The Late Late Show spends almost €100k a year on guests, it has been revealed.
According to the Irish Sun, a Freedom of Information request has shown that RTÉ spent €91,021 on their line-up in 2015.
The line-up for 2015 included a number of high-profile stars, including Richard Branson, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, Gabriel Byrne and Naomi Campbell.
Although RTÉ shell out thousands for guests to appear on the show, they don’t normally pay guests when they are on the show to promote their own work, for example, if they were promoting a movie.
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Breaking it down, this means that RTÉ forked out just €2,460 per episode over 37 shows.
In comparison, The Ray D’Arcy Show spent €3,465 over 11 episodes in 2015, featuring stars like Pamela Anderson and Tulisa Contostavlos.
In a statement, RTÉ said, “In general, RTE pays for guests to appear on The Late Late Show and The Saturday Night Show.
“However where the guest is promoting a film, album, programme or book etc, no fee is usually paid.”
