Yesterday, in Paula's Showbiz news, she talked about Michael Flatley's upcoming "farewell" tour. After the show, another member of the team who'll remain nameless (rhymes with Shmairead Shmarrell) asked Paula "if you had to, would ya?" to which Paula replied "even if I didn't have to, I would".
It got the team talking about their weird crushes - Mairead's are Bill Clinton and Bryan Dobson (!), Phil's is Angela Lansbury - and our listeners jumped on board with their suggestions too: Here are the listeners of the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show's Weird Crushes:
My secret crush is Martin King. He's so upbeat and giddy. It's great. I hope he's okay with having a man crush on him!
Hi Phil - my first crush was Thelma Mansfield as well. What a lady. Tony in Castlebar
Morning! My secret crush is Marty Morrissey, he is adorable!! Suzanne
Hi Phil, Meg Ryan is my secret crush and has been since the 90's. I can't get enough of her but sssh... don't tell the wife. Steve
My guilty pleasure is George Clark the interior designer from Amazing Spaces. His voice sends me to amazing places!
Hi Phil, for a long time I had a really secret crush on Glen Close. Got sense after fatal attraction. Eugene.
My Celebrity crush: Betty White - it would probably kill her, but it would be amazing!! John 34
My guilty pleasure is ... Leo Varadkar.
Phil my guilty pleasure is Caitriona Perry the Washington Correspondent on the RTE news. Sean in Portlaoise
Phil do you remember Dr Marcus Welby MD? He was a silver haired fox? Car in Westport. :-}
Dear Phil I have had to pull in again... Just had a strange realisation that as a teenager I had a massive crush on George Michael which in recent years has been replaced by Leo Varadkar.... Why do I have crushes on gay men?!
Will Smith, from Shelly Spillane in Maynooth
Thelma Mansfield. My first crush. Can't reveal my name
