Ryan Tubridy reveals when he thinks he’ll leave the Late Late Show – Extra.ie

Ryan Tubridy has revealed when he thinks he'll leave the Late Late Show as he prepares to celebrate his 50th birthday next year.

The Dublin native has been the face of RTE's longest-running show for 13 years after taking over from Pat Kenny in 2009. Ryan admitted he doesn't think he'll be presenting the show for another decade.

Speaking at the RTE Season Launch ahead of the Late Late's return this Friday, Ryan gave an insight into how he views his future with the show.

'Im going to be 50 in May and that is important. That is going to feature in my thought process. This is my 14th year. I did five years on Tubridy Tonight so, yeah, I think I will be keeping an eye on everything in the next number of years.

'It wont be today or tomorrow so Im not going anywhere yet. But I dont see a decade in it... I think when the hunger stops, the game is over. I am still ambitious. The show still matters to me. I have something slightly more to prove to myself as well,' he said.

Ryan hopes that he 'can be a little bit better' on the show this season, despite leading the show through an unprecedented pandemic in recent years.

Reflecting on how the pandemic affected his view of life, Ryan said: 'It gave me pause for thought. I dont want to be running on a treadmill as a much older person at all. I want to enjoy life as much as I do now.

'And when I finish on the Late Late Show I am going to pursue other projects. I play parlour game tricks on myself about what they might be but its all dreamland. I dont want to be older and burned out. I want to be older and excited still.'

The last season of the show saw Ryan caught in the middle of a controversy after quizzing Derry Girls star Jamie Lee-ODonnell about her age. Ryan said he had no regrets over how he asks questions and believes people will slowly move away from extreme political correctness.

He explained: 'Thats the current climate we live in. How long will it last? It will last [until] people get bored. It will last as long as people feel the answers are becoming more sanitised and people can no longer be themselves.

'I think viewers and listeners and readers will eventually say "Enough. We want people to be themselves. Please stop censoring and sanitising".

'I think when you are an interviewer [the question is] can you go to sleep at night knowing that you asked every question fairly, with good reason and without malice and if you can do that you sleep easy. And I sleep easy.'

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