Ryan Tubridy Sinéad O'Connor (the "crazy performing monkey" incident), former MEP Paul Murphy (whose guest appearance contrasted glaringly with Miriam O'Callaghan's "Prime Time" interview of Enda Kenny the previous night) and Mia Farrow ("What's the matter with you anyway? Jesus!"). In May 2011, a former director of television at RTÉ, Helen O'Rahilly, said of "The Late Late Show": "If I was back in charge of RTÉ, you wouldn't see this utter shite on Friday night". In March 2012, Tubridy made his American television debut during which he discussed his book, "JFK in Ireland". His debut was received positively by industry professionals and
Tubridy Tonight (season 5) Bobby Sands film "Hunger" is fantastic, there are definitely big things in store for him". Before his appearance on the fifth episode, Tubridy described Mike Murphy as "one of my all-time heroes" and "an Irish broadcasting legend". Tubridy also described himself as a fan of the Eoin Colfer novel series, "Artemis Fowl", and Sugababes song "Girls" before the writer and band both appeared on episode six. The seventh episode featured director Richard Attenborough, "Desperate Housewives"' actor Dougray Scott and Irish television personalities Zig and Zag, whose last television appearance was on 1990s chat show "Kenny Live" and who referred to