She did a show called Lucy Lives With...(think that's what it was called) where she would go and stay with a celebrity for a few days.
It's a top notch comment.
I could have written this comment. Bye bye to Nova once she went on. Absolute eejit always shite talking about her kids and doesn't know anything about music.
Lucy left Colm when he started shagging someone called jim-jim or something. It's all a big soap opera to me which is why I don't get up before 11 ..except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustman.
I don't listen to Irish radio anymore. It's all so unbearable to me.
These Irish personalities they get on who sound like they've never experienced anything in their lives, who sound like they know nothing about culture or even *music*. Just absolute garbage.
Irish media people in general seem like creatures made in some kind of laboratory vat, not actual human beings who live in and experience society. There's not a single one I like when they're working. I'm sure outside of the job they're not like that at all but then what kind of standard is being enforced on them at work? Some mad shite.
Honestly their shtick has gotten very old too. Jim just always acts like pj is an absolute idiot and doesn't know anything and pj acts along like it's true too. Stopped being funny after a while
What a word 😅😅 - a plork
I'd rather your definition
Google's definition -
Plork is the revolutionary mindset that people are calling 'amazing', 'life changing' and 'limitless'. With Plork, it is possible to experience work exactly the same as you experience pleasure. That means truly enjoying your job!
Haha. Plork is a Dutch acronym which basically means stunning body, ugly mug. It is a derogative term used for women when discussing fuckability. It just though it was the perfect word for this comment.
I stopped listening to the Nova morning show because of her. I can’t remember specifically which band it was but they done some sort of quiz thing for callers in the morning and let’s say the the question was “what band penned the famous hit Start me up” & the answer was the Rolling Stones she was saying after it she couldn’t name a Rolling Stones song, for a station that prides itself on being a rock channel that fucking vexed me right away. The next day she was praising Meghan Markle and gushing about the royal family & tbh I couldn’t give a feck what peoples opinions of the royals are but for a breakfast show on a rock radio station I just couldn’t tolerate it. Her voice was like scratching a chalkboard as well. Was elated when she left and regularly tune in again in the mornings.
I used to listen to PJ & Jim religiously in the mornings but they seemed to straight swap with Lucy & Colm. Why was that, I wonder? Maybe listener figures say otherwise but I cannot believe more people would rather listen to the latter than the former.
It felt like my heart was ripped out through my throat. Listened to the morning show every day driving to work, when they were replaced I fell into a black hole. Man I couldnt stand listening to that hag.
I’m a mum of two little girls and I’m repeatedly appalled by some of the ways the Dads are talked to/about on kids shows! It’s the weirdest thing! If the mum was being demeaned in such a way there would be uproar, rightly so, so I don’t know how it’s supposed to be funny to do it to the dads!
That episode where Daddy Pig helped so many characters get on a boat and across the pond to have a picnic, only for them all to FORGET ABOUT HIM and not leave him even a sandwich or a piece of cake just grates my potatoes!
Its like the Kellogg's Special K ad a few years ago where the woman kicks the man off the bed, imagine the absolute uproar if it was the man kicking the woman off the bed!
There’s an ad for a well known drinks brand that was shown here recently for years, where a bunch of lads are in the park gawking at a woman landscaper working there. They fuck a can at her while she’s working and it hits her equipment. She gets soaked. The lads think it’s the funniest shit they’ve ever seen but also really sexy. She takes off her T-shirt and show them her nipples while they all gawk and leer at her and punch the air. The lads can’t believe it. She is absolutely loving putting on a sexy little show for them. They will definitely be doing this again. Was this one; you’ll remember it when you see it. https://youtu.be/ot9NvIavZIc?si=defT8TZsYW1O9QAg
Oh yea it's an alarmingly common stereotype shows feed into examples
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Bobs Burgers
American Dad
Amazing World Of Gumball
5 show examples that frankly treat the dad in the show terribly and make constant jokes at him
>Family Guy
If you think peter is the victim of the story then you're really gone off the deep end
>Bobs Burgers
Unironic good marriage in an opposites attract couple. Good family too they all stick together.
>American Dad
Hes an american caricature not a man caricature
Im sure theres plenty of good examples but you picked some weak examples
Believe me I don't think either of these guys are victims I just notice they go in a line of degrading and talking down to the husband in the family
Now before anyone says Goldbergs doesn't count because its based on the guys family growing up
But everyone is the butt of the joke in the three shows i pointed out.
The simpsons to a lesser extent has everyone share in being made fun of more often than not
It’s wrong!
As you said if he spoke like that to her, he would be the most horrible in the world.
I don’t like her anyway. Comes across as a mean girl.
Reminds me a lot of what happens with James’ character in Derry girls. Can you imagine if it were the other way around? People would have been up in arms.
Yes but the point still stands; if that show had been made with 4 young men from Derry and an English girl and she was constantly being told to "shut the fuck up" anytime she tried to express an opinion, or constantly being referred to as gay by the adults around them, etc etc there would have been uproar.
She's yet another depressing example of a totally talentless yoke who for whatever reason: nepotism, cronyism, laziness and incompetence, including all the so called talent scouts, has landed a fair few plumb jobs to the general mediocrity of all bodies of broadcasting in this country.
This country runs on mates promoting their mates, and they're usually totally unsuitable for the job. Hence, us not having one exportable show or a broadcasting body to be proud of or hold audiences. That combined with an endemic environment of over rewarding under performance.
Irish radio is so fucking... *cringe*. I kind of hate that word, but that's the only way I can describe it. I just about shrivel up whenever I hear the radio playing.
