Rory Cowan has opened up on why he no longer keeps in touch with his former Mrs Browns Boys co-stars.
The Dubliner said it is nothing to do with leaving the show on bad terms, but simply because he doesn't work with them anymore, RSVP Live reports.
Rory's shock exit from the hit BBC comedy in 2017 came as he wanted to be with his ill mother Esther, who sadly passed away in November.
He told the Sunday Independent: "I don't keep in touch with the people I worked with on Mrs Brown's Boys. Not because I left on bad terms. It's like anybody who changes jobs. You leave and you just don't see the old work mates you used to work with.
"I got lovely texts from all at Mrs Brown's Boys when my mother died and I get texts from Brendan every few months saying there are repeat fees from the TV series going into my account, but that's it really. But I wish them all the best and I'd imagine they wish the same for me. But we don't see each other anymore. That's the same in any job really."
There is no ill feeling between Rory and his former co-stars, and he admitted that his career "wouldn't have been as fabulous" if he never met Brendan O'Carroll.
The popular TV and panto star has since landed a role on Fair City, playing Bosco Walsh.
Rory said he is "over the moon with excitement" to have joined the cast of the RTÉ soap.
"The other cast members gave me a lovely welcome when I called in to see them," he revealed.
"I feel right at home in Carrigstown. I'm delighted with the move there.
"Besides, if you're going to join a show, after you've been in a huge TV show already, then what's better than joining the biggest drama series on Irish television."
"Since the very beginning, thirty years ago, yes I have been a fan," he went on.
"But for a good few years, when I was touring the world with Mrs Brown's Boys, I lost touch with what was happening in Carrigstown.
"But when I left Mrs Brown's Boys to care for my mother, who had dementia, I got back into watching it again.
"Myself and my Ma used to watch the omnibus on Sunday afternoons. I've lovely memories of those Sundays with my Mam watching Fair City."
