‘I know the feeling', cry fans as Donncha O'Callaghan has Ryan Tubridy in stitches with hilarious fatherhood experience
EX-RTE star Donncha O'Callaghan left Ryan Tubridy in stitches after he shared his honest reaction to fatherhood.
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Donncha O'Callaghan appeared on Ryan Tubridy's podcast
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Donncha joked about his experience with fatherhood
The former Irish
The Irish host told Tubridy that even though he is well used to being a hands-on dad, it wasn't always so easy.
The 46-year-old confessed: "I remember when we brought Sophie home for the first time and I'll never forget the door closing.
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"I just looked over at Jenny and was like, 'Oh my God, here we go'."
Ryan humorously jumped in and remarked: "Where's the manual?"
Donncha hysterically replied: "Exactly, I'm like we got something with the
air fryer
but we have nothing with Sophie."
Tubridy burst into a fit of laughter at the star's honest remark.
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To which Donncha added: "And there is only three buttons."
RTE star bids emotional goodbye on air
Fans were all left laughing at the radio host's comments online.
Carmel exclaimed: "Donners is hilarious."
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Simon
added: "Great to see you both all smiles."
While Noel remarked: "Love this!"
And Daithi wrote: "I know the feeling ha!"
This comes after Donncha recently revealed that "fatigue" from working on radio caused him to develop
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The popular presenter was among five leading stars who left the RTE station last summer.
The
The host had followed in the footsteps of Doireann,
Looking back on his time on 2FM, Donncha told
: "I started wearing glasses two years into Breakfast because I thought at the age of 46, my eyesight was going a little bit.
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"But what I actually realised was that it was just fatigue."
The dad-of-four revealed that within two weeks of leaving the radio show, he found that he didn't need to wear glasses anymore.
He added: "My eyeballs didn't feel like they were burning as much."
The Cork native confessed that he was "grateful" for the opportunity to host on such a beloved radio programme.
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However, he admitted: "It was time to move on and look to something else I'm busy out with the podcast with Tommy Bowe and doing a few kids' books, which is a bit of fun."
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