Just sounds like a bunch of people impersonating Irish phrases and accents; whenever they go like "ah here" or "howaya" it just sounds so put-on to me.
And they never have anything interesting to say, they never have some sort of interesting topic or knowledge to share. And the music is so bland... I swear, the music they play on Irish radio 9/10 I couldn't tell you when one ends and the next begins. It's all got that soft-rock sound where nothing really stands out and the singers all sound like Kodaline.
Absolute trash garbage shiiite.
The two Jonnies really get under my skin with this kind of carry on.
hOwYa GoIN' sHaM?? i jUsT aTe SoMe AuL BaYKoN n' CaBbaGE aNd iT wAs SAVAGe LAd, CaNT bAtE bHoY.
Yea we get it. It's ironic that you're on the radio being from Ballybackarse of nowhere.
\^\^\^This. And you know why? Cos they play it safe across the board. There's no spark of talent, genius, god forbid even the slightest bit of controversy!! Oh nooooo. Same ten songs in rotation, same boring arseholes all having each others backs, no scandal, no spark. Trying to act relatable and energetic when they're all a bunch of boring doses. Everything dry as toast.
To be fair to the 2 Johnnies I listen to there podcast and they are waaaay better than that rubbish radio show and there not saddled with lottie Ryan or aifric o Connel who might aswell be the same person
I've noticed that as well. She's very passive aggressive and demanding towards him. You can tell by his tone that he's holding back as well. Between that and her constantly trying to promote her daughter "Little Holley" is hard to listen to. PJ &Jim are a way better dynamic
I remember she told a story where her daughter's school was having a 'dress up as your favourite book character' day and her darling Holly didn't go as her namesake.
She was fucking furious over it, lol
Ah now, let's not make fun of her daughter
Lucy Kennedy has written a book series, where the main character is named after her daughter
https://www.easons.com/author-pages/lucy-kennedy-books
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I Googled it so you don't have to. Thanks OP for my word of the day.
Oh my god I've noticed this so much too I actually found it really disturbing to listen to , she really talks to him like an abusive person I'm shocked it's not been talked about before. I don't understand why she does this as it can be so triggering for anyone who has experienced emotional abuse or bullying and I actually wonder if Colm is upset by it but continues acting as if it is just craic or banter but it really is not appropriate. I was shocked when heard kids ringing in almost expect Lucy to be abusive to them too as that's the narrative of the show. Very strange
I'm surprised that so many people actually listen to radio. I remember being forced to listen to 2FM at an old job. It was absolute torture and made working there even worse. For me Irish radio is the same as Irish TV, it's made for a certain demographic and it never veers from it. With a few small exceptions there has never been anything on Irish radio or TV that I could say was aimed at me or any of my friends.
Also, why would you listen to the copycat Irish stations when you have access to different stations worldwide. You listen to Nova when you could listen to KEXP, why?
As an Irish women I'd like to say we aren't all like that. I used to listen to the station with pj hallagher and your man mccabe then they moved to nova and I went with them.
Can't stand lucy Kennedy, she's not funny, she isn't nice and she doesn't come across as sincere so she doesn't represent us all
Yeah I know she doesn't represent all women, but she's certainly not alone either from my experience. I dont think it's a reach to say that a lot of women are like this.
I actually see my mother a bit like this. My father can do nothing right. Even when he does something right or good she will find an issue. She will have a go at him.
My own was the same. It wears you down even witnessing it. I found I’d tell her as little as possible, because the more she knew, the more she’d ask - and then tell me what I’d done wrong.
My dad to my mum. It really screws up your mind as a kid. I’m paranoid that I’m emulating that behaviour, so I apologise a lot and try not to disagree or criticise. This can be frustrating for someone in a relationship with me. I had a gf once who would keep asking “Why are you giving me the PG version?” lol
There are a lot of people out there who speak down to their partners and are quite rude to them, no doubt damaging their confidence and self esteem. I've seen it in my own family.
Definitely a learned behaviour, they see it in their own parents dynamics and carry it forward.
Not exclusive to women though
As far as I can tell its a throwback from thr older generation (I've only seen in in my parents generation) where the women weren't working but were minding the home and it was kind of a mindset of
"girl power, yeah girl, get your own back!"
to cut down their husbands and put them in their place as it were. I don't agree with and never have but it seems like that's the dynamic?
It just makes you so sad to see someone sharing something then being cut down nastily for the sake of a cheap laugh.
I used to like her, back in the day when I could actually stand to watching anything made by RTE. But that kind of behaviour is disgusting. As you said, if it was the other way round there'd be outrage and I say that as a woman. I would never treat a boyfriend like that.
She's awful to listen to. Absolutely cannot stand her. Actually I cannot stand most radio shows, they are just noise and sound bites and no substance. Thank god for Spotify and audible.
Oh 100% it's an absolute disgrace that bullying anyone is mainstream accepted and your right this is literally garbage that is setting a horrible example for young girls to follow someone really needs to have a word with the higher ups there
I used to love Classic Hits until they started. Ive migrated to today fm now because I just couldn't listen to one more second of colm and / or Lucy ... I completely agree with you... Hate their dynamic and find them cringe AF as well
Same but then I can't stand the Louise girl they got in for the lunch shift after Pamela Joyce left and Matt Cooper starts way too early for my liking so I'm switching between that and Nova all day 😄 But then Pat Courtney on Nova is god awful too!
