{"id":233070,"date":"2020-11-26T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/?p=233070"},"modified":"2020-11-26T09:17:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T09:17:26","slug":"exclusive-ryan-tubridy-teases-celeb-appearances-on-the-late-late-toy-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/showbiz\/exclusive-ryan-tubridy-teases-celeb-appearances-on-the-late-late-toy-show-233070","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Tubridy teases celeb appearances on The Late Late Toy Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Tubridy has teased some celebrities will make an appearance on The Late Late Toy Show this Friday.<\/p>\n

The theme of this year’s show is ‘The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl’, which will see Ryan star as Fantastic Mr Fox in a spectacular opening number.<\/p>\n

The popular presenter spoke to Goss.ie<\/strong> ahead of this week’s highly anticipated Toy Show, where he revealed their would be some famous faces making an appearance.<\/p>\n

“We would expect a little bit of involvement from our friends in the showbiz world, or thereabouts…” he teased.<\/p>\n

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“Sometimes, the biggest stars in a child’s life have never been on TV or radio or movies before in their lives,” Ryan added, “So hold onto your hat, we’ll get there together as a nation.”<\/p>\n

The Late Late Toy Show will also pay tribute to Gay Byrne during the show, with a special moment involving the late presenter’s famous Christmas jumpers.<\/p>\n

The legendary broadcaster passed away on November 4, 2019 at the age of 85 \u2013 following a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n

Ryan revealed there was “a plan” to involve Gay’s Christmas jumper in the show, explaining: “We’re not going to announce it just yet, but there is talk of it and it’s all good.”<\/p>\n

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Back in October, Ryan was left speechless<\/a> when Gay’s wife Kathleen offered him one of Gay\u2019s much-loved Toy Show jumpers to raise money for homeless charities this winter.<\/p>\n

She made the gift having walked around Dublin city centre, seeing the homeless problem first-hand.<\/p>\n

Kathleen said during an appearance on The Late Late Show: \u201cIt really was a shocker. I found the homeless everywhere, three and four people lying side by side, huddled together in doorways. It was really very distressing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are living in our comfortable homes with our comfortable beds and there are people out there who are really in a very bad way, so, I am hoping that maybe the sweater will help.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Initially left tongue tied by the generous offer, Ryan promised that the treasured jumper would be used in a \u201cmeaningful way\u201d to support the homeless.<\/p>\n

Gay was the first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period, spanning from 1962 until 1999.<\/p>\n

The Late Late Toy Show airs on RT\u00c9 One at 9:35pm on Friday, November 27.<\/p>\n

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