There was plenty of drama on Irish airwaves this week as a Mr Michael McLoughlin called into 4FM’s Niall Boylan Show and said he had cheated on his wife with a number of her friends.
The story took another twist when a listener recognised his voice and said she would tell his wife everything.
Michael’s wife Anne then called the show and told her husband “to find himself a shelter”.
The story spread quickly on social media but it seems it was all an elaborate hoax, dreamed up by Michael.
He told the Irish Examiner how things unfolded: “It wasn’t a planned prank, I just came up with it on the spot.
“Niall asked if I’d tell on a friend if I knew he was cheating so I said no, sure haven’t I had three affairs myself. It just exploded from there.”
And as for the women who went on air?
“They were all friends of mine that rang up. I rang a few of them and they were more than happy to help me out with it.
“I couldn’t believe some of the abuse I was getting about it on social media. Reading the comments on Facebook I was shocked people actually fell for it. That’s why I rang my friends and got them to get involved too when the Niall Boylan Show asked me to go back on air.
“People will believe anything”.
Michael spoke to Niall Boylan on 4FM during the week
