MY fingers are crossed for trolley-dolly Brian Dowling to scoop the Ultimate Big Brother title next week.
He might not have won Failte Towers two years ago but it looks like the Brits still love him.
I wonder why is that the Irish always have to go to England to be appreciated?
And why it very rarely works the other way round?
I LOVED that Paris Hilton tried to wriggle out of her cocaine possession charges by denying that her handbag belonged to her, as it was, "too cheap," to be hers.
Along with the class-A drug were rolling papers, credit cards and $1,300.
But it now seems she tweeted a pic of the self same bag on the day she bought it.
What a Twitter.
THE last time I spoke to Mary McEvoy we discussed how herself and her regular acting partner Mick Lally were like, "An old married
couple".
She must be feeling as if she's lost a life partner today.
My sympathies go out to all Mick's close friends and family.
APPARENTLY the old saying, 'No sex please, we're Irish,' is dead and gone.
And RTE have even commissioned a new TV show titled The Irish In Bed which will explore our intimate adventures.
If you want to participate contact info@areaman.tv or phone 01-4789000 by September 15.
OK EVERYONE, I hold my hands up, I've been sussed.
I'm a cold-hearted cow and a fraud!
Well, that is according to one TV3 viewer who caught my Midday show on Friday.
Speaking on the sensitive subject of domestic abuse I expressed how I was, "shocked" at the AMEN Annual Report which revealed exceptionally high figures for domestic abuse against men.
In 2009, the support group for abused men was contacted 3,644 times. That's a lot of men in crisis, and I'm sure it just reflects only a fraction of the problem.
The report stated that 43 per cent of callers were from Dublin north-east, with 38 per cent of abuse being psychological and 26 per cent being physical.
Sadly, violence towards men is still viewed as a joke by some people, or why else would we find it acceptable to laugh about the notion of Tiger Woods being beaten up by his wife with a golf club, or former tough guy Ross Kemp being slapped by his wife Rebekah Wade some years ago?
So on Friday to highlight the AMEN report we watched an interview that had been aired on The Morning Show, with an extremely brave man whom had been mentally, physically and verbally abused by his wife for years.
I understandably expressed my sadness and shock at his story when it came time for me to speak and urged any other men and women in similar situations to seek help and do what had to be done to escape existing in such relationships.
But amazingly enough, some Bridie rang up and ranted that I was faking my shock and that I should wise up and stop pretending to be surprised by the findings.
After all, I also had been in an abusive relationship many years ago.
And although I couldn't break free from the situation as soon as the abuse started, I did eventually get away from my abuser and life although messy at first, immediately got better the second I ran out the door.
While my patience was tested by my critic, on the flip side I was happy to debate the topic on the show with the hope to inspire some men and women to leave their abusive relationships.
If you are a man suffering at the hands of your partner please know that you don't have to live like this, nor should you feel any shame.
If you require any advice on this matter log on www.amen.ie and do it today.
ULTIMO have apparently brought out a new 'Icon' bra that promises to deliver the same results as having a breast uplift operation, and has snapped up the gorgeous Kelly Brook to be the face, sorry I mean the 'boobs' to show it off.
Why they chose her I have no idea? We all know she's got fab boobs.
What they needed was some auld wan like me to show it off working its magic and then people would really believe it works!
