Esther at the Baftas: The red carpet is boring and bizarre, but what a brilliant night

Esther N McCarthy trades elbows with some Italian journalists to get up close and personal with the Irish stars at last year's Baftas

She might have been bursting for the jacks but Esther still exuded glamour at the 76th British Academy Film Awards (Baftas) last year in London. Picture: Ian West/PA

Want to know what being on the red carpet is really like? Boring as shite, lads. It's a bizarre thing, to be literally penned into an area with a little red rope separating us scummy journalists from the shining glittery stars. They wouldn't even let us out to go the toilet. I'm not messing. I'm a small bit traumatised over it.

The whole day is exhausting. It's 7pm now and I haven't been able to go to the toilet since noon. That's taking the piss.