‘Oh My God, Why Did I Say That?’ Comedian Tommy Tiernan on Risk-Taking, ‘Derry Girls’ and Hanging Out With the Pope

“For me, not staying busy is like when you see a sad lion or some kind of medicated large cat behind bars at a zoo — it just doesn’t suit me,” says comedian Tommy Tiernan. “As long as the touring is endless, I’m happy.”

Tiernan, the Irish comedian you may know as the quiet and reserved Gerry on the Netflix hit Derry Girls, is taking his new stand-up show, Tommy Tiernan: Tommedian, on the road to theaters in 13 cities across North America. (See all of his tour dates here.) If you’ve never seen Tiernan’s act, just know that his real-life persona is miles away from the mild Derry Girls

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