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Sunday World
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Garron Noone didn't leave his house for a week after immigration video backlash
'I felt like I was going to walk outside and people were going to start shouting at me about me all these awful things people were saying I was going to be.' Comedian and musician Garron Noone has said he 'lost a lot of sponsors' and didn't leave his house for a week following a wave of reaction to a video he posted to social media in March. Noone deactivated his TikTok and Instagram accounts in the wake of backlash he faced to comments he made on immigration in a video shared following MMA fighter Conor McGregor's St Patrick's Day visit to the White House. In the initial video posted on Thursday, March 20, Noone said: 'There absolutely is an immigration issue in Ireland' and 'the systems we have in place are being taken advantage of'. When he returned to social media days later, he clarified that he is not anti-immigration nor is he aligned with McGregor. Speaking to The Hard Shoulder on Newstalk, Noone said he received 'hundreds of messages' quoting things he had never said and linking him with people he didn't want to be 'associated with'. 'I felt like I was going to walk outside and people were going to start shouting at me about me all these awful things people were saying I was going to be,' he said. 'So, I didn't leave the house for a week after that. I didn't sleep much while I was gone and look, I've learned from that. I know what might come if I say something in the future. That's life and I've accepted that as part of what I'm doing.' Noone said he didn't expect 'how much worse' the situation would become when he deactivated his TikTok and Instagram accounts, which each have more than two million followers. He said he 'lost a lot of sponsors' as a result of the controversy but 'things have returned to normal now' in his working life. A number of high-profile anti-immigration figures associated with the far-right expressed support for Noone in the days following the video. He said he 'wasn't thrilled' that Tristan Tate, the brother of misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, posted a message of support for him on X. 'There was a small group of people who maybe sort of deliberately mistook what I said and tried to make it look a lot worse than it was. There were some that had a disagreement. Most people understood what I was saying and whether they agreed or disagreed, were fine about it. 'The primary point of the video was about, if we're not hearing people out with the difficulties that we're having, we're creating an environment where somebody who's badly intentioned can come in, tell people everything they want to hear and dominate that conversation and make things sound worse than they are. 'Whereas, if we're willing to take the middle ground with their concerns and stuff like that, I think we stop people from going down that path. That was the actual message of the video.' He added that he felt some parts of the video 'could have been better worded' and he 'didn't expect it to get as much attention as it did'. Echoing a follow-up video he posted on March 24, Noone said he stands by what he said initially and there are people 'taking advantage of what people feel isn't being heard'.
Irish Independent
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
‘I lost a lot of sponsors' – Garron Noone says he didn't leave his house for a week after immigration backlash
Noone deactivated his TikTok and Instagram accounts in the wake of backlash he faced to comments he made on immigration in a video shared following MMA fighter Conor McGregor's St Patrick's Day visit to the White House. In the initial video posted on Thursday, March 20, Noone said: 'There absolutely is an immigration issue in Ireland' and 'the systems we have in place are being taken advantage of'. When he returned to social media days later, he clarified that he is not anti-immigration nor is he aligned with McGregor. Speaking to The Hard Shoulder on Newstalk, Noone said he received 'hundreds of messages' quoting things he had never said and linking him with people he didn't want to be 'associated with'. 'I felt like I was going to walk outside and people were going to start shouting at me about me all these awful things people were saying I was going to be,' he said. 'So, I didn't leave the house for a week after that. I didn't sleep much while I was gone and look, I've learned from that. I know what might come if I say something in the future. That's life and I've accepted that as part of what I'm doing.' Noone said he didn't expect 'how much worse' the situation would become when he deactivated his TikTok and Instagram accounts, which each have more than two million followers. He said he 'lost a lot of sponsors' as a result of the controversy but 'things have returned to normal now' in his working life. A number of high-profile anti-immigration figures associated with the far-right expressed support for Noone in the days following the video. He said he 'wasn't thrilled' that Tristan Tate, the brother of misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, posted a message of support for him on X. 'There was a small group of people who maybe sort of deliberately mistook what I said and tried to make it look a lot worse than it was. There were some that had a disagreement. Most people understood what I was saying and whether they agreed or disagreed, were fine about it. 'The primary point of the video was about, if we're not hearing people out with the difficulties that we're having, we're creating an environment where somebody who's badly intentioned can come in, tell people everything they want to hear and dominate that conversation and make things sound worse than they are. 'Whereas, if we're willing to take the middle ground with their concerns and stuff like that, I think we stop people from going down that path. That was the actual message of the video.' He added that he felt some parts of the video 'could have been better worded' and he 'didn't expect it to get as much attention as it did'. Echoing a follow-up video he posted on March 24, Noone said he stands by what he said initially and there are people 'taking advantage of what people feel isn't being heard'.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Circus Performer Uses Her Ponytail to Break World Record for Longest Time Suspended by the Hair