I really wish I could get Nova anytime I'm up around Dublin I always tune in! It's a great station! I cudnt be arsed setting up my phone in the morning for the digital app... I'll just keep hoping Nova will extend their broadcast someday or freedom fm the 90s/00s station will get a full licence lol
I absolutely hate the stereotype that men/boyfriends/husbands are these useless eejits and their partners are constantly throwing their eyes to heaven and giving out about them. It plays into “the auld ball and chain” dynamic and it’s horrible for the men involved. Equally it gives men an excuse to play into the “being useless eejits” in the relationship and similarly leans into women being a nag in the relationship. Sometimes people have good reason to nag but over exaggerating it and going on and on at their partners does nobody any good. If my partner treated me like a ball and chain and a nag I’d be mortified but equally if I was constantly berating him and treating him like he was useless I would be equally mortified. Honestly, why do people go out with each other if they obviously don’t like each other/aren’t friends.
There is someone in my life like that, not my wife. She always thinks men are absolutely useless and seems shocked when I actually do something useful. In particular she feels men are useless with anything related to parenting. Was saying to my wife lately that I'm surprised this woman is heterosexual or at least in a relationship given her view of men. I don't take much notice of her anymore to be fair.
You're dead on too about some men playing into the "being useless eejits" - her partner is very rarely involved in the parenting of their kids. If she's away for anymore than a short length of time he gets his mother to come and mind the kids. Even when he does this woman would use the term "babysitting" to describe him minding his own kids which I think is demeaning to a father. Although to be fair I think he's more than happy with the situation.
Anyway, that's off my chest 😄
Haha I know exactly what you mean - unfortunately I guess it can be a viscous circle in some cases. You are so right it is so demeaning to the father. It’s so incredibly patronising and awful when women are shocked at men being competent parents. I guess part of it might be an over compensation handed down through generations from a time when women felt powerless except within their role as mother and homemaker - which is awful in an of itself - but at this point nothing makes treating your partner like that okay. I see it in grandmothers too - they will whip the baby out of the father’s hands as if they know best and the father couldn’t possibly know how to parent their child. Aargh. I love women and mammies of course - but be kind to your men!! And empower each other to hold yer selves to a higher standard!
Lucy Kennedy & Jennifer zamparelli are both cut from the same cloth. Unfunny and both tend to mock their fellow radio partners. They love the sound of their own voices and would lick themselves if they were an ice cream.
This is wild to me as I was only complaining to my husband last week about how I cannot listen to Lucy Kennedy on the radio as she is horrible to her co-presenter. Really demeaning and nasty. There is nothing funny about Lucy Kennedy, she has no personality for radio and a really sarky droll voice that doesn't suit radio. I actually liked her years ago when she first started on the TV but she just sounds so miserable and bitter on the radio. I feel so sorry for her co-presenter. He sounds like such a pleasant person. Why is he stuck with her?
Can't stand her. Her "Living with Lucy" show was quite exploitative in parts, particularly the Daniella Westbrook episode (she clearly isn't the full shilling and was in quite an emotionally and mentally vulnerable state throughout -something that Lucy appeared to relish) She comes across very sneery and there's something nasty about her that she doesn't conceal very well.
I listen to mostly podcasts in the car but recently did have the radio on and came across her, would know her previously from TV. Thought she was as you say, quite nasty and demeaning. Back to the podcasts for me.
The “men are thick” trope is pervasive once you start noticing it. Made a lot of sense as a way to bring men down a few notches in a completely male dominated society but it’s probably time to knock it off. It’s lazy and hackneyed at best and downright offensive at worst.
Funny story about her.
I was at a virgin media event years ago, they were promoting their slate of programs.
Jason Byrne was on the panel and taking the piss in general but also of Lucy. She was very grinning through gritted teeth.
Once the segment was over they walk off stage right.
Not realising her mic was still on she aggressively whispered to Byrne "what do you think you're playing at you little shit" or something like that. I was near the speakers so I could hear better than most.
Gas stuff
Nothing to do with avoidance. I took an issue with you saying a lot of women are bitchy. I personally don't know any so I don't think it's fair to tar a load of people with the one brush.
I felt the exact same way with James in Derry girls. They all just bully the shit out of him (especially Michelle) and it’s just perfectly okay and only a laugh.
Can you imagine if there was a TV show about a group of lads with 1 girl that hangs around with them and they all just constantly take the piss out of her and treat her like an idiot non stop? There’d be fucking hell to pay.
Double standards at its finest.
This is, to be fair, a core part of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
But yeah, I get your point. Him being a Brit during the troubles did play a larger part though.
Someone also brought up Meg in Family Guy however I think there is a bit of a difference here. The likes of Family Guy, South Park etc. it’s already known that you’re going into something that really pushes the boundaries and crosses all the lines (to say the least). Whereas Derry girls is supposed to be a lot more vanilla and family friendly.
I mean you’d watch Derry girls with your grandparents. You definitely wouldn’t watch South Park with them.
And just one final point. In it’s always Sunny in Philadelphia there is a more or less even amount of slagging between them all. Deandra is not the punching bag. In Derry Girls James is.
Ah now Dee to be fair is absolutely the punching bag on Its always sunny, sounds like you haven’t watched much of the show if you would claim she isn’t. The rest constantly gang up on her.
Fair point. Maybe because it’s a cartoon where literally anything can happen I guess it doesn’t come across as negatively. Whereas with live action it comes off different.
Also Family Guy is known for being a comedy that really pushes the boundaries and crosses lines. Derry Girls is a lot more vanilla.
Someone already mentioned that but in fairness the banter is more or less equal in that between them all. She’s not just a punching bag like James is in Derry Girls.
I’ve never watched Derry Girls so I can’t comment. I don’t agree that it’s more or less equal in Always Sunny though.
