Jewellers who 'leaked' Ryan Tubridy's engagement say they had permission to share it
He announced the engagement on his radio show yesterday
Dr Clare Kambamettu with her now fiance Ryan Tubridy in Dublin city centre. Photo: Mark Doyle
A Clifden jeweller who was accused of 'leaking' Ryan Tubridy's engagement news have said they had permission to share it.
O'Dalaigh Jewellers posted a photograph of the radio presenter and his now-fiancée outside their store and thanked him for choosing their shop to buy her ring in a now-deleted post.
Reps for Tubridy asked them to remove the post, which reportedly prompted the 52-year-old to announce his engagement to Dr Clare Kambamettu on his Virgin Radio UK show yesterday.
Dr Clare Kambamettu with her now fiance Ryan Tubridy in Dublin city centre. Photo: Mark Doyle
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The family-run Cliden jewellers have insisted they didn't leak the news, and had permission from Tubs to do so.
On their Facebook page, one person accused them of being 'desperate for exposure.'
'It's a pity this jewellers were so desperate for exposure that they choose to tell everyone about Ryan Tubridy's engagement before he and his partner choose to and also the details of the ring.
'While they may have a great reputation… trust ,respect and privacy are what clients, regardless of who they are expect and this jewellers broke all of those so I would think twice about going to them.
'Their post was removed from Social Media but not before 'their damage' was done...pity.'
In response, the store said they were given the 'green light' to share the post over the weekend.
'As a 50-year-old business who has dealt with many celebrities including Ryan before, we are absolutely stringent about honouring personal customer information.
The couple outside O'Dalaigh Jewellers in Clifden with a staff member
'We would never dream of posting anything so personal without prior permission.
'In this instance, we were given the green light to put up the post over the weekend.
'However, we wished to give the couple time to spread the word themselves, so we chose to post it 4 days later,' they continued.
'For unknown reasons we were asked to take down the post, which we promptly did.
'I know you will join us in congratulating the happy couple and focus on celebrating a beautiful moment in their lives. They are truly such a lovely couple.'
Speaking on his radio show, which is also broadcast on Dublin's Q102, the former Late Late Show host announced he got engaged while visiting the west of Ireland last week.
'I have a little bit of news that I've been keeping to myself, to ourselves,' he told listeners at the start of the show on Tuesday morning.
"I'm very, very, very happy to confirm I did get engaged to my partner Clare in the west of Ireland on Thursday evening.'
Tubridy thanked a number of listeners for sending in their well-wishes following the announcement and said 'it's a very beautiful feeling' and 'a very exciting time to be alive'.
"We were surrounded by gorgeous people who we didn't know, strangers in the hotel, and people who were working around the place and got a beautiful ring organised, and the weather was gorgeous,' he said of the couple's time last week.
"And it's just the accumulation of a lot of lovely things happening, and I just decided now is the time. More to follow in terms of details and all the rest of it. And by the more to follow, I mean I'll tell my family first.
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"It's a very exciting time to be alive. I'm a very, very lucky man, and I think it's one of those beautiful moments where the world feels lighter.'
Tubridy and Dr Kambamettu, a former Rose of Tralee winner, made their relationship public in 2023 when they appeared at the Irish Post Awards in London.
He joked people had told him he had 'some tan' from his time spent on Connemara, but he had actually gone 'pink and red from sitting on a lake in Renvyle'.
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