Late Late Show 21.11.08 Prizewinner did not want Toy Show part of prize.

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So a night off and decided to watch some of the late late. Anyway did anyone hear the woman who won the shopping trip and toy show tickets. Personality of a wet blanket, acted like the phone call was the last thing she wanted and when he asked who she was bringing to the toy shop she said she wasn't interested in the tickets

I loved hearing the boos from the audience, she said yes to the 10K fairly quickly and then couldn't get off the phone quick enough !!
 
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Hey, me ma is not that bad !
 
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She sounded like a right pain. I'm glad the audience booed her. Why did she even bother entering the competition if she didn't want to take the call. I thought she made a show of herself. I loved the way Pat ripped up the tickets! I don't think she should get the 10 grand...she didn't sound like she needed it anyway!
 
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Personally speaking I would hold both the €10k and the tickets in the same regard as how many can ever go to the Toy Show. It is like a National institution now. Even Pat with all of his years of experience was taken aback.
 
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boris said:
Personally speaking I would hold both the €10k and the tickets in the same regard as how many can ever go to the Toy Show. It is like a National institution now. Even Pat with all of his years of experience was taken aback.
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Depends on your perspective, she could be a frail 90 year old woman with no family, she did say raffle them off to the audience, but Pat had already had his tantrum by then.
 
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I personally thought the Satanic Sluts were a new high for the show.They've got some future ahead of them.
 
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Vanilla said:
I personally thought the Satanic Sluts were a new high for the show.They've got some future ahead of them.
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I just Googled the Satanic Sluts... I’m sort I missed the show now...
 
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MrMan said:
Depends on your perspective, she could be a frail 90 year old woman with no family, she did say raffle them off to the audience, but Pat had already had his tantrum by then.
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It seem she is in her late 30's and has no children.

I for one agree with her - I cannot think of anything worse than sitting watching tangoed children singing and dancing.

That said I would have kept it to myself and told them nearer the time that I didn't want the tickets - just the 10K thanks.
 
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MrMan said:
Depends on your perspective, she could be a frail 90 year old woman with no family, she did say raffle them off to the audience, but Pat had already had his tantrum by then.
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You never can tell. 5 or 6 years ago, a B&B lady in my own neck of the woods refused to take a booking from a couple on the basis that they weren't married. The couple felt (quite rightfully) aggrieved and told their story to one of the Sunday tabloids, who splashed the story in "shock horror" terms all over their front page. What the paper didn't mention was that the lady was a widow in her 70s whose only reason for continuing in business was to provide for her adult son who suffered from a significant mental handicap. A few months after the newspaper had their story, she closed her doors...
 
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But the question remains why did she enter the competition? No one forced her to. By all means take the €10K and not the tickets - but appear happy to have won.
 
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FredBloggs said:
But the question remains why did she enter the competition? No one forced her to. By all means take the €10K and not the tickets - but appear happy to have won.
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I would imagine it was the 10k that she entered for, I think she was timid rather than rude and had she been let speak after her 'I'm not particularly interested' it would have turned out differently I think.
 
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Vanilla said:
I personally thought the Satanic Sluts were a new high for the show.They've got some future ahead of them.
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They were appalling beyond belief. I was embarrassed for the national broadcaster watching them...The audience response was muted to say the least...I wonder how much they were paid for their appearance....
 
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Ha, ha, purple, you're hilarious!

I actually felt very sorry for the woman and I thought Pat tearing up the tickets and audience booing was awful. There's no predicting how anyone would react speaking on live television, she was probably a bit in shock and nervous.

The toy show was CRAP last year, no innovative toys, no nifty educational toys, books were awful, not enough Irish toys showcased. It was just plastic trashy advertising. Awful. I'd certainly take the 10k and run.

Regardless of how she reacted, she didn't deserve to be slagged off by the host, have tickets ripped up like that and be booed by the whole audience. I think RTE should apologise to her.

I do think it's mad though that hardly anyone winning the audience prizes manages a thank you. Nerves I guess.
 
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it was on the local 96fm this morning. I was amazed by peoples reactions.

Look, no-one & i mean NO ONE knows exactly what goes on behind close doors. That lady could have been in the middle of hearing some terrible news. She may well have a sick relative. You just dont know. People react differently to certain things, but my god, what a judgemental bunch of whiners
 
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Well said, I totally aggree!!
 
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