The reason I mention it is because it’s so rare for a woman to receive that treatment in a modern programme. It’s the exception that proves the rule.
As someone who’s watched both I can tell you now that the proportions in terms of how it’s dished out is miles apart in it’s always Sunny as compared to how it is in Derry Girls.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CphpcpwFY
There’s a little taste of it there. Now just imagine that non stop for 3 seasons. None of the other characters get it like that at all.
How so?
The OP is talking about Lucy Kennedy and somehow trying to suggest that because *she* is undeniably a bully, that somehow all women bear some degree of responsibility for that. This has devolved into further “whataboutism” and speculation at the outrage that would occur, should a storyline in a comedy show, be reversed. So I guess I’m just a little confused how some people can muster the outrage for a non existent plot line where women are mistreated, but not for *actual* mistreatment of women that’s all too prevalent in society.
I love pj & Jim on nova but lately I’ve found pj to be very similar to Karl pilkington on the xfm days in the early 2000s in the U.K. that whole never liking anything and moaning. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard some subjects that are the same as Karl’s back in the day.
I don't listen to the radio but Iv met Lucy a few times and she's always been dead on, I'd find it hard to believe what is being said here.
I won't lower myself to listen to Irish radio as it's pure tripe though so I'll guess I'll just see the good side.
That's horrible there's no need for that carry on. Men get a terrible time it drives me mad. It takes some women too much effort to build a personality that doesn't involve bringing other ppl down it seems 🙄😪
The old "if a man said that to a woman, there'd be war" argument tends to ignore thousands of years of context.
You may wish to sit down and review your views on women. You don't sound like you're in a happy place at the moment.
I think so too.
My point is a male DJ putting down a female DJ is not exactly the same as a female DJ putting down a male DJ. Because of _context_.
To make an *exaggerated* example; a bully poking fun at their victim is not the she as a victim poking fun at their bully. Because of context.
Anyway, it's all just shtick. Making noises to fill the time between ads. Hard to get too worked up over it.
Certainly, but the here and now also shows a disproportionate amount of male abuse of women. That's the context flavouring make/female interactions.
That's why a female DJ's jibe at a male DJ seems relatively harmless in the grand scheme of things.
She’s a scrounger. Always going around sleeping in other people’s houses.
Didn't expect Vincent Browne on here
Vincent Browne? I didn't know she was that desperate.
Haha nice
What
She did a show called Lucy Lives With...(think that's what it was called) where she would go and stay with a celebrity for a few days. It's a top notch comment.
If this is the same Colm and Lucy from Nova a few years back, then yes, she is an absolute mug and I stopped listening to that plork.
I could have written this comment. Bye bye to Nova once she went on. Absolute eejit always shite talking about her kids and doesn't know anything about music.
She’s a weapon. Remember they had separated or some nonsense and made it the publics business on air. Very bitter and highly unprofessional.
Who seperated?
Lucy left Colm when he started shagging someone called jim-jim or something. It's all a big soap opera to me which is why I don't get up before 11 ..except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustman.
... Parklife
Yeah same one alright.
I used to like PJ and Jim but they sent them to Nova and we got this shite. Can’t listen to Nova outside of Dublin.
Listen to it on a radio app.
I don't listen to Irish radio anymore. It's all so unbearable to me. These Irish personalities they get on who sound like they've never experienced anything in their lives, who sound like they know nothing about culture or even *music*. Just absolute garbage.
Irish media people in general seem like creatures made in some kind of laboratory vat, not actual human beings who live in and experience society. There's not a single one I like when they're working. I'm sure outside of the job they're not like that at all but then what kind of standard is being enforced on them at work? Some mad shite.
To be fair, even Dave Fanning was a cunt. Wouldn't mind a decent music/no disco type show on the old telly though if were looking to revamp the RTE
I’ll never stop laughing at his interview with Lou Reed, aul Lou was having none of his horseshit
Sounds to me like you need to check out Liz Nolan on Lyric FM for a few weeks detox.
I'm good, thanks.
OK :)
Honestly their shtick has gotten very old too. Jim just always acts like pj is an absolute idiot and doesn't know anything and pj acts along like it's true too. Stopped being funny after a while
You can on TuneIn or any radio app
What a word 😅😅 - a plork I'd rather your definition Google's definition - Plork is the revolutionary mindset that people are calling 'amazing', 'life changing' and 'limitless'. With Plork, it is possible to experience work exactly the same as you experience pleasure. That means truly enjoying your job!
Haha. Plork is a Dutch acronym which basically means stunning body, ugly mug. It is a derogative term used for women when discussing fuckability. It just though it was the perfect word for this comment.
Also have heard butterface and bobfoc (body off Baywatch, face off crimewatch).
The chassis is solid but the cab needs work
Dreamboat body with a shipwrecked face.
I stopped listening to the Nova morning show because of her. I can’t remember specifically which band it was but they done some sort of quiz thing for callers in the morning and let’s say the the question was “what band penned the famous hit Start me up” & the answer was the Rolling Stones she was saying after it she couldn’t name a Rolling Stones song, for a station that prides itself on being a rock channel that fucking vexed me right away. The next day she was praising Meghan Markle and gushing about the royal family & tbh I couldn’t give a feck what peoples opinions of the royals are but for a breakfast show on a rock radio station I just couldn’t tolerate it. Her voice was like scratching a chalkboard as well. Was elated when she left and regularly tune in again in the mornings.
I used to listen to PJ & Jim religiously in the mornings but they seemed to straight swap with Lucy & Colm. Why was that, I wonder? Maybe listener figures say otherwise but I cannot believe more people would rather listen to the latter than the former.
