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Peter O’Riordan reveals how he found success in the US

VIPIRELAND.COM

Peter O’Riordan has revealed how he found success when he was living over in the US.

The Xposé host previously worked as a senior producer for infamous celebrity news source TMZ – but that wasn’t always the case as Peter first worked in a supermarket.

Turns out Peter first got his foot in the door of TMZ by chance, as his supermarket job was based in the same building as the station and he soon became known as “the hot Irish guy”.

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TMZ’s chief first offered him a job as a field reporter, which he loved as he was thrown into the deep end.

“I was given a Sony HD camera and a map of where my territory was. I absolutely loved it,” Peter told the RTÉ Guide.

The TV3 star then worked his way from reporter to assignment director, and finally to senior producer – which earned him an Emmy nomination.

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Peter credits his success in the US to, “good fortune, being mannerly, being polite, being respectful to people.”

After hanging up his TMZ boots, Peter was offered the Xposé host role in 2014, when he finally returned home to Ireland with wife Stephanie and his son Olly.

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