Late Late Show 21.11.08 Prizewinner did not want Toy Show part of prize.

I have just listened to the clip on youtube.
It does seem that she said "you can raffle them" just as Pat was about to tear the tickets up.

While her answer was an unexpected one, I was very surprised at the unprofessional behaviour by Pat. He could just as easily have said "well maybe you can give them to someone you know".
I thought he let himself down.
 
Just watched the clip on you tube and there was only one rude person speaking and that was Pat Kenny! The lady said 'no thank you, you can raffle them'. Did it ever occur to him that the lady didn't have children in her life. She was perfectly entitled to say what she said. Tearing up the tickets in a public display of a mini tantrum was totally unprofessional. I hope he apologises to her but of course that will never happen.
 

Just saw it on youtube myself.

Pat kenny handled it very well in my book. Good follow up story also about the BMW by him to deliver on the spot.

Yes - she did say you can raffle them.
But it was clearly an afterthought after a long pause of bewilderment by pat.

Les face it - she handled it terribly.

Irrespective of what her own personal circumstances are if she had any sense she would have just pretended she was delighted and then turned down the tickets later in the week privately if she didn't want to go.
 
Will have to agree to disagree. Pat is supposedly a professional tv presenter. Its up to him to deal with these situations and tearing up tickets in a tantrum is not professional by any standards.
 
PM1234 said:
Will have to agree to disagree. Pat is supposedly a professional tv presenter. Its up to him to deal with these situations and tearing up tickets in a tantrum is not professional by any standards.
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The guy regularly gets criticised for being too wooden.

Then when he acts like on instinct he also gets criticised !!

Looks like it's damned if you do and damned if you don't !

Your one was plain rude - simple as that.

And pat let her know about it in a good clever way.

Well done pat !

Apparently she came out in yesterdays tribune and called pat 'ungracious'.

Like - what a case of kettle calling the pot black.
 
qwertyuiop said:
Just saw it on youtube myself.
Irrespective of what her own personal circumstances are if she had any sense she would have just pretended she was delighted and then turned down the tickets later in the week privately if she didn't want to go.
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Is a little bit of honesty such a terrible thing?
 
It seemed to me he tore up the tickets more for dramatic impact than temper tantrum. He did look a bit thrown but I didn't see it as a temper tantrum, just someone trying to make the best of an unexpected situation.
Didn't like her response when he said "we'll pick you up, bring you to Dublin but NOT to the Toy show" and she replied "yes, thank you" or something similar.

I'd love tickets to the Toy Show but like the lady in the BMW story, I never win.......would help if I entered though, eh?
 
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Cheeus said:
Anyone remember the show years ago when Gay Byrne slagged a woman for not being more excited. Turned out poor woman's daughter had been killed since the daughter has sent in the postal entry. Gaybo was understandably lost for words.
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Yeah I remember that. Byrne made a complete ass of himself which, in fairness, was an inborn and natural propensity of his. As I recall he was regularly snide with people who weren't jumping up and down with delight at being phoned by His Highness. Kenny, Ross, Ryan et al are the same imo - totally up their own derrieres. Kenny handled the situation appallingly - he's supposed to be the pro and should have erred on the cautious side when dealing with the prize winner, unlike that buffoon Gay Byrne when he rang the woman whose daughter had died.
 
qwertyuiop said:
The guy regularly gets criticised for being too wooden.

Then when he acts like on instinct he also gets criticised !!

Looks like it's damned if you do and damned if you don't !
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Kenny is wooden precisely because he is incapable of acting on instinct. When he needs to act on instinct, he regularly makes a bags of it.
 
I wonder would there be any scope for a wicked panto style character on the Toy show this year? Perhaps this lady, in a show of sportsmanship, would like to take the opportunity to apologise to the nation for her rudeness via such a role...!
 
DeeFox said:
I wonder would there be any scope for a wicked panto style character on the Toy show this year? Perhaps this lady, in a show of sportsmanship, would like to take the opportunity to apologise to the nation for her rudeness via such a role...!
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apologise for what? for not accepting a prize that she won? for offering to raffle it on national television? for accepting the alternative of €10k in vouchers? for being honest when saying she would have much interest in going to the late late toy show?

Are you serious?
 

No, I wasn't being serious.
 
I can't believe people are defending this woman! Perhaps she didn't intend to be rude but she was definitley tactless! She should have done what anyone does when receiving an unwanted gift, say 'oh that's lovely thanks so much' and worry about getting rid of them later! I'm sure the local school would have loved to have them to raffle off! And to say she was in shock at the phonecall is a bit much, if you enter the competition and are watching the show you shoud be able to handle a couple of sentences where all you're really required to say is 'hello pat thanks very much'! I'm not a fan of Pat Kenny but I have to say i think he reacted brilliantly.
 
She very calmly explained her actions. She said she didnt want the tickets and she wasn`t 100% sure what competition she was entering only that there was an alternative prize of €10K in vouchers to spend in Dublin. She said she`d have very little interest in sitting through the toy show and offered Pat to raffle them off. She accepted the vouchers only when pat offered them. She didnt ask for them. She was a bit offended that pat ripped the tickets up on live tv but she didnt say too much about it

She`s a well spoken woman and very quiet. She spoke exactly the same as she did on the late late so it was not her "bad or snobbery" attitute. Its just geniunely how she speaks. She mentioned that she enjoyes watching the late late however shes more into quiet reading. She also states that her 87 year old mother would be escorting her to Dublin fri and is assured that her mother also would not enjoy sitting through the late late toy show.

Honestly people, if ye all heard her this morning on the radio ye`d back off. She was a lovely well spoken kind lady, I`d say possibly late 50`s... She meant no offence and shes not a confrontation woman IMO.

Aww give her a break for Gawd`s sake loike!!!
 
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