Why we just can't help loving Marty Morrissey

EMBARRASSMENT comes in many guises. For broadcaster and commentator, Marty Morrissey, it was the day he ran after supermodel Cindy Crawford, in Beijing, to secure an interview. He shouted “Marty Morrissey, RTÉ Sport, Ireland.

What do you think of the Olympics?” The lady vanished.

While his charm was lost on Crawford, his empathic interviewing endears him to many. But is he hurt by the parodying?