Virgin Radio UK’s Ryan Tubridy confirms engagement to partner Clare Kambamettu: ‘It’s a very exciting time to be alive’

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By SEAN O’GRADY

Published: 15:00 BST, 17 June 2025 | Updated: 15:17 BST, 17 June 2025

Virgin Radio host Ryan Tubridy has announced his engagement to his girlfriend Dr Clare Kambamettu.

The presenter, 52, confirmed the happy news during the Tuesday broadcast of his radio show.

Ryan, who is from Dublin, told how the couple got engaged during a visit to the west of Ireland last week. 

‘I have a little bit of news that I’ve been keeping to myself, to ourselves,’ he told listeners at the beginning of his show.

‘I’m very, very, very happy to confirm I did get engaged to my partner Clare in the west of Ireland on Thursday evening.’

Virgin Radio host Ryan Tubridy has announced his engagement to his girlfriend Dr Clare Kambamettu

He thanked listeners who sent in their well wishes and said the engagement is a ‘beautiful feeling’ and it’s ‘a very exciting time to be alive’. 

He added: ‘We were surrounded by gorgeous people who we didn’t know, strangers in the hotel, and people who were working around the place and got a beautiful ring organised, and the weather was gorgeous.

‘And it’s just the accumulation of a lot of lovely things happening, and I just decided now is the time. 

‘More to follow in terms of details and all the rest of it. And by the more to follow, I mean I’ll tell my family first.

‘It’s a very exciting time to be alive. I’m a very, very lucky man, and I think it’s one of those beautiful moments where the world feels lighter.’

O’Dalaigh Jewellers in Clifden, County Galway had posted on social media that Ryan had come to them ‘discreetly’ looking for a ring for a ‘very special lady’.

The jewellers shared a photo of Ryan and Clare outside the store with a member of staff. However, after media queries to Ryan’s agent by the Irish press, the post was deleted. 

Clare was born in Leeds to an Indian father and an Irish mother. She won the annual Irish beauty pageant The Rose of Tralee in 2010 when she was 26. 

He is widely known in Ireland for hosting chat show The Late Late Show from 2009 to 2023

They confirmed their relationship when they attended the Irish Post Book Awards together in 2023.  

He was previously married to producer Anne Marie Power who he shares daughters Ella and Julia with.

Ryan joined Virgin Radio UK in January 2024 to present its mid-morning programme after The Chris Evans Show. He has also sporadically presented programmes on BBC Radio 2 over the years.

He is widely known in Ireland for hosting chat show The Late Late Show from 2009 to 2023. The show is now hosted by Patrick Kielty. 

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Virgin Radio UK’s Ryan Tubridy confirms engagement to partner Clare Kambamettu: ‘It’s a very exciting time to be alive’

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