Ryan Tubridy has joked how Jamie Lee Curtis "killed me by accident" after the Hollywood star's tribute post sparked accidental concern for the RTE host.
The Oscar-winning actress, who had appeared on the Late Late Show in October, shared a photo of herself and Ryan on Instagram on Sunday with a lovely tribute following the news of his departure from the popular talk show. Jamie, 64, wrote: "You will be missed! Thank you for the light you brought so many."
The well-meaning post resulted in several of her five million followers thinking Ryan had died. He joked: "Jamie Lee Curtis kind of killed me by accident. It was death by kind adventure."
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Speaking on The Ryan Tubridy Show on RTE Radio One yesterday, Ryan spoke about a hilarious exchange in her comments about his fake death. He said: "She shared a very nice Instagram post saying: ‘We’ll miss you and so sorry you’re gone’, and then there was confusion because people have no idea who I am.
"Pretty much all of her followers were going: ‘Oh, is he okay?’ So this person got on to the comments and said: ‘Oh no, I’m sorry for his family’s loss’.
"And an Irish person got involved and said: ‘He’s not dead!’ To which the person responded: ‘What happened to him?’
"To which the Irish person said: ‘He just left the Late Late Show.’ To which the American person said: ‘Copy. Have no clue who he is. Glad he’s okay though.’ End of exchange."
He laughed: "All cleaned up and tidied up in the course of a few messages."
Ryan spoke about his friendship with the Halloween actress saying it was "just warmth, instantly" with Jamie. He said: "We'd got on very well and we'd stayed in touch a little bit off-air."
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