Tommy Tiernan’s wife Yvonne has opened up about her relationship with the comedian – as she admitted it can be “challenging” being so famous.
She told of his difficulties of being so well known but acknowledged how fascinating people find him. But The Raines singer – who married Tommy in 2009 – said she is protective over him and her family and prefers to shy away from talking about her marriage as her words can be used as click bait.
Yvonne added: “If I take a picture of our fireplace with a candle on it and out it up on our Instagram because I love home stuff, the following day there will be ‘at home with Tommy and his wife Yvonne Tiernan’.
“Let’s have a look inside their private house.. now that only a picture of a mantelpiece.
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“I’m always amazed because Tommy speaks very publicly regularly about his life, about everything in his life and he does in his stand up too and I would never ask him not to.
“It’s such a part of my life that people are wanting information about Tommy and I think that’s fine when it is him giving that information.
“He can choose to say whatever he wants or not about himself but I get very protective about him and our family as it is a source for click bait.”
The mum, who shares six kids with the Co Donegal-born comic, 54, was speaking to Sile Seoige on her Ready To Be Real podcast.
Yvonne said: “Now that doesn’t mean you can ask me about him and people do. He is a fascinating person.
“I’m fascinated by him. Most people are fascinated by him and his work and want to try and understand him but for me, it is about still learning where the line is.
“And maybe even just the fact that I am married to him is interesting for people.
“I’d probably be interested in that. I’d probably want to ask me stuff.
“I’m part of a band that is going on tour. We want to let people know about the album and the shows and inevitably when we start doing PR, whoever it is will want to interview me. It becomes me being the focus.
“Ruth [Dillon] and Juliana [Erkkonen] are very good about it, they get it. If the band is getting some attention, as long as you don’t mind, I kind of feel a little bit uncomfortable at times but I also get how it works.”
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