It may be televisual Marmite, but Mrs Brown’s Boy’s Christmas Day special triumphed, pulling in the most viewers of any show all day.
The hit comedy drew in 6.8 million people, but one of them was not Rory Cowan.
He played Agnes’s son Rory for 26 years, before announcing his departure from the show over the summer.
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Rather than write out the character, creator Brendan O’Carroll decided to bring in a new actor to play him instead.
Damien McKiernan was introduced in the closing minutes of last night’s show, his different face explained by the character’s extensive cosmetic surgery.
But Rory didn’t fancy seeing his replacement introduced, and chose to tune into the other side instead.
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