RTÉ’s interview with drug mule Michaela McCollum has caused a stir with viewers.
The national broadcaster aired an interview from Peru, where she spoke about how she became a drug mule in Ibiza and what happened when she got caught in Peru.
The interviewer asked everything from what her time in prison was like to her infamous hair bun.
People took to Twitter to give out about the interview, with many claiming the station was making her a celebrity, while others took to her defence.
Take a look at what happened online:
She Divided Opinion
Shame on Ireland’s commentary of #MichaelaMcCollum She’s a young woman trying to turn her life around. Have some compassion.
— Megan O Riordan (@MeganORiordan) April 3, 2016
She made a mistake but she’s clearly a clever lady. Coming across very well. Has she been coached I wonder? #MichaelaMcCollum
— Darren Kennedy (@Darrenken) April 3, 2016
Next week RTE investigate the harsh conditions inside Peruvian prisons. #MichaelaMcCollum pic.twitter.com/8qzLyJJ9xz
— GMcKeown (@GerMcK1976) April 3, 2016
No sympathy what so ever, playing a victim #MichaelaMcCollum time to change the channel
— Paula (@paulaomahonyire) April 3, 2016
Interview approach worse than my hairstyle but ultimately she’s ruined her own life, won’t reoffend & danger to nobody. #MichaelaMcCollum
— Eoghan McDermott (@eoghanmcdermo) April 3, 2016
She was young and impressionable and made a really bad decision. I feel for #MichaelaMcCollum & her family now trying to piece back her life
— Laura Del Rey (@Lauramcoffey) April 3, 2016
RTE are an absolute joke and owe the licence fee holders a big explanation #MichaelaMcCollum
— Michael Doyle (@MDoyler) April 3, 2016
Really misguided @rte Lives have been destroyed all over this country by people like this. Celebrity building is not ok. #MichaelaMcCollum
— Glenna Lynch (@Glenna_lynch) April 3, 2016
Did Rupert Murdoch buy RTÉ?! #MichaelaMcCollum
— Jenny Gilleece (@JennyGilleece) April 3, 2016
Just wait till they make her memoir into an Irish version of Orange is the New Black. #MichaelaMcCollum pic.twitter.com/NYW81ySqz0
— Lisa Sills (@jambomeanshello) April 3, 2016
Very soft interview, quite disappointed after watching that #MichaelaMcCollum
— Laura Ryan (@LauraMR) April 3, 2016
Drugs are a scourge on working class communities all over the world, not to be glamourised #MichaelaMcCollum @rte
— Ruairà (@paulicelt1) April 3, 2016
Is Michaela McCollum interview a one-off or will there be a weekly drug smuggler slot for people just out of the ‘Joy? #MichaelaMcCollum
— Ken Foxe (@kenfoxe) April 3, 2016
Everyone Commented On Her Hair and THAT Bun
Bring back the bun! #MichaelaMcCollum pic.twitter.com/z6At6Y2h1f
— Joanna Ryde (@JoannaRyde) April 3, 2016
Not sure what to make of this #MichaelaMcCollum interview. She made the choice to get on that plane. As for the “bun in your hair qs” ?
— JJ Hartigan (@jayhartigan) April 3, 2016
Her highlights are better looking than mine! #MichaelaMcCollum much be a great branch of Peter Mark in Peru.
— Anne Mc Coy (@annemccoy) April 3, 2016
I’d say there’s a nightclub manager somewhere in Ireland asking what’s her fee for an appearance ?? #MichaelaMcCollum #BringBackTheBun
— CROSSY (@CrossyTweets) April 3, 2016
“Now love, I know you smuggled a couple of million quid’s worth of cocaine, but everyone is talking about your bun. Mammy” #MichaelaMcCollum
— Eoghan McDermott (@eoghanmcdermo) April 3, 2016
–If you missed the interview, you can check it out on the RTE Player.
