Overview
- Matt Cooper and NK Productions ended Yates’s co-host role with immediate effect after the Irish Independent disclosed his campaign work.
- Reporting indicates Yates coached Jim Gavin for the first presidential debate and had a smaller role in the second, with the full scope still unverified.
- Cooper said he was disappointed the engagement was not disclosed to the team or to listeners when the election was discussed on the podcast.
- Yates had previously told the team he planned to leave in the new year, but the producers accelerated his departure following the revelations.
- Yates was not immediately available for comment, and the Irish Independent is credited with first reporting his involvement.