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Alan Hughes faced a VERY uphill battle to win over Karl's mum at the start of their relationshop

TV3 star Alan Hughes faced an up-hill battle with his now mother-in-law who frowned on his relationship with her son.

The Ireland AM presenter is now married to Karl Broderick, who he met 21 years ago on O’Connell Street.

But Alan could have easily walked after – after he had to work for months to win over Karl’s mum, who initially “said mean things” to him.

Alan Hughes & Karl Broderick leave The Morgan Hotel and then attend their Wedding at The Unitarian Church

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It was Karl’s first gay relationship – with his parents not particularly impressed, especially when Alan called the house for the first time.

“Alan lived in Fairview and on the way home on the bus, he just asked for my number, which was actually my mam’s number,” he said.

“The next day, my mam said, ‘A guy called Alan phoned for you.’ I often think a lesser man might have hung up when they got the mother on the phone.

TV3 Autumn 2014 Schedule launch

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“That was September and I brought Alan to meet my mam on Easter Monday. My mam wasn’t good about it at all.”

He added to the RTE Guide: “She didn’t want to meet him, she was very tortured by it, said mean things. It was hard. She gave him a hard time for a long time, but he stuck with it.”

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