Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, Liberties singer Imelda May and jockey Kieren Fallon join Conor McGregor and Ibrahim Halawa on the line-up for this week’s Late Late Show on RTÉ One.
Irish man Ibrahim Halawa spent four years in an Egyptian jail, awaiting trial relating to a protest in Cairo. In September he was acquitted of all charges but it was another month before he would set foot on Irish soil again.
Ibrahim will join Late Late host Ryan Tubridy on Friday night to talk about what those four years were like for him as family, friends and supporters battled to get him out. He’ll talk about what it is like to finally be free, what he intends on doing next and he’ll be addressing the rumours surrounding his imprisonment.
MMA champ Conor McGregor has taken the world by storm since he burst onto the international mixed martial arts scene just five years ago, going on to become the biggest star the UFC has ever produced.
In Friday night’s interview, recorded earlier this week in front of a live studio audience that included his partner Dee Devlin and their son Conor Jr, he talks about everything from how fatherhood has changed him to his $100 million dollar pay day fighting Floyd Mayweather as well as apologising for using the word f****t in a recent clip that went viral.
As he discusses the new movie Conor McGregor: Notorious he shares his disappointment that that fight ended when it did, what’s his next big fight and how he’s breaking out of the octagon with his own fashion empire and more.
Nigella Lawson has gone back to her roots with her new book At My Table celebrating the home cooking that made her internationally famous. She’ll be telling viewers why she believes that though life may be complicated, cooking doesn’t have to be and anyone can turn their hand to it.
Ryan will also be catching up with Imelda May to chat about what it was like to be ringside – next to Leonardo DiCaprio – watching McGregor take on Mayweather just minutes after she sang Amhrán na bhFiann to millions around the world.
She’ll be filling viewers in on her career since taking her music in a new direction and why she’s much more than just her image. She will also be performing on the night.
Jockey Kieren Fallon found himself in the midst of a nightmare when he faced years in prison for a crime he did not commit. All charges against him would be quashed but the experience continued to impact on his life as he fell into depression and ended up seeking help in a psychiatric hospital.
On Friday, he’ll be talking about surviving that bleak time, the reckless behaviour that marked his life as a jockey and the shocking physical sacrifices that some jockeys make to reach the top of their game.
Plus music from The Academic with a very special performance of U2’s In God’s Country from the charity album The Joshua Tree – New Roots.
All that and more on The Late Late Show, Friday, November 3rd at 9.35pm.
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