Drink is part of who I am, says Ryan

UNDERPAID, under-appreciated and under the influence — sounds like the kind of character who might ring the Gerry Ryan Show on a Monday morning to share their disgruntlement with the nation.

But the character in question is Ryan himself who, according to his memoirs, drinks too much, is paid too little and receives way too little credit from the critics.

In the forthcoming Would The Real Gerry Please Stand Up, the 52-year-old broadcaster admits to regularly downing a third of a bottle of whiskey and drinking in an average week three times the alcohol limit recommended by doctors.