TWEETS: The reaction to Alan Kelly’s interview on the Late Late Show

Conor Heneghan

He’s throwing his hat into the ring for the leadership of the Labour Party.

Mind you, in true political fashion, he talked about putting his name in for the leadership of the Labour Party while doing his best not to talk about it and seemed unsure about who exactly was going to nominate him for the leadership.

Kelly, who was Director of Elections for the Labour Party in the recent General Election, labelled their performance in the election as “disastrous” and to be fair to Ryan Tubridy, he didn’t give him an easy ride.

The Tipperary native also addressed his perception in the public eye and the infamous quote about power being a drug that suits him, attributed to Kelly in a Sunday Independent interview, which attracted a lot of notoriety at the time.

As you’d expect, Kelly’s interview got a lot of people talking on social media; here are some of the best tweets.

Kelly describes #ge16 result as "disastrous", saying Labour didn't articulate its message well. He was the director of elections…

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) May 13, 2016

Alan Kelly: "I come from a very humble background." You have to laugh #latelate

— Kim Bielenberg (@KimBielenberg) May 13, 2016

What has Alan Kelly got as a reminder in his hand for #LateLateShow interview?? pic.twitter.com/halNIrGXLp

— Ed O'Brien (@EdOBrien1) May 13, 2016

Alan Kelly forgot to rub off his shopping/kill list #LateLateShow pic.twitter.com/KRX3qFyucC

— R ! C H (@richie_no_t) May 13, 2016

#LateLateShow Humble pie agrees with #alankelly And it may not be popular but imho he's talking sense tonight

— neo🇮🇪🇪🇺 (@YewtreeGirl) May 13, 2016

I'm not a fan of Alan Kelly but he certainly didn't do himself any harm there. #LateLateShow

— Richard Sheehan (@risteard69) May 13, 2016

The most awkward high five in living memory. "You saw it first on The Late Late Show."#alankelly #LateLateShow

— Denis Spillane (@spillaneda) May 13, 2016