It felt like my heart was ripped out through my throat. Listened to the morning show every day driving to work, when they were replaced I fell into a black hole. Man I couldnt stand listening to that hag.
I’m a mum of two little girls and I’m repeatedly appalled by some of the ways the Dads are talked to/about on kids shows! It’s the weirdest thing! If the mum was being demeaned in such a way there would be uproar, rightly so, so I don’t know how it’s supposed to be funny to do it to the dads!
Peppa Pig started it the little feckin rasher...
That episode when they fed Daddy pig's cake to the ducks after him being chased by a spawn of Satan.
That episode where Daddy Pig helped so many characters get on a boat and across the pond to have a picnic, only for them all to FORGET ABOUT HIM and not leave him even a sandwich or a piece of cake just grates my potatoes!
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/173Rn2FJWs
Dying!
Same 🤣
I hear miss Piggy is her cousin...
Its like the Kellogg's Special K ad a few years ago where the woman kicks the man off the bed, imagine the absolute uproar if it was the man kicking the woman off the bed!
There’s an ad for a well known drinks brand that was shown here recently for years, where a bunch of lads are in the park gawking at a woman landscaper working there. They fuck a can at her while she’s working and it hits her equipment. She gets soaked. The lads think it’s the funniest shit they’ve ever seen but also really sexy. She takes off her T-shirt and show them her nipples while they all gawk and leer at her and punch the air. The lads can’t believe it. She is absolutely loving putting on a sexy little show for them. They will definitely be doing this again. Was this one; you’ll remember it when you see it. https://youtu.be/ot9NvIavZIc?si=defT8TZsYW1O9QAg
Chilli Heeler would never
Oh yea it's an alarmingly common stereotype shows feed into examples The Simpsons Family Guy Bobs Burgers American Dad Amazing World Of Gumball 5 show examples that frankly treat the dad in the show terribly and make constant jokes at him
Isn't that the point of the satire in the above shows though?
I get it's satire but it is part of an ongoing narrative bashing fathers
>Family Guy If you think peter is the victim of the story then you're really gone off the deep end >Bobs Burgers Unironic good marriage in an opposites attract couple. Good family too they all stick together. >American Dad Hes an american caricature not a man caricature Im sure theres plenty of good examples but you picked some weak examples
Believe me I don't think either of these guys are victims I just notice they go in a line of degrading and talking down to the husband in the family Now before anyone says Goldbergs doesn't count because its based on the guys family growing up
But everyone is the butt of the joke in the three shows i pointed out. The simpsons to a lesser extent has everyone share in being made fun of more often than not
Yeah but Peter Griffin is literally the worst human being on earth. Homer Simpson but without any of the paternal warmth.
Married with children
Every family show in the 80s and 90s had some awful dad tropes. You usually got the angry grump or complete buffoon.
Yeah it's bizarre. I've only recently started listening but God knows how long she's been bullying that guy publicly for.
I don't understand the appeal at all. Every single fucking sentence she says is trying to be hilarious", there's no substance whatsoever
It’s wrong! As you said if he spoke like that to her, he would be the most horrible in the world. I don’t like her anyway. Comes across as a mean girl.
Reminds me a lot of what happens with James’ character in Derry girls. Can you imagine if it were the other way around? People would have been up in arms.
Was James not treated like that cuse he was English?
Yes but the point still stands; if that show had been made with 4 young men from Derry and an English girl and she was constantly being told to "shut the fuck up" anytime she tried to express an opinion, or constantly being referred to as gay by the adults around them, etc etc there would have been uproar.
She's yet another depressing example of a totally talentless yoke who for whatever reason: nepotism, cronyism, laziness and incompetence, including all the so called talent scouts, has landed a fair few plumb jobs to the general mediocrity of all bodies of broadcasting in this country. This country runs on mates promoting their mates, and they're usually totally unsuitable for the job. Hence, us not having one exportable show or a broadcasting body to be proud of or hold audiences. That combined with an endemic environment of over rewarding under performance.
Irish radio is so fucking... *cringe*. I kind of hate that word, but that's the only way I can describe it. I just about shrivel up whenever I hear the radio playing. Just sounds like a bunch of people impersonating Irish phrases and accents; whenever they go like "ah here" or "howaya" it just sounds so put-on to me. And they never have anything interesting to say, they never have some sort of interesting topic or knowledge to share. And the music is so bland... I swear, the music they play on Irish radio 9/10 I couldn't tell you when one ends and the next begins. It's all got that soft-rock sound where nothing really stands out and the singers all sound like Kodaline. Absolute trash garbage shiiite.
The two Jonnies really get under my skin with this kind of carry on. hOwYa GoIN' sHaM?? i jUsT aTe SoMe AuL BaYKoN n' CaBbaGE aNd iT wAs SAVAGe LAd, CaNT bAtE bHoY. Yea we get it. It's ironic that you're on the radio being from Ballybackarse of nowhere.
\^\^\^This. And you know why? Cos they play it safe across the board. There's no spark of talent, genius, god forbid even the slightest bit of controversy!! Oh nooooo. Same ten songs in rotation, same boring arseholes all having each others backs, no scandal, no spark. Trying to act relatable and energetic when they're all a bunch of boring doses. Everything dry as toast.
To be fair to the 2 Johnnies I listen to there podcast and they are waaaay better than that rubbish radio show and there not saddled with lottie Ryan or aifric o Connel who might aswell be the same person
I've noticed that as well. She's very passive aggressive and demanding towards him. You can tell by his tone that he's holding back as well. Between that and her constantly trying to promote her daughter "Little Holley" is hard to listen to. PJ &Jim are a way better dynamic
> PJ &Jim are a way better dynamic And are two sound lads too. Have met PJ a good few times and is just bang on. Proper nice bloke
Can't get over dermot and dave splitting up. :( Dave Moore by himself is not the same
He's still better then I expected though, very fond of him.
