Brendan O’Carroll has revealed that this year’s Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special will have a very important meaning. The funnyman has revealed that he will be dedicating the festive episode to the late Gay Byrne.
The pair had only met twice away from cameras, but Brendan says that they were firm friends behind the scenes revealing that they chatted on the phone a great deal over the years.
So it makes sense that he would want to pay tribute to his late friend this year on the most popular episode of the show. Speaking to The Irish Mirror, Brendan explained that Gay took him ‘under his wing’ and that he ‘never have been as successful’ without the help of the nation’s uncle.
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