American circus artist Leila Noone broke Guinness World Records' record for longest time suspended by the hair The professional hair hanger was suspended by her ponytail for 25 minutes and 11.3 seconds in a forest in California Noone, a four-time competitor on NBC's American Ninja Warrior, trained for two years to accomplish this featLeila Noone had a good hair day! The multidisciplinary circus artist, 39, recently broke the world record for longest time suspended by the hair — hanging by her ponytail for more than 25 minutes — according to Guinness World Records (GWR). To break the record of 23 minutes and 19 seconds, previously set in 2011 by Suthakaran Sivagnanathurai in Australia, the American attempted the feat in a forest at California's Redwood National and State Parks. With an acoustic guitar player providing live music and a few people delivering positive affirmations during her attempt, Noone locked in the record with a time of 25 minutes and 11.3 seconds. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guinness World Records (@guinnessworldrecords) 'Thanks for all the love ❤️❤️❤️,' Noone wrote on an Instagram Stories repost of GWR's video of her record-breaking accomplishment. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! The professional hair hanger, who lives in Texas and is a four-time competitor on NBC's American Ninja Warrior, trained for two years before trying to break the record longest time suspended by the hair, per GWR. Aside from hair suspension, Noone also performs handstand archery with her feet, aerial stunts, acrobatics, contortion and Cyr wheel. She works as a member of Cirque Vida, a circus company in Austin, Texas. Read the original article on People
Wall Street Journal
15-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
A Fast-Growing Chicken Chain Uses AI in Quest to Become a Household Name
If you haven't heard of Slim Chickens, it is Patrick Noone's job to make sure that changes. Noone this year became chief marketing officer at the Fayetteville, Ark.-based chain, which has opened about 300 restaurants, up from around 100 in 2020, with 1,000 more in development globally. Slim Chickens, which opened its first location in 2003, sells buttermilk-brined, hand-breaded chicken tenderloin sandwiches and other Southern fare.
Irish Times
14-05-2025
- Irish Times
Red Ruby
Wind swirls around them, guiding them to clues as the clock ticks and the day goes by. Fortunately for Detective Noone, the wind guides her to a clue that may crack the case after all. A hair, not just any hair because neither Noone nor Leas had red wavy hair. Noone was on task immediately, off to contact the forensic employees to bag the evidence. One step closer to finding their killer. Leas found an earring too that was quickly bagged. An hour later, the scene was ready for the secondary officer to cross-examine. As they were packing up, Noone noticed Leas's stuff. What looked like evidence bags were hidden into the M-seams of her blazer. Noone called her out on it but Leas couldn't keep her cool. 'Why do we have to find the killer anyway? They're not doing anything wrong: the killer is taking the escaped fugitives off our hands. That's less money we have to pay. The prisons are already overcrowded enough. They're letting out death row prisoners after a quarter of their sentence. So what if the killer is killing them off before they kill an innocent civilian again?' Noone has never seen this side of her partner before. They have been partners for the longest time. They trained in the academy together, became probational officers together, made detective in their third year together. There was not one thing Noone didn't know about Leas. READ MORE 'We can't choose who we save, Leas. It's part of the job you signed up for. I don't want to be the one who takes you off this case.' Leas says nothing, Noone stunned. They had never had a fight like this before. They were thick as thieves, some even said. People were often envious of their bond, but nobody would be envious of this. Leas storms off, upset and enraged, taking the evidence bags with her. 'Wait! Don't leave like this!' Noone grabs the back of Leas' jacket, accidentally pulling her hair. Pulling her hand back, she held a blond wig. Noone looked up. What she saw was not the Leas she knew but a Leas with red wavy hair… Tales to Scale focuses on creative engagements between Fighting Words and Deis primary and secondary schools across Ireland. Creative workshops run by Fighting Words offer positive spaces in its centres, in local libraries and classrooms for young people to tell their stories. Across more than 500 activities in 2024, Fighting Words met 9,352 young people from more than 200 Deis schools through workshops, summer camps, an after-school program called Word Warriors and its Book Project. More than 200 stories have been published at