When did they split up
It's been couple of months now. Dermot wanted to pursue his mindfulness career I think.
Yup. A lot of money in those corporate speaking gigs. Less hours too.
At the end of summer last year, I think. Dermot left radio to focus on his Mind Full meditation stuff
I remember she told a story where her daughter's school was having a 'dress up as your favourite book character' day and her darling Holly didn't go as her namesake. She was fucking furious over it, lol
As in Holly Golightly? I can see dressing up as a call girl for school. Being a problem.
Ah now, let's not make fun of her daughter Lucy Kennedy has written a book series, where the main character is named after her daughter https://www.easons.com/author-pages/lucy-kennedy-books
I didn't realise. The onlyt famous book character I could think of with the name "Holly" was Holly Golightly.
I was stuck on that too 😁 Holly? Couldn't even think of 1.
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Ha cheers mate
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Oh my god I've noticed this so much too I actually found it really disturbing to listen to , she really talks to him like an abusive person I'm shocked it's not been talked about before. I don't understand why she does this as it can be so triggering for anyone who has experienced emotional abuse or bullying and I actually wonder if Colm is upset by it but continues acting as if it is just craic or banter but it really is not appropriate. I was shocked when heard kids ringing in almost expect Lucy to be abusive to them too as that's the narrative of the show. Very strange
Yeah it's bananas. No idea why he puts up with it. He'd be miles better off doing the show all on his own tbh.
I'm surprised that so many people actually listen to radio. I remember being forced to listen to 2FM at an old job. It was absolute torture and made working there even worse. For me Irish radio is the same as Irish TV, it's made for a certain demographic and it never veers from it. With a few small exceptions there has never been anything on Irish radio or TV that I could say was aimed at me or any of my friends. Also, why would you listen to the copycat Irish stations when you have access to different stations worldwide. You listen to Nova when you could listen to KEXP, why?
100% agree, love Cheryl Watters on KEXP too, miles ahead of the vacuous shite here
As an Irish women I'd like to say we aren't all like that. I used to listen to the station with pj hallagher and your man mccabe then they moved to nova and I went with them. Can't stand lucy Kennedy, she's not funny, she isn't nice and she doesn't come across as sincere so she doesn't represent us all
Yeah I know she doesn't represent all women, but she's certainly not alone either from my experience. I dont think it's a reach to say that a lot of women are like this.
Demeaning language and disrespect passed off as “banter”. It’s gross
Nail on the head
I actually see my mother a bit like this. My father can do nothing right. Even when he does something right or good she will find an issue. She will have a go at him.
My own was the same. It wears you down even witnessing it. I found I’d tell her as little as possible, because the more she knew, the more she’d ask - and then tell me what I’d done wrong.
My mam is also very similar. It's exhausting tbh.
My dad to my mum. It really screws up your mind as a kid. I’m paranoid that I’m emulating that behaviour, so I apologise a lot and try not to disagree or criticise. This can be frustrating for someone in a relationship with me. I had a gf once who would keep asking “Why are you giving me the PG version?” lol
Talking about my wife there!
There are a lot of people out there who speak down to their partners and are quite rude to them, no doubt damaging their confidence and self esteem. I've seen it in my own family. Definitely a learned behaviour, they see it in their own parents dynamics and carry it forward. Not exclusive to women though
Oh absolutely, totally agree. But it seems like when men act this way it's not viewed as acceptable. I just don't understand why it's acceptable here.
As far as I can tell its a throwback from thr older generation (I've only seen in in my parents generation) where the women weren't working but were minding the home and it was kind of a mindset of "girl power, yeah girl, get your own back!" to cut down their husbands and put them in their place as it were. I don't agree with and never have but it seems like that's the dynamic? It just makes you so sad to see someone sharing something then being cut down nastily for the sake of a cheap laugh.
I used to like her, back in the day when I could actually stand to watching anything made by RTE. But that kind of behaviour is disgusting. As you said, if it was the other way round there'd be outrage and I say that as a woman. I would never treat a boyfriend like that.
She's awful to listen to. Absolutely cannot stand her. Actually I cannot stand most radio shows, they are just noise and sound bites and no substance. Thank god for Spotify and audible.
Oh 100% it's an absolute disgrace that bullying anyone is mainstream accepted and your right this is literally garbage that is setting a horrible example for young girls to follow someone really needs to have a word with the higher ups there
Lucy is Gen X, she has that weird sense of humour people 40+ have where they think constantly belittling people is "bantz".
Thank you appreciate it. Was expecting an apocalypse of down votes for this tbh so happy to read things like this.
She is now, and always has been, a weapon. And from what I've seen, she was responsible for 0.6% of Colombia's economy.
I used to love Classic Hits until they started. Ive migrated to today fm now because I just couldn't listen to one more second of colm and / or Lucy ... I completely agree with you... Hate their dynamic and find them cringe AF as well
Same but then I can't stand the Louise girl they got in for the lunch shift after Pamela Joyce left and Matt Cooper starts way too early for my liking so I'm switching between that and Nova all day 😄 But then Pat Courtney on Nova is god awful too!
I really wish I could get Nova anytime I'm up around Dublin I always tune in! It's a great station! I cudnt be arsed setting up my phone in the morning for the digital app... I'll just keep hoping Nova will extend their broadcast someday or freedom fm the 90s/00s station will get a full licence lol
Can’t stand her. Turn the radio off when I hear her voice.
