Rory Cowan has opened up about spending the first Christmas without his mother, Esther.
The 85-year-old passed away last month and the actor is preparing to spend the first major holiday without her.
The 59-year-old previously revealed that part of the reason he left Mrs. Brown’s Boys was so that he could spend more time with his mother.
“I don’t know what to do. I’m torn between what I’m going to do on Christmas Day because normally I always have it with my mother,” he told the Irish Mirror.
“When I was 18 and I first started working, I said I was going away for Christmas and my mother said ‘Oh no, I want all my family around me for Christmas. It could be my last one.’ That’s the Irish mother’s guilt that they do.”
“After that, I said I wouldn’t go away because if it was her last one, I’d never forgive myself,” he continued.
“I’m 59 now and I’ve never had a Christmas away from my mother’s house but this year, I don’t know.”
The actor went on to say that friends have offered for him to spend Christmas with them, but he doesn’t want to spend the holiday with someone else’s family.
“I’ve been invited everywhere. There are friends of mine and they have invited me over but they all have families. I don’t want to go in to being with a family.”
Instead, Rory plans to stay in a hotel for the festive day:”I’m thinking of maybe booking into the Shelbourne for a few nights. It’s my only day off – thank god I’m doing the panto this year because it’ll save me having to think. Christmas time is a time for thinking and I won’t be doing that, I’ll be working.”
“I don’t want intrude on a family Christmas because I know it’s going to be a sad day and I don’t want to be bringing someone else down with me. If I get upset in the afternoon or something, you know yourself, I might be better in a hotel on my own.”
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