“Christy was ALWAYS a gentleman who deserves better than that from me.”
Dave Fanning has broken his silence since coming under fire for making, after making “poor taste” comments about Christy Dignam in the wake of his passing.
The RTÉ presenter was on Claire Byrne's of Radio 1 show last week and made comments on Christy's heroin addiction, and RTÉ received 40 complaints.
Dave Christy “blew it” by turning to heroin during his music career and leaving Aslan for “five or six years”.
He also came under fire for questioning whether Christy was “trying to pull the wool over my eyes” in a past interview where he spoke about childhood abuse.
Dave Fanning should apologise for that radio piece this morning. His account of his response to Christy Dignam's story of abuse was horrible -'are you sure about that now Christy, are you sure you're not pulling the wool over my eyes'. No understanding of abuse, trauma, addiction
— Martin Leahy (@TheNewReview2) June 14, 2023
A few days after the comments were made, Dave Fanning took to Twitter to apologise for his words.
“I listened back to my bit on the radio about Christy Dignam feeling that it wasn’t perhaps as bad as some comments have made out. Comments were right, I was wrong – it was bad.”
“I was trying to highlight some deeper issues in Ireland during the eighties and I totally missed the mark. Incredibly ill-timed and poor taste. I really didn’t intend to come across that way.”
