Four Late Late Show talking points, including Trinny Woodall, Becky Lynch and Stardust (2024)

However, the 37-year-old said her appearance on the Late Late Show was a sign that she had “made it”, especially for her mother who was in the audience.

Before becoming one of the world’s most famous wrestlers, the Baldoyle native spent two and a half years as an air hostess, but she could never shake her desire to wrestle.

Lynch, whose real name is Rebecca Quin, was the first woman to be the main event at WrestleMania, which at the time, was in its 35th year.

When asked what it was like to achieve that goal, she said: “It was right.” “Damn right I was going to be the main event,” she added as the audience cheered and Kielty reached out for a high-five.

Lynch also discussed juggling family time and wrestling with her fellow wrestler husband, Seth Rollins.

Kielty applauded the mother-of-one for following her dreams to the point where is now “at the top” of her game.

Bambie Thug

One of the “musical treats” lined up for the night was Eurovision hopeful Bambie Thug who is heading to Sweden to represent Ireland with their song, Doomsday Blue.

The Cork native, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, teased that the song would get “a bit of a revamp” for the competition in Malmo next month.

Following a rendition of the song, Kielty asked Bambie about the controversy surrounding this year’s Eurovision and why they had decided to perform amid calls for a boycott.

Last month, Bambie released a collective statement with eight other Eurovision entrants who detailed the privilege of representing their countries and the discomfort they feel over Israel’s place in the contest.

“I stand with anyone doing the boycott. I think if I wasn’t in the competition, I would also be boycotting,” they said on Friday night.

“There are a lot of moving parts and at the end of the day without a group of us who is pro-Palestine, it is less competition for the other side to win and it’s less solidarity there. Obviously, it’s incredibly heavy and I am extremely behind everybody.” Kielty seems confident in Bambie’s ability to reach the final, if not win the competition – so much so that the host is ready to “put a few quid on it”.

He crossed his fingers as he told the audience and viewers at home that they may catch Bambie in the Eurovision final on Saturday, May 11 as well as the first half of the semi-finals on Tuesday, May 7.

Trinny Woodall

Founder and CEO of makeup and skincare brand, Trinny London, Trinny Woodall shared her inspiring story as a woman in business.

Dressed in head-to-toe pink sparkles, the 60-year-old (Kielty and the audience were equally shocked to learn her age) talked about her brand’s success and the obstacles she had to overcome while building it.

“I had a few careers. I used to trade commodities and that was terrible. I would go into work with the Financial Times on the outside and the Daily Mail on the inside because I was a fraud and I hated it,” she said.

The Londoner also worked in TV and moved abroad before she had her daughter and bought the house of her dreams. However, she had a desire to create her own business.

After she turned 50, her husband took his own life, making Woodhall a single parent. She eventually sold her house in order to make her business dreams come true.

“I thought…this is the hardest time to try it, so if I don’t try it now, I’ll never do it.”

The bubbly British beauty founder finished her appearance with a demonstration that she claimed would help boost energy levels. After removing her shoes, she got Kielty up onto his feet and bouncing up and down for what she called “floppy bunny”.

Stardust tribute

Patrick Kielty was joined by some of the survivors and family members of those involved in the Stardust fire after a jury returned majority verdicts of unlawful killing for all the 48 people who lost their lives in the nightclub fire in 1981.

Antionette Keegan and Selina McDermott shared their memories of the night of February 13, 1981. Antionette Keegan attended the nightclub with her sisters Mary and Martina who both lost their lives in the fire. Selina McDermott was just 11 when her siblings Willie, George and Marcella died in the fire.

When asked how she felt to get the result on Thursday, Antionette Keegan said: “It was very overwhelming. It was kind of a numbness – going around in a daze like, is this real? We finally got it.”

“We should have never [have had] to wait 43 years,” she added. “But we got it.”

Selina McDermott said her mother ensured the batteries for her hearing aids were working so that she could hear the verdict on Thursday.

“And she heard it. We just [saw] her head and her shoulders go down onto the table. She cried so much. It just came from inside and it just poured out of her.”

The show ended with Kielty reading out the names of the 48 Stardust victims as the audience sat in silence, listening to each one.

“Rest easy and goodnight,” he concluded.

As he finished speaking, the audience took to their feet to give a standing ovation to Antionette Keegan and Selina McDermott. The pair were emotional as they hugged one another and held hands in what was a truly moving moment.