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Tuesday 6 June 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Cringe

All time
# Cringe
Two Irish authors nominated for this year's Bad Sex in Fiction Award
“It’s so soft; and then, suddenly, hard. Wow.”
# car crash tv
Sir David Attenborough had the most awkward AF interview with the BBC
Note to self: Don’t ask Sir David about the Queen.
# Cringe
All Round to Mrs Brown's was shown on Gogglebox, and they absolutely tore it apart
‘It’s for the kind of people who go to an Elton John concert’.
# Cringe
We take a look at the first instagrams of 10 Irish celebs
Ranging from highly awkward to funny to heart-meltingly cute
# Cringe
SZA roasted a fan who didn't like her friendship with new BFF Cardi B
The fan is going to need a lot of aloe vera for that sick burn.
# fcuk
The internet has unearthed some seriously retro photos of Jamie Dornan in a FCUK catalogue
Jamie is serving up those early-noughties LOOKS.
# stop this now
15 pictures of food that will make every Irish person cringe
This will not do.
# stardoll
Remembering what Stardoll was really like, by snooping through my pal's old account
Prepare for to remember how embarrassing you were as a child.
# Cringe
Remember Rene Higuita at Italia '90? Well, there was a similar goalkeeping howler tonight
Besiktas’ Fabricio Agosto Ramírez had a nightmare moment against Lyon in their Europa League quarter-final.
# Cringe
18 of the most mortifying things that could happen to an Irish teenager
“Would you like to share that with the class?” NO. NEVER. LET ME DIE.
# Back To School
This teen perfectly recreated a cringey childhood outfit for her school photo
Genius.
# Cringe
There was quite an embarrassing shootout moment in the German Cup final yesterday
Joshua Kimmich tried to be a little too clever when taking his penalty for Bayern Munich.
# lovemaking
This eighties Irish sex education video is unbearably cringey
“Everything is based on love”.
# Terrifying
Tyson Fury celebrated in style last night...by belting out some Aerosmith
Earlier in the week, he serenaded Wladimir Klitschko with a Bette Midler classic.
# forthcoming
This misunderstanding between a rapper and a journalist is the cringiest thing ever
OUR EYES.
# hardy buck
Watch Tom Hardy shut down a question about his sexuality and try not to cringe to death
Too much secondhand embarrassment.
# it must be love
Irish Rail and Aer Lingus battled it out on Twitter and it was mortifying
Warning: there were train-themed songs.
# Cringe
BeIN Sports' tour of Richard Keys' house is a little too Alan Partridge for comfort
The presenter invited the TV station into his luxury home.
# morto
Aston Villa defender makes Rose of Tralee cameo but nobody has a clue who he is
It’s difficult not to cringe watching this.
# lorra love
Video: Dermot Bannon went on Blind Date, didn't get picked but got a kiss
The architect and TV host said Black was “a genuinely lovely person”.
# mal entendu
This violinist mistakenly accepting an award will make you full-body cringe
The presenter actually said the name of another violinist. Nightmare.
# Awkward
WATCH: Obama denied Enda's handshake and it was mortifying
It’s fine, just look at your hand Taoiseach.
# too hot (hot damn)
Watch a flight attendant do a cringey dance to Uptown Funk to entertain passengers
The video is now going viral. SCARLEH.
# Cringe
This clip from CSI: Cyber is so dumb it might make your brain hurt
Solid gold nonsense.
# Adele Dazeem
9 Oscars moments when celebrities revealed their deeply flawed humanity
Celebrities. They’re just like us.
# Off The Grid
11 people who need to give up social media for Lent
It’s time.
# Busted
Watch as this TV host calls out a surfer live on air for texting his girlfriend
Dammit man, be cool.
# vindaloo!
Man poos on nightclub dance floor, blames 'vindaloo curry and pints'
Nightmaaaaaaare. For everyone involved.
# Wrong number
Irish student sends the cringiest 'wrong number' text of all time
We’re red-faced FOR her.
# rebel heart
Madonna is in trouble for using images of Martin Luther King and Jesus to promote new album
Oh Madge.
# brands saying bae
Brilliant Twitter account mercilessly skewers brands who try to sound 'down with the kids'
Brands Saying Bae is your new favourite Twitter account.
# Cringe
This might be the worst personal anecdote ever told on television
Feel the cringe.
# lights camera cringe
17 of the most cringeworthy Irish photo calls that ever happened
What are we like?
# Cringe
Over to you: Here are our debs photos and stories. What about yours?
Oh God.
# boots and pants
This has to be the worst 'back to school' ad ever made
Get yourself an outfiiiit.
# Cringe
Blackburn Rovers release bizarre video to launch their new kit
It involves a middle-aged man named Birdy going on a date. Or something.
# dublinese
These 'Speak Dublin-ese' beermats in Disneyland will leave you slightly mortified
“Yeh me mot brung the sprogs to de hurdy-gurdys.”
# kill us now
The 9 most awkward moments in your day
Why do bad things happen to good people?
# play acting
This embarrassing Neymar dive will make you cringe
Fortunately for the game’s credibility, the referee took no action against the Granada player and Barca went on to lose the game
# Cringe
11 moments of extreme second-hand embarrassment we've all felt
Kill us. Please.