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15th November 2016
10:04am GMT
Would-be-viewers shared their disgust that RTÉ would welcome such a hateful character. Many Twitter users called for a boycott. Alan Maguire shared his thoughts online, calling Hopkins a ‘dangerous bigot’ and stating rightfully, “that it is simply not in the public interest to mainstream the dangerous view of people like Ms. Hopkins.”Good news team. I have booked my flight. ......to the @RTELateLateShow on Friday. Look forward to seeing you there #MAGA pic.twitter.com/pDeKMbK5q9
— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) November 9, 2016
I've sent a complaint to RTÉ about Katie Hopkins' Late Late appearance. Maybe you'll consider doing so too. complaints@rte.ie pic.twitter.com/pT3zYmy5Ym — November Alan (@alan_maguire) November 9, 2016Alas, the stunt worked in RTÉ’s favour with the broadcaster confirming that over 740,800 people tuned in to watch. An RTE source told The Irish Sun that “It was a very popular Late late Show and performed very strongly." During the show itself, Hopkins displayed a predictable level of ignorance, hatred and disregard for diversity. https://twitter.com/WunAngel/status/798167848363446272 https://twitter.com/Megative/status/798246282246651904 https://twitter.com/Kelfogarty/status/797997959589740544 https://twitter.com/jmrssl/status/797904160339279872
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