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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.

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.

Bernard Walsh / RTE Bernard Walsh / RTE / 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…

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