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Ray D'Arcy WON'T be hosting Irish version of Saturday Night Takeaway – as he's too OLD

Ray D’Arcy has insisted he won’t be taking on Ant and Dec with his own version of Saturday Night Takeaway – as he’s too old.

The former Today FM star is rumoured to be taking over the Saturday night slot currently held by Brendan O’Connor with his own variety show.

But Ray, 50, insisted there are no plans for him to front a programme – as he has “no desire” to do so, and there isn’t the money in RTE.

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Asked if he was making his own version of Saturday Night Takeaway, Ray said: “No. It’s very difficult to do.

“Huge budgets which we don’t have. When I was in my 30s I would have aspired to doing something like that, but, no, absolutely no desire now.”

However Ray – who previously hosted The Den, The Rose of Tralee, and Blackboard Jungle – is interested in a chat show of his own.

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He said: “It does [interest me]. It does because that’s what we have been doing.”

It comes as Ray defended his massive new salary, revealed he was forced to take a pay cut leaving Today FM.

The radio star is rumoured to be taking home a massive €500,000 a year for his new Radio 1 show.

But Ray admitted: “I’m getting paid less than I was. I am very well paid. That’s the nature of what I do.”

He added: “I would prefer if people didn’t know what I was earning, but I definitely wasn’t motivated by money.”

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