The Gerry Ryan Show begged him "on bended knees" and "over whiskey" to stay with 2fm but at the same time Ryan was impressed that Tubridy was willing to compete with him directly. Tubridy has credited Ryan with being "one of the few gentlemen in [RTÉ]", saying he had been "very kind to me when I started out in RTÉ making tea and coffee and right all the way up to the very day I got "The Late Late Show" job". In 2004, Ryan was the subject of controversy when he cancelled an interview with the Taoiseach of the time, Bertie Ahern. Ahern had
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