"The X-Factory", haha brilliant.

Morrissey is a hilarious national treasure. His "yeses" and especially his "noooooooees" are uttered with so much confidence and conviction. I still can't quite come to terms with the fact that his great humour flies way above so many peoples' heads.

Dermot (desperately trying to portray himself as an adoring fan): "Never meet your heroes people!" Morrissey dispels his bullshit so easily with his two word reply, cutting through all the pretence and falseness with two sweetly spoken words, the simple, but deadly accurate: "You haven't!" Just a different class of minds! Like Morrissey puts it, both men could be considered "famous" by today's standards, it's just Morrissey doesn't bask in the media circus, appearing everywhere he can at every opportunity. Morrissey's renown was born of his sheer skill as a songwriter, or more accurately, as a poet... From Davey, a musician, and writer, from Éire (Ireland)...

I think Dermot just does not get his humour, he is taking it too seriously, Morrissey is playing with him, its funny

Morrissey is amazing, I couldn't thank him enough for what he has done to me. And his voice is so pleasant!

This is a great interview with Morrissey..Dermot seems to bring the best out in him and they both sound like they are enjoying each others comany😊

"Most people have nothing to say....NOTHING TO SAY" - Morrissey Sadly so very true. Morrissey is my God, he knows. He knows.

I love how sarcastic he is. About 'The Stunners' hahaha. Gee check their audition out, you'll see what I'm talking about.

i love his sarcasm.

I Love Morrissey!

Loved that Moz picked Girl least likely to it’s one of his best wish he performed it more live

"Never meet your heroes everyone." "You haven't..." Good god this interview is amazing. I hate O'Leary and it's amazing to see Moz tear him up. I guess Morrissey really is my hero. Dermot brought it all on himself!

In stitches listening to him. Very funny man.

Ha Ha Morrisey is great. I love the Royal wedding comments and was thinking the EXACT thing at the thing. Guy is a legend.

1:13 "... and Simon COWSHED said that, you know, they should be wheeled off and shot and so forth..." CLASSIC Morrissey... Also his subtle stab when he refers to the show as the "X-Factory"... :) A poet at all times! :)

His comments on the royal wedding are sublime and totally true in addition!

i like dermot standing up to Morrissey..nobody usually does and the interviews are boring...never meet your heroes...and he does sound like a fan as he's desparate for them to be bedfellows! and typically moz chooses girl least likely to...; /

"the next question... you DO HAVE a next question" ... I LOVE his sarcasm! ... "I operate from the back of a van!! People are overrated!! Hahaha! ... I prefer COWS!!!! I don't say 'hey' .." He is Such a witty guy, it is intriguing - cheeky/ intelligent/brilliant/profound/funny, all at the same time...Anything BUT dull

"I prefer cows." I do too. Well, pigs really. But cows are lovely too.

I love morrisseys honesty. xx

I love how much disdain Morrissey has for Dermot!

"Never meet your heroes." "You haven't." Wittiest man on the planet, especially when he's cranky.

He's such a fucking legend

He was definitely being genuine about The Stunners, not sarcastic. After all, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit so they say.

This interview isn't about slagging off Dermot, it should be about celebrating the celestial wonder that is Morrissey!

morrissey is definitley interviewing dermot.

morrissey.....class act

12:07 - Mozza's sneering giggle.

X Factory 😂 you never fight sarcasm with sarcasm it never ends well.

I'd love to see the video for this... The reactions and such...

"It was hilarious" HAHAHAHA

"Hey Morrissey!"

this is hilarious, i love morrissey and his awkwardness

Former singer of The Snuff's! LOL

Hello HitchhikersBlues- I'm a Canadian, born and raised, but both my parents are from Ireland. I've visited Eire, but I feel no more Irish than the man on the moon. It's silly to pretend otherwise

May be coincidentical, but "Girl least likely to" does apply very well to the situation, Dermot trying to be something he is not and just wanting to be seen - totally exposed from Morrissey of course.

"the x-factory" LOL

Morrissey is great here!

Well, they were have a joyful conversation, I think.

Painful for us , painful for them.

Also search "Morrissey interview by Russell Brand - it's quite interesting, They are both so cheeky towards each other, and what's funny is theyre both so honest and it's bizarrely revealing... :) Really gooood!

Finally, Morrissey admits he 'operates out the back of a van' :)

"George Alagiah's, like, brilliant!"

There's been no such person as Morrissey since 1990. Everything since then has just been him waiting for that monumental mind-flattening down to pass. And if he reads this, he'd be the first to thumb it up.

Has anyone ever heard The Stunners and, if so, what were they like?

i thought this was a fairly good interview. it was flowing, mozz was playing with dermot a little. good fun.

the x factory FUCKING GENIUS

O'Leary is cheap and tacky and Morrisey is well aware of that, and I think so is O'Leary. If not it should have hit home to him after this

Does anyone know exactly when this interview was from?

Well, people come second, or possibly third...

Please listen to Dermot getting mugged off

this interview is uncomfortable, Morrissey seems to be aware of Dermo's awfulness.

