Comedian Gearóid Farrelly has been revealed as the third celebrity contestant for Dancing with the Stars 2025.
The comedian will take to the floor with a same-sex male dance partner for the eighth series of the dance competition show.
The popular series returns to RTÉ One and RTÉ Player in January 2025.
Speaking about joining the show, Gearód confessed: “I am absolutely terrified. Well, I was terrified before the meet and greet, walking into that room was genuinely one of the scariest things I have ever done.”
“But everybody is so nice, we are gelling as a gang so fast and I’m just enjoying every second of it.”
Talking about competing in a same-sex couple, the 47-year-old admitted: “As a young gay kid, if I had seen two men dancing together on the television, it would have been such a relief. My pro partner was also bullied at school because he was the dancer.”
“So, we were really on the same page with this. He’s just the best,” complimenting his dance partner who is yet to be announced.
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“I was a little concerned at the beginning about being in this man’s space, because he’s straight, and I’m gay, and I didn’t want him to feel uncomfortable, or that he felt like he had to do this.”
“So, we’ve had that chat as well and he is so up for this from a choreography point of view.”
“I’ve been in the Dancing with the Stars audience before. I came out to see Deirdre O’ Kane, Fred Cooke, Kevin McGahern and Bernard O’Shea, they’re all mates of mine and I love the show.”
“They’ve all said it’s one of the greatest experiences they’ve ever had and said to me: get out of your head, live every second and throw yourself in at the deep end.”
Earlier this week, beauty queen Aishah Akorede and Mrs Brown’s star Danny O’Carroll were confirmed as the first contestants for the 2025 series.
Dancing with the Stars will be hosted by Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy again this season.
The two-time Dancing with the Stars winner and professional dancer Karen Byrne will join the judging panel in 2025 alongside longstanding judges Loraine Barry, Brian Redmond and Arthur Gourounlian.
