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Ryan Tubridy interviews ‘The Boss’ Bruce Springsteen on Friday’s Late Late Show
For the first time in almost 30 years, The Late Late Show is leaving the country for an interview with ‘The Boss’, Bruce Springsteen.
The Late Late Show very rarely leaves the RTÉ campus, let alone the country, and it has been many years since a guest was interviewed outside of Ireland. The last time is believed to have been when Gay Byrne travelled to London to interview Hollywood star Jane Fonda in 1989.
The Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy said: “For one night only, The Late Late Show is making a small detour to London for a very special guest. This is very unusual, and not something we do very often, but when The Boss comes calling, you just can’t say no. It is a first in my time as host of The Late Late Show and we hope that people will roll with it because we felt he was someone worth chasing. The Irish people have a particular love of Bruce Springsteen, and him for us, and people will see that in the interview”.
The interview, an Irish television exclusive, will air as part of another packed line-up on The Late Late Show.
Back in the Late Late studio, Jeremy Paxman will open up about his troubled relationship with his father and how it influenced him as he became one of the most famous journalists in Britain. The man who left Britain’s politicians quivering in shock after they appeared on Newsnight will be telling viewers how he did it.
As he finally collects his Olympic medal, Rob Heffernan and his coach – and wife – Marian will join Ryan to talk about missing out on his podium moment in London and what it feels like to get his silverware four years later. They will also be sharing the incredible story of how early difficulties were overcome on his way to becoming one of the few Irish track stars to win an Olympic medal.
Model-turned-documentary presenter Vogue Williams will be chatting about her new TV show Vogue Williams: On the Edge where she tackles everything from transgender identity to doing internet drugs.
Designer Don O’Neill will be talking about dressing some of the most famous women in the world including Oprah and viewers will get to see some of his stunning creations.
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The Late Late Show will be discussing Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s recent call for a national conversation about pornography. Sexologist Emily Power Smith and columnists Brenda Power and Ian O’Doherty will debate if that conversation is necessary, the impact of pornography on young people and whether action is needed.
All that and music from: The Sugarhill Gang and John Spillane.
Only on The Late Late Show, RTÉ One, Friday at 9.35pm