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‘He's disgusted to be associated with me' says RTE star after hilarious bonding moment with ‘sexy supermodel' brother

RTE star Donal Skehan has revealed that his brother is "disgusted" by his fame. The celebrity chef spoke about a hilarious moment he had with his younger brother John during a family bonding night. Advertisement 3 Donal Skehan gave fans a glimpse of his family dynamic Credit: Social Media Collect 3 Donal shared a funny story about himself and his brother over his podcast with Arthur Gourounlian Credit: Free for editorial use 3 Donal with family at his brother John's wedding Credit: Instagram / @donalskehan And the dad-of-two's brother John isn't too keen on his popularity. Speaking on his podcast with Arthur Gourounlian, Let's Do This, he explained: "I always slag my brother because he likes to keep a low-profile and is disgusted by association that I'm the slappy-happy chef on TV. "It's so funny because we do the TV show and I have to drag him kicking and screaming to do the family episodes and he hates it." Advertisement read more on donal skehan Arthur chimed in and remarked: "He's like the sexy supermodel and you're the boy next door." Donal replied sarcastically saying: "Right, thank you very much." The 38-year-old recalled a funny moment while on a trip in Italy with his family including John and their mum Liz. The family spent some quality time while playing the 30 Seconds one night on holidays. Advertisement read more on the irish sun Exclusive The board game is a quick thinking description game (similar to charades) based on familiar names and topics including, celebrities & famous people - and Donal is actually on one of the cards. Donal explained: "I had been joking about this - that I'm a national treasure to make him [John] get really annoyed. Donal Skehan shares 'scary' throwback clips "So we were playing 30 Seconds and who comes up in the 30 Seconds... only his national treasure brother, he was disgusted." Arthur, who had heard about the story before, added: "Your mother couldn't describe her own son so she lost." Advertisement SPEECHLESS STAR Donal, laughing, replied: "I do remember this. I will say, she had a few drinks at that stage. "She couldn't give her own name!" Donal and Arthur only launched their podcast three weeks ago and it has already proved to be Taking to Advertisement In a delighted post, the 44-year-old gushed: "Happy Saturday, you gorgeous people! Honestly, I'm completely speechless. "I don't even know how to begin to thank every single one of you who tuned in to our LET'S DO THIS! "Since we @donalskehan launched last Thursday, we're number one for the second week in a row, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it."