The Late Late Show has stopped and shocked the nation many many times. Just when he was readying himself for retirement, on his second last show on 14 May 1999, Gaybo pulled the ultimate rabbit out of the hat and revealed before the nation that Charlie Haughey had had a 27 year affair with journalist Terry Keane. Nobody can deny the impact of that interview. It changed the way we view political history in Ireland. But what does it tell us about Charlie? And Terry? More importantly what does it tell us about ourselves? How was it that for over a quarter of a century one of the most controversial political figures in Ireland conducted a secret extra marital affair?