Colin Farrell is set to persuade the nation to vote for gay marriage tomorrow night in an interview with Claire Byrne.
The Hollywood star – who publicly wrote a letter backing the upcoming referendum – has given the RTE star a huge exclusive for her new show.
He will be the first high profile guest on Claire Byrne Live, supporting his brother Eamon, who is gay.
Brother: Eamon Farrell with husband Steven Mannion | VIPIRELAND.COM
And Col wants to convince the nation it wasn’t right that his brother had to go to Canada to marry his husband Steven Mannion.
He has pre-recorded the interview via satellite from California, where he is on a four-month shoot for HBO drama True Detective.
Brother Eamon told the Sunday World it came because they knew Claire wouldn’t come into the chat without an open mind.
He said: “She does something which so many people in the media do not do – she listens to the answer and builds an interview from there.
Coup: Claire conducted interview with Colin | RTE
“What Colin wanted to do, really, was to quell the fears that some people have about marriage equality ruining the idea of traditional marriage.
“He wanted to say that marriage was about love and he wanted to hold up my own marriage as an example of how the world hasn’t stopped turning since we got married six years ago.”
Eamon added: “He doesn’t really see it as a political issue. He really just sees it as a personal issue, as he relates it to me and Steven in his own life.”
