The 2 Johnnies hit back at critics over interview with Taoiseach Simon Harris

The 2 Johnnies have hit back at critics of their interview with Taoiseach Simon Harris on their hit podcast this week.

Described in a post online as "the interview the nation didn’t know it needed," The 2 Johnnies shared the news of the Taoiseach's guest appearance on Monday, adding "love him or loathe him, you won’t want to miss it."

Speaking on the podcast, Harris discussed a range of topics, from his personal life, asylum seekers, rising emigration levels among young Irish people and housing.

However, not everyone was pleased with the interview on the light-hearted podcast and blasted the timing of it, presumably a matter of days before the Taoiseach dissolves the 33rd Dáil and calls a General Election.

Taking to social media, one fan said: "Jesus Christ lads. I'm a big fan of ye [sic] and listen every week but I can't believe ye [sic] are giving him a platform to spew his utter nonsense on and especially on the eve of a general election."

"So don’t ask him questions?" the 2 Johnnies fired back.

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Another listener wrote: "Lads - giving that man a mouth piece is the ultimate in selling your souls. Lost all respect."

The 2 Johnnies again responded: "We asked him, if you listen, you’ll know what he had to say for himself and you can decide what way you wanna vote. If we don’t ask questions, where do we get?"

A third said: "Should of asked him why he's spent 500k of taxpayers money on private jets since he became Taoiseach,

The 2 Johnnies admitted they "didn’t know that," adding, "very hard to see how that’s justified, if true."

Others enjoyed the podcast with one person commenting: "Actually enjoyed the podcast but would like to know were these your questions, were they checked by his team and was there any payment involved."

"No payment," the 2 Johnnies official account replied.

Other listeners reminded people that they didn't have to listen to every podcast and praised the 2 Johnnies for the segment.

"These comments are gas. If you don’t like the guest on the pod don’t listen/watch it. Jesus Christ like you aren’t forced to listen to each pod. The lads talk about numerous different things all the time so why not this? Everyone is entitled to their opinion but my god if you are that p**sed off that you have to make a comment on this, make sure and go vote for a different party that might actually make a difference to the country."