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CLAIMING HIS PRESS briefings were a “prime-time show” around the world, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer has said he is “one of the most popular guys in Ireland”.
Speaking to Axios, a US political news website, Spicer said that he had been mobbed on a recent trip to Europe and claimed huge levels of popularity for his press briefings.
“The US press briefing had become part of their nightly viewing,” he said.
It was a prime-time show from Europe to the Middle East … I’m one of the most popular guys in Ireland.
Politico reported yesterday that Spicer is to join the paid speaking circuit, but he told Axios that he is considering many possibilities, including paid appearances on TV shows in Ireland and the UK or even a book detailing the lessons he learnt in communications.
Spicer, who resigned in July after nearly six months in the job, became known for defending US President Donald Trump’s positions (and the wording of tweets) even when they were massively controversial.
Among the most notable was his claim that Trump’s inauguration crowd represented “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period” – a statement that was widely ridiculed.
He also gained notoriety through comedian Melissa McCarthy’s impersonations of him on Saturday Night Live.
It was widely reported that Spicer resigned in protest after Anthony Scaramucci was hired as the White House communications director.
Spicer then told Associated Press that it would be “great” when Scaramucci took over, but said that there were “too many cooks in the kitchen”.
In a tweet, he said it was an “honor & a privilege” to serve Trump.
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I think he’s mixing the popularity of Spicer with the popularity of the spice burger
@Clever Jake: With white bread and HP sauce
@Clever Jake: slice them in half and put them in the toaster next time! You’d bull cows for a small farmer after the delight of one of those!
@Tom Burke: Well played Sir.
@Tom Burke: The man is clearly as big a fool as Trump, talk of birds of a feather flocking together.
@Tom Burke: Spice Bag
If Sean Spicer came to Ireland to trace his roots it would be a bigger event than Barack Obama’s visit.
The people of Ireland have taken Sean to their hearts.
@Clever Jake:
Cmon Jake, he’d be some craic.
@Clever Jake: Woah there buddy! Somebody can’t be Irish because you don’t share their opinion?!
@Clever Jake: Jesus man.. learn what sarcasm/satire is. It’s obviously a play on Trumps inauguration on how they claimed it was the most popular ever
@Emmet Dillane: you are sadly deluded, typical Trump supporter.
@Clever Jake: So only people with “Irish” sounding names can be Irish now?!
@Emmet Dillane: the delusion persists!
@Emmet Dillane: You’re the definition of Delusion, they’ll be renaming it Dillane Delusional syndrome and Spicer is not popular here.
@Liam Doyle: Trump is scraping the underneath, of the bottom of the barrel and are you a Trumpanzee too?
@Liam Doyle: The journal comments section is the only place I have come across an Irish person say they support Trump. Literally every single person I have spoken to about Trump thought he was a complete moron. And that is no joke. Not one person. Saying that I try to steer clear of racists idiots in general.
@Clever Jake:
This is about Sean Spicer’s popularity, a separate issue to Trump.
And he would be right.. love the spice
@dangermouse: I preferred Scarramucci myself. He hammer Spicer in a scrap.
@dangermouse: he could host the late late show. Guaranteed ratings!
@Louis Jacob: the mooch stabs from the front,he wants too see the White of your eyes ..
@Peter Cavey: Probably the biggest ratings ever, definilty since records began!
@Lord Clanricarde: “in the history of the state”
I like him.
@Chad: I bet you do.
@Chad: Me too. Like most failed apprentices actually.
Very few Irish would even know who he is! Funniest thing I read all day no in fact all year :-)
@Colette Kearns:
Very popular here on the Journal.
Who is he ?
@eastsmer: An illegal Irish, who will be deported back here. he’s already looking for friends..
Or mixing himself up with the spice bag!!!
He is every bit deluded as his ex boss
Yeah right…
Must have seen the fake news poll(!)
american politicians know they can get away with telling big lies to their voters on anything concerning foreign affairs,business….since the majority of them don’t have a clue about what’s happening outside the us because they believe they are the center of the world and the little they”think”they know they got it from tv news channels!!
I for one, hope he’s coming over to reopen Spicer’s bakery in Meath. Their bread and crusty rolls are sorely missed (mainly by me but still).
@Spilt Pint: Fierce handy the way the van would come around to the house. My mother never let us have any of the buns but sometimes she would treat us to a slice of battenburg.
As popular as Bertie Ahern
He got famous for telling huge whoppers, now he’s just continuing on with it. Its just marketing
@Dave Harris: Leo the lips, has a job for him and it may not be a media job in his new unit?
Never heard of him
Delusional
He’ll be lucky, to make it off the plane and across the tarmac unhurt.
Is he standing for the Presidency of Ireland?
@Fiona deFreyne: maybe he will be head honcho in Leo’s strategic lying department?
@Gus Sheridan: ahh, that’s it!!
Eh…Sean….we don’t even mention you in Ireland. Marmite is more popular than you, you deluded muppet.
Most popular guy in Ireland PERIOD!
The universe too surely……..
WHO
Must have been in Doonbeg
I suppose we like a bluffer
He seems like a nice enough fella, but obviously learnt from Trump on how to have a great sense of your own self importance.!!
Sean Thornton.
Now he was popular.
I think he is the biggest joke in Ireland and around the world wake up Sean
Spice of Life
Spice girls would be more popular
Who ? Never heard of him all in his mind
I think Melissa McCarthy playing Sean Spicer is who’s massively popular.
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