RTE star Ryan Tubridy has told how he has been feeling “under the weather” the last few days – but ruled out Covid.
The Late Late Show host said he has been struck down with another mystery illness and was unwell as he presented a special St Patrick’s Day special on Thursday.
Speaking on his RTE Radio 1 show, he told listeners: "Strangely under the weather the last few days because of a chesty thing that's doing the rounds.
"I antigen tested my way through it all and I'm all good by the way otherwise I wouldn't be here would I?
"Equally GP-wise I was told, 'Yeah just take paracetamol and drink water and Piriton if you need it'.
"So I said, 'Alright fair enough, I'll keep rocking on'."
The telly personality didn't let that stop him from having a fun weekend.
He said: "But I was just a little bit under the weather the last few days but with that in mind I kept going.
"I went to the match, watched Ireland play and win the triple crown against Scotland on Saturday which was terrific.
"But home early, that was the key to it on all of the evenings.
"And we had great fun on the Late Late Show on Thursday night and really enjoyed the company of everyone there.
"I thought Kellie Harrington was particularly knockout. She started singing Grace and that was utterly unexpected and unplanned and very welcome.
"And then I was watching the rugby again yesterday and they won the whole thing so it was a good weekend in sport."
He added later: "I was kind of down an engine really. Even on the Late Late night I wasn't feeling 100 per cent but we kept flying through it.
"It's not Covid. It's just some other thing that's doing the rounds.
"Half the country have Covid and half the country have this thing."
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