Brendan O'Carroll: 'He shook my hand and as he did I held on for a moment and said, "Gay, how's your mickey?"'

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• ''MRS BROWN'S BOYS' STAR BRENDAN O'CARROLL REVEALS HE REFED TO AXE GAY CHARACTER FOR RSIAN BROADST
• MRS BROWN’S BOYS STAR BRENDAN O’CARROLL REVEALS HE AND GAY BYRNE HAD SPECIAL IENDSHIP AFTER FIRST LATE LATE APPEARANCE
• 'HE SHOOK MY HAND AND AS HE DID I HELD ON FOR A MOMENT AND QUIETLY SAID, "GAY, HOW'S YOUR MICKEY?"'
• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'
• MRS BROWN’S BOYS STAR BRENDAN O’CARROLL REVEALS HE AND GAY BYRNE HAD SPECIAL IENDSHIP AFTER FIRST LATE LATE APPEARANCE
• BRENDAN O’CARROLL REFED ‘NICE FEE’ TO CUT MRS BROWN’S BOYS GAY CHARACTER

''MRS BROWN'S BOYS' STAR BRENDAN O'CARROLL REVEALS HE REFED TO AXE GAY CHARACTER FOR RSIAN BROADST

Creator and star of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ Brendan O’Carroll has revealed he turned down a “nice ltle al” to take the show abroad, as he refed to axe s central gay character. Brendan plays the tular Mrs Brown the h BBC edy, the mother to five children, cludg Rory, who is gay. Speakg to RTE, Brendan disclosed that Rsian TV boss were apparently keen to brg the show to their untry, but wh one big Cowan and Brendan O'Carroll character 'Mrs Brown's Boys'BBCHe explaed: “They didn’t want any gay, Rsia particular.

“But no gay, absolutely no gay. So I said ‘no gay, no show’. "I was dog a rad terview once and this guy phoned who happened to be gay, homosexual.

MRS BROWN’S BOYS STAR BRENDAN O’CARROLL REVEALS HE AND GAY BYRNE HAD SPECIAL IENDSHIP AFTER FIRST LATE LATE APPEARANCE

He said that he found jok about homosexuals offensive. I said ''s very difficult to tell a joke about homosexuals or Irish people or English people whout offendg somebody'.

"I asked him 'you tell me a joke that you would fd acceptable to homosexuals. He said 'two homosexuals mug a woman a lane, one held her down and the other did her hair', which he found hilar.

"I said 'holdg a woman is not funny, number one and number two not all homosexuals are hairdrsers and not all hairdrsers are homosexual'. MRS Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll revealed that he had the late Gay Byrne had a special iendship as Gay ed to check up on him and told him to "take re of yourself". 3 Gay advised him to take a break.

'HE SHOOK MY HAND AND AS HE DID I HELD ON FOR A MOMENT AND QUIETLY SAID, "GAY, HOW'S YOUR MICKEY?"'

3 Brendan revealed that he and Gay were very close followg his first Late Late appearanceCred: Getty Imag - Getty. Brendan spoke about how he first bumped to Gay Byrne the RTE studs and how he was "so nervo" before appearg on the chat show.

"I stood there and he realised I wasn't gog to move so he me up and took my hand and he gave me a ltle tug and I tugged back and I go, 'Gay, how's you're mickey'. Brendan said Gay also gave him advice on takg time off and lookg after himself. "And eventually I said, 'Why am I here Gay?

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'

COMIC legend Brendan O'Carroll remembers the night he seized the moment to make his mark on his very first Late Late Show he reveals how Gay Byrne's showbiz stct allowed him to steal the show and ultimately bee an overnight that pot, O'Carroll was begng to thrive as a edian, but Gay had never met him. Brendan O’Carroll on show as Mrs BrownFirstly, though, O'Carroll knew he had to grab Gaybo's, when he was troduced by the chat show legend, Brendan arrived out, waed for Byrne to shake his hand, then holdg him tight he whispered to the legendary terviewer, 'How's your mickey, Gay?

'The unflappable Gaybo chuckled quietly to himself, and obvly knew stctively that the show was about to explo.

MRS BROWN’S BOYS STAR BRENDAN O’CARROLL REVEALS HE AND GAY BYRNE HAD SPECIAL IENDSHIP AFTER FIRST LATE LATE APPEARANCE

In fact, both the show and Gay were ahead of their time. "Sad farewell: The end of an era as Gay Byrne prents his fal Late Late Show 1999Was Gay a fan of your work at that stage?

"Hontly, I don't thk Gay had even heard of me back then, " Brendan says.

"O'Carroll adms he was star-stck when he saw Gay the flh for the first time backstage at the Late Late that day.

BRENDAN O’CARROLL REFED ‘NICE FEE’ TO CUT MRS BROWN’S BOYS GAY CHARACTER

I tried at least three tim that afternoon/eveng to troduce myself, but by the time I had cid whether to say 'Mr Byrne', 'Gay' or 'Sir' he had moved on.

"I was told the terview would be about seven mut, but as I stood backstage wag to go on, the floor manager me back to me and said, 'Gay might keep you on a ltle longer, maybe 10 mut, you up for that? The dience were really quiet too, and Gay had to jazz them up durg advert breaks.

I had been watchg prev Late Late Shows and noticed how Gay always stood when a gut stepped on, and he would then dite to the gut where to s by kd of leadg them there wh a wave of his arm. So, when Gay announced me I walked out to the top of the steps and stood. When I didn't s, Gay ma to shake my hand and as he did I held on for a moment and quietly said, 'Gay, how's your mickey?