Ryan Tubridy: 'It's liberating to be free from a format, now I'm my own boss'

Three years on from the RTÉ payment scandal, Ryan Tubridy is a changed man. He talks to Gemma Fullam about work, love, and his friendship with Piers Morgan

TV personality Ryan Tubridy on Dun Laoghaire Pier, Dublin. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

Now that the RTÉ payments scandal is in the rear-view mirror, what’s the feeling that is left? I’m expecting Ryan Tubridy to say bitterness or annoyance, or regret even, but he surprises me.

“I’d say largely gratitude that it turned out so well,” he says, putting emphasis on the word ‘well’.