A vintage episode of Tonight with Vincent Browne ended last night with a discussion on the royal wedding by Sarah McInerney, of The Sunday Times and defeated Senatorial candidate Martin Mansergh.
Vincent Browne: “Amy Huberman is the wife…”
McInerney: “Of Brian O’Driscoll who unfortunately can’t attend.”
Browne: “So she’s going on her own?”
McInerney: “She’s going on her own in a bubblegum pink Louise Kennedy dress.”
Browne: “Bubblegum?”
McInerney: “Yes, with shoes from – “
Browne: “Would that be like Martin Mansergh’s tie, now? Would that be bubblegum pink?”
Mansergh: “My, my cousin, 30 years ago, she wore for her wedding one of the very first Louise Kennedy dresses, ah, you know, when these things were still relatively easily affordable.”
Browne: “Your cousin?”
Mansergh: “Cousin, yes, my first cousin.”
Browne: “Would you like to tell us about any of the other first cousins, what they wore?”
Mansergh: “I have only one first cousin.”
Browne: “What did you wear at your own wedding?”
Mansergh: “Oh I suppose the usual, ha ha. I suppose the morning dress stuff.”
Browne: “Did you wear a hat?”
Mansergh: “No, no.”
Browne: “You’d look splendid in a hat, tall hat.”
Mansergh: “I used to wear a beret in those days until, when I became, in the department of foreign affairs I was told I looked like an unemployed IRA man.”
Browne [aside]: “He gets worse, doesn’t he? This isn’t Mario Rosenstock, by the way. This is a real fellah.”
Watch full episode here