Ryan Tubridy has announced the first guest on the line-up for his final Late Late Show this week.
Speaking on his RTE Radio show on Monday, the Late Late Show host, 49, said he is getting ready to present the chat show for the last time on Friday night, saying it will be an "emotional" event.
And Tubridy shared with listeners that he will be sitting down to talk to Irish President Michael D. Higgins ahead of the final show.
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Looking ahead to his "big week", Ryan said: "On Thursday, I'm going to Aras an Uachtarain to meet President Higgins who's very kindly invited us up to do our final interview together.
"I think some people in his office or even he was saying our 14 years have been pretty much paralleled - obviously his in a much more important, lofty way and me in my own small way in TV Land!
"He's always been very generous with his time, and I appreciate the invitation."
Meanwhile, Ryan also gave his verdict on the newly-appointed Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty, saying that he believes the show is in "safe hands".
Tubridy said: "I want to mention Patrick Kielty because he's going to be the new presenter of The Late Late Show and I'm really, really happy about this choice, I have to say.
"I said it before - I think I probably said it off-air - that I was very, very supportive of the suggestion that he might take over the show."
"I just think he has, what they say in the business, the chops," he continued.
"He can cover the heavy side of things and he's got a background that will inform that, and he will also obviously do the lighter end of things with great skill because he's a comedian, he's a funny guy. He's also, any time I've met him, a really lovely fella with it.
"So I want to wish him the very, very best of luck. I think he'll do a great Toy Show as well because he'll be well able for it as the da to young kids and with a great whip-smart sense of humour. He'll be all over it.
"So I just think the show is going to be in really safe hands. He'll get himself backed up with a great team, which no doubt he will be. He'll be fine. It'll be great. I'm just happy."
Ryan Tubridy will host his last ever Late Late Show this Friday, May 26, after 14 years presenting. It will air on RTE One and RTE Player Friday at 9.35pm.
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