I actually ended up sitting behind Mr. Tubridy on a flight to London a few weeks ago (meant to log it in the Celeb Spotting thread at the time but life got in the way).
Anyway, lads on here will be driven demented to note that one of the air hostesses went up to him and bowed down at his feet saying. ‘we miss you’. Tubridy responded with a standard ‘you’re so kind’ response.
I was a row behind and had to let him out at the end, so just said in my roasterish manner, ‘you’re keeping busy you are’, to which he replied, ‘of course, have a great day sir’. I nodded and we both went about our business.
He was carrying a nice brown leather brief case of some sort so may well have been off to an interview at the time.
Other notes that i took at the time and just recalled were that he bought a Mars Bar and a Tea or Coffee from the trolley and he was also reading a book during the flight.
I thought there was something very endearing about the purchase of the Mars Bar.
While not knowing the age of said cabin crew member I cannot get over the hold he has on women of a certain age. My sister in law, a happily married woman who has grown up children, has said on numerous occasions that he is her ideal man…
It seems that on one level he’s landed on his feet there, that’s a stellar lineup of presenters he’s joining,
Despite his protestations to the contrary which will no doubt come up I feel that he’d rather have stayed at home, but good luck to him I say
I understand the show being broadcast in Ireland was a prerequisite for Tubridy signing the deal. He wanted to ensure he would be able to get his important message across to the nation’s children about reading books. It’s been a worrying six months where there has been no advocate for childhood reading on our screens & across our airwaves.
