Ireland AM blunder as presenters left red-faced after mixing up Fair City actor

Ireland AM presenters Tommy Bowe and Karen Koster were left red-faced on Thursday morning's show when they mixed up their guest, Fair City star Gerard Jordan, with a completely different actor. 

Gerard was on the show discussing his career and his family life with his wife and eight children when the mix-up occurred.

Introducing Gerard on the sofa, Karen said he had "overcome the carnage of Carrigstown, faced down the White Walkers in Game of Thrones and survived the criminal underworld of Blue Lights" before Tommy said "obviously you're involved in Fair City, Derry Girls, Game of Thrones."

The Dublin actor had to pull the pair up on their mistake, saying: "I wasn't on Derry Girls or Game of Thrones. I think you're getting me mixed up there with another Gerard Jordan." An English actor of the same name had appeared in the other shows - but not Fair City.

Karen asked: "Is there another one?" to which Gerard said: "Yeah there's another one, yeah. I wasn't on Game of Thrones or Derry Girl, but I was just on Fair City."

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Tommy joked that he was thrown by the beard, adding that he's "got the hair" for the likes of Game of Thrones. The former rugby player said: "I mean, after eight kids, you should look disheveled, you should be on Game of Thrones as well."

Gerard joked that he'd be up for starring in a Game of Thrones remake if anyone wants to give him a shout.

Gerard was on after featuring in an Irish Independent article where he discussed being dad to eight kids at the age of 34. He always wanted "a lively" house and had his first child at 25.

He and his wife Jo live in inner city Dublin and now have eight kids: Jasper, 10, Hugo, nine, River, seven, Sage, five, Saint, three, Zen, two, Enzo, one, and Halo, 12 weeks old.