He previously backed his friend Gay Byrne, now Pat Kenny wants his former Prime Time colleague Miriam O’Callaghan to run for President.
Revealing to Goss.ie that he teased her a number of years ago about becoming President – the TV star admitted Miriam asked him what question he would ask her if she were to put her name on the ballot.
“I remember we talked about learning Irish, because she told me she was learning Irish or improving her Irish.
Presidential teasing: Pat Kenny admitted he has teased Miriam before about becoming President | VIPIRELAND.COM
“I was in PrimeTime [at the time] and then she revealed she had gone to school where they spoke Irish all the time so we were teasing her about the presidency then,” he told Goss.ie.
“She then laughed and she said ‘what question would you ask me if you had to interview me as a Presidential candidate?’
“What was my answer? It was smart ass answer – ‘give me 10 reasons why you should be President?’ or something like that,” he added.
Possible President: Pat revealed he thought his former colleague would make a good President | RTE
Discussing whether the mother-of-eight would be a good Head of State, Pat admitted said she would be the perfect choice.
“I’m sure she would, yeah – I’m absolutely sure that she has a lot of the qualifications that would be required,” he told Goss.ie at the launch of his show In the Round on UTV Ireland.
“She knows enough about politics number one, knows when to intervene or otherwise, she’s certainly a dignified presence – I think she could do virtually all the tasks that are required of our President without too much difficulty.
Irish classes: Pat joked as long as Miriam kept up her Irish classes there shouldn’t be a problem | VIPIRELAND.COM
“And if she’s kept up the Irish classes sure there will be no problem,” the Newstalk presenter joked.
Although gushing about his former RTE colleague’s Presidential possibility, Pat revealed that if another co-worker was against her, his vote could be swayed.
“It would depend, if Ryan [Tubridy] was up against her it could be a tough call,” he smiled.
