There's a funny story of him accompanying Micheal O'Muireachtaigh (sp?) into the dresingrooms at Croke Park just before a big match, and someone asked "Who's the weightlifter?"
Not quite sure why Ryan attracts that much abuse, I wouldnt be a huge fan, and I think the Late Late is usually fairly lame, but that tends to be mainly beacuse the guests arent a patch on the UK fare (understandably).
I dont know that the particular comments warrant any great analysis, but if pressed I'd say he's more a "strongly worded letter" man.
Sure at least he's going home to Aoibheann, and is making shed loads of cash so a) he cant be that bad & b) is he bothered anyway.