Muireann O'Connell has revealed that she has accepted that some people will intensely dislike her without ever getting to know who she is.
The host opened up about battling criticism while being in the public eye during a recent interview on her career and admitted that she knows she knows she's 'not for everyone.'
While acknowledging that she is okay with not being liked, Muireann added that she is honoured when she is approached on the street by people who feel like they know her and are keen to chat.
'No matter what you do in this life, there will always be criticism. I know that there are people in this country that will never meet me, but hate me with the fire of a thousand suns.
'That's grand. I am not for everyone. I don't think anyone can be for everyone. But when someone comes up to me in public and feels like they know me, that's a huge privilege and honour. Genuinely, we're just having a chat,' she told the Irish Times.
Muireann's comments come as she recently touched on her engagement, admitting that she is in no rush to walk down the aisle.
'It sounds like such a horrible job that it just sounds like a job. 'I wish I had the wedding thing in me, but I genuinely can't find it. I'm shallow as a puddle, but the wedding thing... I can't find it there!'
She also chatted to EVOKE about feeling at home in the house she purchased in the spring, saying: ‘I feel lucky, I feel privileged, I feel honoured to be able to be sitting in my own house. It’s amazing. Home has always been my parents’ house in Limerick.'
'A few weeks ago, I was driving back from my mum’s and I said “I’m going home”- and for the first time ever, I meant my house. Before, when I went back to Dublin, I never said I was going home. Now I finally can.
