Ireland's Fittest Family: The cockiest family in the competition aren't even from Cork

The confident Bissetts make a splash and scrape through to the next round
Ireland's Fittest Family: The cockiest family in the competition aren't even from Cork

 The Pontoons of Pain prove to be tough going for all the competitors in Ireland's Fittest Family

"It might seem like they're cocky. They're not. They're actually a great family." When Davy Fitzgerald is defending your swagger, maybe it's time to rein it in. And that's coming from a woman with inbred Cork confidence, with a side of an unexamined, unearned sense of innate fabulousness.

To be fair to the Bissetts, Nadine did set a record at the Back Against the Wall challenge in week one, squatting for an incredible 27 minutes, 41 seconds. They do have bragging rights. But the somewhat brash trash talk juxtapositioned with the O'Brien's gentle, calm, confidence in the eliminator didn't do them any favours. I just couldn't bring myself to root for them, and it's not just because they're Dubs and the O'Brien's are from the Rebel county.*

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