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Dr Clare Kambamettu and Ryan Tubridy
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Ryan Tubridy and wife Clare Kambamettu confirm they're expecting their first child together
The couple tied the knot in December 2025.
RYAN TUBRIDY HAS announced that his wife Dr Clare Kambamettu is pregnant with their first child together.
The couple tied the knot in December 2025 in an intimate ceremony in Clifden.
Following media reports that they were expecting a baby, Tubridy on Sunday night confirmed the news in an Instagram post.
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In the caption, he wrote: “Thank you for the kind and thoughtful well wishes about our impending arrival, they mean a lot.
“We’re beyond excited and looking forward to a very busy 2027.”
Kambamettu is a clinical psychologist and a former Rose of Tralee. It’s believed that she and Tubridy began dating after she appeared as a guest on his former RTÉ Radio 1 show.
Since leaving RTÉ, Tubridy now hosts a daily show on Virgin Radio in London which is also broadcast on Q102. He also writes a weekly column for The Irish Daily Mail on Sunday.
Tubridy (53) has two adult children from his previous marriage to Anne Marie Power, which ended in 2006.
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Readers express widespread indifference alongside cynicism over Ryan Tubridy's baby news
Where they land
Some offer congratulations while others mock his public profile and RTÉ past
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Many question why the announcement is newsworthy at all
Others bring up past controversy over his salary and RTÉ departure
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