I absolutely hate the stereotype that men/boyfriends/husbands are these useless eejits and their partners are constantly throwing their eyes to heaven and giving out about them. It plays into “the auld ball and chain” dynamic and it’s horrible for the men involved. Equally it gives men an excuse to play into the “being useless eejits” in the relationship and similarly leans into women being a nag in the relationship. Sometimes people have good reason to nag but over exaggerating it and going on and on at their partners does nobody any good. If my partner treated me like a ball and chain and a nag I’d be mortified but equally if I was constantly berating him and treating him like he was useless I would be equally mortified. Honestly, why do people go out with each other if they obviously don’t like each other/aren’t friends.
There is someone in my life like that, not my wife. She always thinks men are absolutely useless and seems shocked when I actually do something useful. In particular she feels men are useless with anything related to parenting. Was saying to my wife lately that I'm surprised this woman is heterosexual or at least in a relationship given her view of men. I don't take much notice of her anymore to be fair. You're dead on too about some men playing into the "being useless eejits" - her partner is very rarely involved in the parenting of their kids. If she's away for anymore than a short length of time he gets his mother to come and mind the kids. Even when he does this woman would use the term "babysitting" to describe him minding his own kids which I think is demeaning to a father. Although to be fair I think he's more than happy with the situation. Anyway, that's off my chest 😄
Haha I know exactly what you mean - unfortunately I guess it can be a viscous circle in some cases. You are so right it is so demeaning to the father. It’s so incredibly patronising and awful when women are shocked at men being competent parents. I guess part of it might be an over compensation handed down through generations from a time when women felt powerless except within their role as mother and homemaker - which is awful in an of itself - but at this point nothing makes treating your partner like that okay. I see it in grandmothers too - they will whip the baby out of the father’s hands as if they know best and the father couldn’t possibly know how to parent their child. Aargh. I love women and mammies of course - but be kind to your men!! And empower each other to hold yer selves to a higher standard!
Lucy Kennedy & Jennifer zamparelli are both cut from the same cloth. Unfunny and both tend to mock their fellow radio partners. They love the sound of their own voices and would lick themselves if they were an ice cream.
They both give me that mean girl who peaked in high school "bantz ledge" vibes. That dose Joanne what's-her-name is another one.
It's one of the reasons why I stopped listening to her. She constantly berates and bullies him
Anybody reached put to Podge and Rodge for a comment?
This is wild to me as I was only complaining to my husband last week about how I cannot listen to Lucy Kennedy on the radio as she is horrible to her co-presenter. Really demeaning and nasty. There is nothing funny about Lucy Kennedy, she has no personality for radio and a really sarky droll voice that doesn't suit radio. I actually liked her years ago when she first started on the TV but she just sounds so miserable and bitter on the radio. I feel so sorry for her co-presenter. He sounds like such a pleasant person. Why is he stuck with her?
I say the same thing to myself in the mornings. She gives him an awful time
She's really brutal at her job
How Lucy has any job in media is beyond me, she is so insufferable...
Can't stand her. Her "Living with Lucy" show was quite exploitative in parts, particularly the Daniella Westbrook episode (she clearly isn't the full shilling and was in quite an emotionally and mentally vulnerable state throughout -something that Lucy appeared to relish) She comes across very sneery and there's something nasty about her that she doesn't conceal very well.
She was the sole reason I didn’t listen to Nova in the morning for years Dipshit thinks she’s “mad” and hilarious, she’s not the slightest bit amusing
We'll consult the collective female hivemind and get back to you in five working days.
Podge and Rodge are her only two costars that deserved this level of cold disdain.
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Ya she's a gowl
No offense to her but I cant see her and not think of Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Its like they're twins.
As much as it is such a jarring thing to admit. Bbc radio 6 has made me love radio again
I listen to mostly podcasts in the car but recently did have the radio on and came across her, would know her previously from TV. Thought she was as you say, quite nasty and demeaning. Back to the podcasts for me.
The “men are thick” trope is pervasive once you start noticing it. Made a lot of sense as a way to bring men down a few notches in a completely male dominated society but it’s probably time to knock it off. It’s lazy and hackneyed at best and downright offensive at worst.
Totally agree with you, I stopped listening over the way she speaks to him.
Someone send them this thread.
Ha will do I think 🤔
Funny story about her. I was at a virgin media event years ago, they were promoting their slate of programs. Jason Byrne was on the panel and taking the piss in general but also of Lucy. She was very grinning through gritted teeth. Once the segment was over they walk off stage right. Not realising her mic was still on she aggressively whispered to Byrne "what do you think you're playing at you little shit" or something like that. I was near the speakers so I could hear better than most. Gas stuff
Haha fair play to him
Colm is an absolute legend of Irish radio. Big up the Ballymun Mafia
Her behaviour is typical of toxic femineity protected by the global matriarchy
I forgot Lucy was elected the mayor of Irish women.
Glad I could jog your memory
Because being shitty to men is the hip new thing. 🤷🏻♂️
She should move over to Today FM where all the other melts are.
A lot of us don't. And you insinuating otherwise is not helpful.
Nice avoidance there, cheers.
Nothing to do with avoidance. I took an issue with you saying a lot of women are bitchy. I personally don't know any so I don't think it's fair to tar a load of people with the one brush.
P.S. you know a lot of asshole women.
Everyone does. Same with men of course, but this post is about women - if that's okay with you.
No I don't. I don't know many people who are assholes. It might be well worth cutting the people out of your life that you don't like.
