Peter Kay ‘makes fresh Lisa Riley heckler joke in return to stage’
He referenced the controversy.
Peter Kay reportedly referenced his ‘Lisa Riley heckler’ joke as he returned to stage on Friday night.
The comedian, 51, hit headlines earlier this month when he ordered one audience member in his Manchester gig to be removed for repeatedly shouting out ‘garlic bread’.
Another attendee was then removed from the audience after shouting, ‘We love you Peter Kay,’ with the actor calling out in response: ‘Go on, off you go Lisa Riley,’ in a comparison to the former Emmerdale actress.
After the controversy, Kay issued a statement on his Instagram story saying he had to ‘take action’ to avoid disruption for other audience members, adding: ‘The lady who was escorted out did bear a striking resemblance to Lisa Riley, though I don’t see how that’s an insult.’
‘As a comedian, you never want to eject anyone, but when repeated disruptions make it impossible to continue, it’s important to consider the experience of the rest of the audience, who’ve paid to see a show without interruption,’ he went on.
It has now been claimed that Kay made light of the situation during his gig on Friday night in Birmingham.
The comedian ejected two hecklers from his recent show in Manchester (Picture: Brian J Ritchie/Hot Sauce/REX/Shutterstock)According to Mail Online, he opened his set by telling the crowd: ‘Good evening, how are you? Can I just say thank you very, very much for coming tonight. I really do appreciate it. Thank you.
‘Some of you have been waiting years for this and I hope you enjoy it, I really do.
‘So I promise I won’t throw anyone out. I hope you have a good time. Well unless you f***ing start – I’m only kidding.’
At one point during the show, a microphone was handed out to audience members for their involvement, and Kay reportedly mentioned the Lisa Riley comment.
Kay vowed to not ‘throw anyone out’ of his gig on Friday (Picture: Jim Dyson/Getty Images)Speaking to a woman who said she’d been to his show four times already, he joked back: ‘You’re kidding? Thank god you don’t look like Lisa Riley.’
The publication notes that there appeared to be more security at the Birmingham event than in Manchester, and that audience members remained respectful, only speaking out during participation segments.
This comes after the woman who was removed from the Manchester gig was identified, and said she was left feeling ‘humiliated’ by the incident.
Myar Curran, 25, told Good Morning Britain: ‘I didn’t mean to cause any harm, I was just showing my love because he kicked someone out. “Oh, I’ll stand up and say, we love you Peter,” but he just obviously didn’t like it.’
