Jennifer Zamparelli has revealed the shock way she found out Doireann Garrihy was leaving RTÉ 2FM.
The Dancing with the Stars hosts both left the radio station in May, within days of The 2 Johnnies also announcing their exit.
Although the pair have grown close since they became co-hosts on DWTS, Jennifer has admitted she had no idea Doireann was planning on leaving 2FM.
Speaking to VIP magazine, the presenter said:Â “I think all our contracts were up at the same time. I hadn’t spoken to Doireann about it at all.
“I read her news, in the news, like everybody else.”
In the same interview, Jennifer confessed her “gut” told her not to sign a new contract with the station.
“There was just something telling me there was something else I had to do. And I always go with my gut,” she said.
“My gut was telling me not to sign that contract. I can always gauge by my parents too and my mam – who’d be a very hard worker – was like, ‘Yes, it’s time for you to take the next step’.
“A few quotes stick in my head too, one is Gay Byrne who said he spent far too long in ‘that place’.
“Another was a nurse who worked in the Hospice and who I interviewed on radio and she said not one dying person she sat with ever said to her that they wished they worked more.”
Jennifer added: “Maybe that five-year itch was creeping up on me too. But, I was never 100 per cent sure it was the right decision and that’s why it was so nerve-wracking.
“I do feel I will go back to it – someday.”
Jennifer presented her own show from 9-12 pm weekdays on RTÉ 2FM since May 2019 after joining the station in February 2014 on Breakfast Republic.