Morrisey is a classic shy person who comes across as arrogant because of his insecurities and Dermot does quite well to keep the conversation from splatting against the wall. Same cultural background.

i agree i also think people are over rated

Would you say that to Barry Manilow?

dermot can't be much of a fan, as the smiths were from the 1980s whereas his 4pm saturday 'indie disco' fails to acknowledge any of this music outside of the tabloid-ish 90s era.

oh god Dermot is so cringy urgghhh

Don't mind Dermot, but to not know he curated Meltdown is pathetic and really pisspoor lack of research, though if he loves Morrissey like he says he would've known that....

@simmy3000 You clearly didn't listen to the interview.

I think both are joking around

Who's Dermot O'Leary?

What a contradiction he says he watches the news but in his song Spent the day in bed his lyric is Stop watching the news !mmmm

if O'Leary wasn't a fan he wouldn't have invited Morrissey onto his show. Morrissey is being a tool in this interview and i think he needs to take a look at himself and realise that he is an adult and therefore should behave accordingly. This charming man my arse

whats a meltdown?

@channman1011 She will be soon enough. "We don't want you?" err I am English myself you know, and I'm sure there are more people in England who are against the Royal Family, then those who are for them.

He hasn't owned a house ANYWHERE in five or six years.

Collaboration...!? The Mighty Morrissey feat. The Stunners...!? How about 'You're the One(s) for Me, Fatties'...!?

my teacher is morrissey's cuzin

Morrisey for PM! he would sort out this vacuous narcissistic country who are obsessed with twitter and facebook, and get them to read a book or two.

Moz trolled Dermot - and most of the whiners in this comment section too

Dermot O'Creepy.

I love Morrissey because he is just so honest and down to earth (down to earth is a trait of Northern folk). He stands strong and unshakable in his beliefs which is so admirable and refreshing. Dermot sounds really, really slimy, dumb and creepy. Declan is in effect well and truly cornered by an astoundingly articulate genius. Declan you are a tit. Morrissey 100 - Declan 0

Is it just me, or is Morrissey really like Alan Partridge in this interview?

they probably hooked up after

@DoctorMeatDic u cudnt butcher a dead calf

They were just joking around. Some people are idiots if they see it as more than that.

It's always interesting when somebody as banal as O'Leary comes up against the truculence of a Morrissey. Yes he's probably 'rude' in this interview but then O'Leary's claiming to be a fan yet didn't even know that he curated Meltdown. Like Grundy meeting the Sex Pistols it reminds one just how anodyne 99% of the media is.

why did moz allow this prat to intrview him

Where do your brothers live now, Ireland? If they were born in the UK, but moved back at 3 or 4, then it makes sense that they don't feel English. Of course it's very common for Irish people to hate English people. I just think it becomes absurd in Dermot's situation where England allowed his parents to immigrate, and he has loved there all his life. I like Ireland when I visit, but it doesn't feel like home. It feels like someone else's home, and if Dermot was honest he'd probably say the same

O'Leary well out of his depth here

Love Morrisey's music, on his politics though, it is easy for anyone is be critical and cynical, hard for people to suggest an alternative. He is politically clueless.

So nevetS, you like cows huh? Well, I DO believe that I AM your "Creation Of Wonder" right here, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Very Muuuch🐐🙏👑😸😺😻👑🌻🐄😁🥰😋🤪👣☕

I love Morrissey as an artist but here he was just being rude! if he felt that way about Dermot he shouldn't went on the show, you get what you give in this life, anger begets anger mozza

Because not everybody likes to be subjugated by somebody simply because of who their father impregnated? It's an outdated concept. I can understand there being a monarchy in 1066 but in 2012 it's fucking pathetic.

It gives me no pleasure to say this but I actually found Dermot slightly more entertaining than the man. :(

I love the way Morrissey says he hated making a greatest hits album, but managed to do it for the MONEY. Why did Dermot ask him which song he wanted him to pay? They all sound the same. I'm amazed he doesn't get punched in the face every-time he goes out. Can't wait for him to be named in the Jimmy Savile investigation.

@JoeStunner Total crap.

I heard he might be gay:(

@channman1011 THE QUEEN IS DEAD!

he's made great music but his attitude stinks. Be angry at those who deserve it etc but just fuckin well sort ur life out in the company of an ordinary human being

Awful interview. Morrissey was unfunny and spiteful and Dermot was cringeworthy and insipid. Also, Dermot, if you're reading, please don't slurp your drink during a broadcast - it really grates on the listener.

zJoking asides I am 58 and I have sung in many bands into most kinds of music but when I herd the smiths what a load of crap what a sad tit. Then he got reasonably famous and he fuckn started to piss me off after years hearing him droning on I though maybe im missing something so I went on a quest to study this band and there music I gave it about 6 months all the songs vid's of them and this is a person that get into a song straight away well maybe 3 4 times listening to a song. I am a happy person and my pints always half full coming to my conclusion a long painful end I came to my decision on the SMITHS that they are CRAP