14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘This will make great TV' say RTE viewers as Irish pop star shares beauty secrets with Leo Varadkar on brand-new series
IRISH pop star Lyra and former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar have made an unlikely friendship in a brand new RTÉ series.
The Cork singer and the Fine Gael politician are set to push their limits in extreme outdoor expeditions on Ray Goggins: Uncharted.
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Lyra and Leo Varadkar will appear on new RTE series Uncharted
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Lyra shared her beauty tips with Leo on the show
The thrilling new series sees adventurer and former special forces soldier Ray Goggins take well-known Irish faces on some of the most remote and treacherous environments on
Earth
.
On tonight's episode,
survival
and resilience.
The duo will
The trio will
sleep
in caves, scale gigantic peaks and climb sheer
rock
faces as they make their way to the top of one of the tallest waterfalls on the planet, Tugela Falls.
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No stranger to scaling political heights, Leo not only take on the strenuous vertical climb, but also finds himself learning some
smart
beauty tricks.
In a clip posted to
make-up
wipes and under eye gel masks to both Leo and Ray.
The chart-topper was giddy as she told the camera: "I kind of just said why not? Sure we all looked haggard, we were sleeping on the ground and I just though, 'Come here to me'."
The singer-songwriter helped a confused Varadkar place the gel mask under his eye, making for a hilarious
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Lyra joked: "Go on you good thing get that right in there."
Ray then asked Leo how he felt about his appearance while being so scrutinised in the public eye.
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The 46-year-old admitted: "Well I never used make-up or anything."
However, he revealed that former Taoiseachs
Leo did confess that he used a "powder" on the back of his head to "give him more volume".
He added: "Those overhead lights in the Dáil are awful, they even make women look like they're balding."
The TD laughed: "So when you actually are balding it really helps."
EXCITED VIEWERS
Lyra then did a hilarious interpretive dance and added: "It's all about the inner beauty but today we are talking about the outer beauty."
Fans all rushed to the comment section to react to the short
teaser
clip.
Grainne wrote: "Can't wait to see this and so happy for Lyra to get this platform."
Mandy said: "Lyra is so
funny
and her personality is great, this is already going to be a good show without a doubt."
Breda added: "I'm already liking this, it's going to make great TV."
Deirde remarked: "Looking forward to this!"
While Ash exclaimed: "I'm dying at Leo throwing Bertie and Enda under the bus."
You can catch Uncharted: Ray Goggins on RTE One tonight at 9.35pm.
