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Ronan Keating: ‘I once headbutted the Pope's hand’

Ronan Keating has admitted that he once headbutted the hand of the Pope.

The Irish singer met Pope Benedict XVI in 2011 at the Vatican. However, the Boyzone star became flustered by the required etiquette and ultimately suffered an embarrassing mishap in front of the religious figurehead.

Keating told 2DayFM: "I was at the Vatican and we had just done this performance and there's a line up to meet the Pope afterwards, so we were all standing there and got told all these different protocols of what we were supposed to do.

"I was so mixed up by the time that he got to me, that I had no idea what to do, whether I was supposed to kiss his hand or the papal ring. I got so confused that I just thought I'll just headbutt his hand.

He continued: "It was one of those awkward moments that I'll never forget. He didn't say anything. I don't know if he speaks very good English, he kind of just looked at me and moved on.

"I was thinking the fist pump might have been better. You can never take the Dublin out of the fella."

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