Will Bertie give Dancing With Stars a twirl?
WE can all remember Bertie Ahern sidestepping a bit during his time in office, but who would have thought he would be quick-stepping his way onto the next series of Dancing With The Stars?
Chatting to his daughter Georgina Ahern Byrne in the green room of the hit RTE show, she revealed to us she would be very interested to see him shake his stuff in a sequined outfit next year.
With a glint in her eye, the 38-yearold said: “When you put your mind to something, you never know what you might be able to achieve.”
And the mum of three wouldn’t miss her well-known dad partnering with a professional dancer while moving and shaking for the audience at home.
She would certainly bring an added touch of glamour to the show.
The mum of Jay, Rocco and Gia lights up the backstage area every week as her husband Nicky Byrne presents DWTS alongside Amanda Byram.
But while she was keen to see Bertie bop to the top, she removed herself from the mix by confessing she is totally uncoordinated when it comes to strutting her stuff on camera.
She also quipped she hopes she didn’t get her jiving skills from her former Taoiseach dad, but either way, we will be in for some seriously entertaining TV.
Forget Dancing Dessie and the Marty Party, here comes Bertie and the ballroom blitz.
We say: “Nobody puts Bertie in the corner!”
And while the beautiful Georgina may have declined to sign up for the show, we think she would make an excellent co-presenter alongside Nicky.
They could be the Irish answer to Richard and Judy or Eamonn and Ruth.
But meanwhile, this time next year Bertie could be on very different canvassing trial as he looks for the votes of the Irish public once again.