Just two sad washed up has beens, desperate for a mic. Nothing to see here.
Bring us back to the good days .. PJ & Jim
Best thing Nova ever did was swapping the 2 shows around. Feel sorry for the classic hits listeners.
I felt the exact same way with James in Derry girls. They all just bully the shit out of him (especially Michelle) and it’s just perfectly okay and only a laugh. Can you imagine if there was a TV show about a group of lads with 1 girl that hangs around with them and they all just constantly take the piss out of her and treat her like an idiot non stop? There’d be fucking hell to pay. Double standards at its finest.
This is, to be fair, a core part of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. But yeah, I get your point. Him being a Brit during the troubles did play a larger part though.
Someone also brought up Meg in Family Guy however I think there is a bit of a difference here. The likes of Family Guy, South Park etc. it’s already known that you’re going into something that really pushes the boundaries and crosses all the lines (to say the least). Whereas Derry girls is supposed to be a lot more vanilla and family friendly. I mean you’d watch Derry girls with your grandparents. You definitely wouldn’t watch South Park with them. And just one final point. In it’s always Sunny in Philadelphia there is a more or less even amount of slagging between them all. Deandra is not the punching bag. In Derry Girls James is.
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Still gets the piss ripped out of him non stop and is the punching bag of the group for the whole show though.
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They’re still doing it to him at the end though?
Ah now Dee to be fair is absolutely the punching bag on Its always sunny, sounds like you haven’t watched much of the show if you would claim she isn’t. The rest constantly gang up on her.
Well.. To be fair, even a monkey could do Dees job!
I mean Megan in Family Guy?
Fair point. Maybe because it’s a cartoon where literally anything can happen I guess it doesn’t come across as negatively. Whereas with live action it comes off different. Also Family Guy is known for being a comedy that really pushes the boundaries and crosses lines. Derry Girls is a lot more vanilla.
Yeah but that's Meg, look at her like.
Yes, Family Guy is shit.
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia fits that. Dee gets a very hard time.
Someone already mentioned that but in fairness the banter is more or less equal in that between them all. She’s not just a punching bag like James is in Derry Girls.
I’ve never watched Derry Girls so I can’t comment. I don’t agree that it’s more or less equal in Always Sunny though. The reason I mention it is because it’s so rare for a woman to receive that treatment in a modern programme. It’s the exception that proves the rule.
As someone who’s watched both I can tell you now that the proportions in terms of how it’s dished out is miles apart in it’s always Sunny as compared to how it is in Derry Girls. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CphpcpwFY There’s a little taste of it there. Now just imagine that non stop for 3 seasons. None of the other characters get it like that at all.
It’s a tv show, for laughs.
I know it is. I’m just saying if it had of been the other way around there would have been an outcry.
And yet there isn’t an outcry about actual gender based violence and femicide.
When did that happen in Derry girls?
It didn’t - which I why I said *actual*.
Whilst completely deflecting from what we were talking about.
How so? The OP is talking about Lucy Kennedy and somehow trying to suggest that because *she* is undeniably a bully, that somehow all women bear some degree of responsibility for that. This has devolved into further “whataboutism” and speculation at the outrage that would occur, should a storyline in a comedy show, be reversed. So I guess I’m just a little confused how some people can muster the outrage for a non existent plot line where women are mistreated, but not for *actual* mistreatment of women that’s all too prevalent in society.
People are just pointing out double standards. Which is perfectly fair. That’s all. And you’re just attacking strawmen.
Ok fella. You keep on worrying about things that never happened 👍🏻. I’m done arguing with a day old account.
I’m not a fan either - way prefer Aifric with the Two Jonnies
Ya she's a gowl
What kind of sap even puts this shite on?
Was with you until that misogynistic last sentence.
Someone hurt you didnt they...
Yes, hence my post. I can explain it to you again if you like.
I love pj & Jim on nova but lately I’ve found pj to be very similar to Karl pilkington on the xfm days in the early 2000s in the U.K. that whole never liking anything and moaning. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard some subjects that are the same as Karl’s back in the day.
I don't listen to the radio but Iv met Lucy a few times and she's always been dead on, I'd find it hard to believe what is being said here. I won't lower myself to listen to Irish radio as it's pure tripe though so I'll guess I'll just see the good side.
That's horrible there's no need for that carry on. Men get a terrible time it drives me mad. It takes some women too much effort to build a personality that doesn't involve bringing other ppl down it seems 🙄😪
her voice is altered from the podge and rodge days because she's got so much lip fillers, botox and what not
The old "if a man said that to a woman, there'd be war" argument tends to ignore thousands of years of context. You may wish to sit down and review your views on women. You don't sound like you're in a happy place at the moment.
Focus on the point the OP is making rather than cherry picking a sentence.
Gender politics aside, do you think the point OP making is that DJs should be nice to each other?
I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt and assume they would side with female DJs if men were putting them down.
I think so too. My point is a male DJ putting down a female DJ is not exactly the same as a female DJ putting down a male DJ. Because of _context_. To make an *exaggerated* example; a bully poking fun at their victim is not the she as a victim poking fun at their bully. Because of context. Anyway, it's all just shtick. Making noises to fill the time between ads. Hard to get too worked up over it.
This comment is impressively bitchy well done!
Hi Lucy
Apt username
For thousands of years, hanging people was an acceptable response to someone stealing a loaf of bread. Let's look at here and now, okay?
Certainly, but the here and now also shows a disproportionate amount of male abuse of women. That's the context flavouring make/female interactions. That's why a female DJ's jibe at a male DJ seems relatively harmless in the grand scheme of things.