{"id":544967,"date":"2026-07-11T20:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/544967\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T20:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:34:13","slug":"claire-byrne-hints-at-career-pivot-after-sharing-childhood-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/544967\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Byrne hints at career pivot after sharing childhood passion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claire Byrne has become such a firm fixture on our screens and the airwaves that it’s hard to imagine her in any other role. <\/p>\n

That said, the host has long been nurturing a secret passion that could allow fans to see her in a whole new light.<\/p>\n

Claire has been posting a ten-part podcast series, Never Have I Ever<\/a>, where she interviews people who’ve tried things she hasn’t yet.<\/p>\n

\"NEVERNEVER HAVE I EVER – CLAIRE BYRNE GETS PERSONAL IN BRAND-NEW ORIGINAL PODCAST. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n

To date, that has included a professional poker player and a panto dame, with the intention being that Claire, who is 50<\/a>, will try one of the activities at the end of the series.<\/p>\n

One career immediately stands out for the host: acting. <\/p>\n

‘Since I’ve matured to the age that I’m at, I’ve realised that your true self is the person you were as a child. <\/p>\n

\"ClaireClaire Byrne attends the IFTA Gala Television Awards. Pic: WireImage<\/p>\n

‘I’ve made that up, I could be wrong, but I find my joy in books and in nature and in acting, actually,’ She told the Irish Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Claire went on to explain: ‘I used to love the school play, and the drama and all that. Absolutely loved it. <\/p>\n

‘The nuns used to kill me for changing the script all the time. So it is possible that I could get on a stage and break out of my shell.’<\/p>\n

\"ClaireClaire Byrne pictured at the Style Awards 2026 at the InterContinental Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

On stage might mean a turn in panto if her sit-down with actor Rob Murphy is anything to go by, and she admits that with the podcast she has been ‘exposing’ herself and her fears more than she typically would. <\/p>\n

By all accounts, Never Have I Ever has proven to be a hit and has recently been renewed for a second series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claire Byrne has become such a firm fixture on our screens and the airwaves that it’s hard to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-544967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}