RTÉ presenter Laura Fox has revealed how she and husband Brian Moran settled on the nickname “the FOMOs” after struggling to agree on which surname to use.

Appearing on Friday night’s Late Late Show, Fox told host Patrick Kielty about the couple’s two weddings earlier this year, including a supposedly low-key Dublin celebration that attracted 50 friends and family.

The couple married in a civil ceremony in Dublin in April before celebrating again in Rome in August.

Explaining how the first wedding came about, Fox said she had sent a casual message to a family and friends WhatsApp group.

“Who’s free on Tuesday in Dublin? Just going to get married, few drinks, maybe, like, a bite to eat,” she recalled.

“50 people were like, ‘Absolutely, I’m not doing anything on a Tuesday, why not?’”

Fox admitted that organising their Italian wedding had also been something of a last-minute affair during a particularly busy year.

“We must get to that, we must get to that,” she recalled repeatedly telling herself, as friends and family pressed for details.

The Galway native also described how she and Moran had been having “an absolute war” over their married name.

While she favoured Fox and he preferred Moran, combining the two surnames raised another question: whose should come first?

“And then I had a drink one day, and then I decided, ‘Ha, the FOMOs,’” she said.

Explaining the reference to “fear of missing out”, Fox added: “It’s very on-brand for us, because we love a day out at the best of times.”

Moran suggested reversing the order, but Fox felt “MoFo” didn’t have quite the same ring to it.

The presenter was also on the show to discuss the return of Ireland’s Fittest Family, which begins its 14th series on Sunday, 1 November.

She revealed that this year’s contestants include a grandmother competing alongside her two sons and grandson, as well as a 14-year-old boy who had been waiting years to take part.

Fox said managing the show’s coaches was sometimes like “herding kittens”, revealing that Donncha O’Callaghan regularly disappears in search of coffee during filming.

“You need to, like, Google Map where the closest coffee shop is, because that’s in the direction that he’s gone,” she said.

Ireland’s Fittest Family returns to RTÉ One and RTÉ Player on Sunday, 1 November, at 6.30pm.