McClean opens up on autism diagnosis and says he is proud to be on the spectrum

James McClean bravely opened up on his autism diagnosis as he sat down with new presenter Patrick Kielty on The Late Late Show.

McClean spoke about his six-year-old daughter who has autism and said that his life had “completely changed for the better” since her birth. Kielty added: “We also have a shiny new set. What do we think of this? There we go. No expense spared. Or if you’re the host, no expenses spared. “Just to put that into perspective, that’s almost double the amount of people who saw Toy Show The Musical.”Kielty went on: “This is where the RTE executives in the green room realise they might have booked the wrong pony.”

RTE’s spending through a so-called barter account has come in for intense scrutiny since it emerged that the broadcaster paid 150,000 euro to Tubridy through one such account, as part of an undisclosed commercial arrangement with a sponsor. At that point, negotiations over a new radio contract for Tubridy were halted and he was taken off air amid the crisis that engulfed the organisation.

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