Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty reveals he feared he gave Pope Francis shingles [Video]

PATRICK KIELTY HAS revealed he thought he had given Pope Francis shingles after meeting him at the Vatican over the summer.

The Late Late Show host travelled to the Vatican in June and was among an audience of 100 international comedians and artists who met the Pope.

As the comedian and presenter prepares for his second stint presenting one of Ireland’s biggest talk shows, the Co Down man described meeting the Pope as “surreal”.

“That was sort of like a weird fever dream, if I’m being honest with you,” he said.

“There’s a point when that call came in and as a comedian, you’re always reasonably sort of… is this for real? I thought it was a joke.

“It was very weird. Then you see [actor] Ardal [O’Hanlon] is there and like everybody else, you’re going, right Father Ted.

So just when you’re thinking Father Dougal’s going to meet the …