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Activist Natasha O’Brien is among several guests announced to take part in Virgin Media’s new show, Dinner with the Enemy. The show, which airs from Monday October 6, will run for six weeks and will be the super-sized version of the original Irish format, Eating with the Enemy. As many as 10 people with polar opposite views and opinions will sit across from each other for a fiery week of debate and conversation, with psychotherapists Daniella Moyles and Dr Richard Hogan watching from the sidelines, decoding every glance, every outburst and every silence. As well as Natasha, the line up also includes Andy Lee, a self-made man who comes from Dublin’s inner city. He has overcome extreme poverty to become Ireland’s most famous porn star . Amy Nicole Byrne from Dublin has studied law and currently works as a practice manager of a veterinary team. Ben Scallan, also from Dublin, is a political correspondent for Gript Media, while Jacob Donegan, who hails from Meath, works as a tyre mechanic. Also taking part in the show are activist and founding member of Dublin Pride and NorthWest Pride Izzy Kamikaze from Leitrim and Dublin, Fiona McCormack from Cavan, who works as a carer for people with intellectual disabilities, and motivational speaker Tayem Mercer, who lives in Dublin. Sophie McGuinness, a model and podcaster from Dublin, and Architectural Technologist Dermot Collins, from Laois, will also be on the show. Over the course of the series, these dinner guests will join the table to discuss cultural hot topics, as well as moral and societal questions. The series will feature challenges designed to test group dynamics at the table. Themes such as groupthink, teamwork, unconscious bias, prejudice and power dynamics will be observed and allowed to play out as the experiment asks: once we peel back assumptions, labels and political allegiances, can we humanise each other rather than demonise? Dinner with the Enemy starts Monday, October 6 and runs for six weeks on Virgin Media Play and Virgin Media One at 9pm. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
