[3] He is brother to Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil MEP for the Dublin constituency, Sinead (who works for the charity organisation Goal), Clare and Mary.
[3] Former Fianna Fáil TD and MEP Niall Andrews was his uncle, while his cousins include Chris Andrews, Sinn Féin TD for the constituency of Dublin Bay South, and Ryan Tubridy, Irish television and radio personality and former presenter of The Late Late Show on Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ.
[3] Andrews appeared as a street performer in Amsterdam, Australia, and in Ireland, including Dublin's Temple Bar.
The programme outraged several individuals, and he contrasted himself against the “mimicry” of the impressionist Oliver Callan, stating that "his stuff is more tribute.
I would be pissed off on somebody else’s behalf if it happened to them.”[13][14] In a 2019 Newstalk radio interview, he agreed with sentiments that Irish comedy had become “too PC.”[15] In a 2021 radio interview, he agreed with the opinion of UK comedian Leo Kearse that “cancel culture is a threat to comedy.” Kearse had previously complained about ‘cancel culture’ after saying that he had had shows disrupted by left-wing protesters and that promoters had blacklisted him for his offensive jokes.
It’s a self-contained, little thing.”[12] In 2021, he named ‘cancel culture’ as a negative aspect to social media, which he believed was changing the nature of stand up.
[17] McSavage met his future wife, Hannah Gnat from Poland, in Amsterdam, and they settled in Copenhagen for the birth of the first of two sons, and stayed there for 5 years.
[3] In April 2016, McSavage was in court for not paying for a TV licence and argued in his defence that he had genuine concerns of how, the national broadcaster, RTE spends the taxpayers money.
The judge rejected his argument and gave him the option of paying the outstanding arrears of €115 owed on his TV licence by June or facing a conviction and fine.