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21st Feb 2018

One lad on First Dates Ireland managed to annoy a lot of viewers last night

Ah now.

Anna O'Rourke

One lad on First Dates Ireland managed to annoy a lot of viewers last night

Did you think this was bad form?

First Dates Ireland can be a cruel watch, especially when things don’t work out for a pair of daters you thought were ideal for each other.

One couple we were rooting for on Tuesday night’s episode was Jamie and Anthony.

Welshman Jamie was very frank during his date and shared his experience of homophobic bullying with Anthony, giving us all a lesson in how to deal with ignorance.

One lad on First Dates Ireland managed to annoy a lot of viewers last night

“I got queer-bashed quite a few times,” he said of coming out as gay at 16.

“Just smile and laugh, always smile and laugh. Yeah punch me again, hit me harder. What are you proving by doing it?

“I’m just making you look stupid. It hurt the next morning but on a principle level and a mindset level, they achieved nothing by doing that.

“Actually, I could stand there and say, ‘You didn’t really hurt me in the grand scheme of things.'”

His inner strength and honesty won us all over at home and things looked to be going well for Jamie and Anthony.

One lad on First Dates Ireland managed to annoy a lot of viewers last night

Jamie settled the bill but when it came down to the crunch, Anthony admitted he wasn’t interested in a second date and viewers were not having it.

It’s not all bad news though as in an update on Twitter last night, Jamie revealed that he’d started seeing someone else.

“I had an amazing time,” he said. “It was a really good life memory.”

Fair play.

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First Dates,TV