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This American TV host has no idea how to pronounce 'Mullingar'

Which was unfortunate as she had to interview Debra Messing about her role in Outside Mullingar.

Feb 19th 2014, 9:06 AM 12,322 Views 13 Comments

DEBRA MESSING, aka Grace from Will & Grace, is currently appearing in a Broadway play set in Mullingar.

She appeared on The Today Show in the US – in a segment called ‘The Love Of The Irish’ – to talk about the work.

It’s called ‘Outside Mullingar’ and stars Messing opposite Brian F O’Byrne. Yep, the detective from Love/Hate.

Source: Bernard Walsh/RTE

Anyway, Messing’s appearance meant that host Kathie Lee Gifford had to pronounce ‘Mullingar’.

It didn’t go too well. According to Gifford, Messing was starring…

Source: JustMakeIt

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This American TV host has no idea how to pronounce 'Mullingar'

Which was unfortunate as she had to interview Debra Messing about her role in Outside Mullingar.