me a little while at first, first 20 minutes I had to get my head around the actor, Austin Butler's Elvis voice was just a little bit... different.
"Weirdly Tom Hanks is the weak link in this film. He plays a heavily accented, which I'm sure that's what it was, Colonel Tom Parker with a prosthetic that wasn't the best of them."
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