29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
RTE star ‘freaks out' fans as he shares updates during blackout on first holiday as family-of-five in Portugal
RTE star Carl Mullan has updated his fans on the chaos during his first holiday with his three kids.
The 2FM host and his long-term partner Aisling have three kids together; Daibhi, three, Éala, one, and three-month-old Béibhínn.
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Carl Mullan jetted over to Portugal with his family
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Carl has been sharing hilarious AI photos of himself looking much older
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Carl has been sharing updates as he copes with the blackout in Portugal
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The family-of-five jetted off on their first holiday abroad together since welcoming little Béibhínn into the world.
The 35-year-old immediately updated his followers after getting off the plane as he posted a hilarious selfie of himself looking slightly older, with the help of editing AI tools.
He wrote: "In taxi. First flight with three kids: great success."
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Showing off his growing stress, Carl posted another selfie of himself looking a lot older while sipping on a bottle of Super Bock beer by the pool.
He captioned the post: "Family holiday day two."
And while Carl already looked to be struggling slightly to manage three kids under four on holidays, things took a turn for the worst yesterday.
A massive blackout hit Spain and Portugal at midday on Monday.
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The major outage
— grounding flights, crippling public transport, knocking out hospitals, and shuttering stores from Lisbon to Barcelona.
The cause of the massive blackout, which began around 10.33am UK time, remains unclear.
RTE's Carl Mullan shares teary tribute to wife
After hearing the news, Carl popped open the rose and poured himself a glass of wine to relax as he blew up the pool floats.
Thankfully, their villa's host dropped them up some torches and candles to deal with the blackout.
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Carl was left in stitches as his wife Aisling washed her hair under torchlight but forgot she couldn't dry her hair after so had to go to bed with wet hair.
The popular presenter posted a third AI selfie of him looking even older while wearing a head light around his forehead and said: "Family holiday: Day three.
'SCARY'
"And yes you're all going to be subjected to one of these for every day that we're here."
Carl's friends and fans have been completely "freaked out" by how real his edited pictures look and shared their support for him.
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Peter wrote: "That is hilarious - sorry for your troubles but it's so funny."
Reg said: "Jesus Carl, you're actually freaking me out here!!!"
Lorraine commented: "Your elderly years are freaking me out."
Ashlinn added: "Those filters are scary."
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Another fan remarked: "Please put a filter or a warning on this next time - jump scare! Glad you've arrived ok."
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Carl has been using candles and torches while the electricity is gone
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Carl and Aisling had dinner in the dark last night
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Carl fans have said they're 'freaked' by his photos
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Carl has said he'll be posting daily updates on his trip