Comedian Jimmy Carr has doubled down on his stance on the recent Peter Kay heckling debate – saying that when people get kicked out his shows ‘they get kicked out for a reason.’
Just last week the comedian, 52, took a swipe at Peter who received backlash after kicking three hecklers out of his gig in Manchester in February.
And now Jimmy has mentioned his fellow funnyman again as he joined Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby on Tuesday morning.
Jimmy was also quick to point out the difference between hecklers shouting out ‘random, drunken nonsense’ and adding value to the show.
Presenter Jordan said on the show: ‘You need to see this guy on tour, because him with hecklers is just the best! You know how to deal with hecklers.’
Jimmy replied: ‘I do like a heckle. People come to my tour show and there’s a lot of jokes in it. There’s a lot of like, ‘Okay, I’ve written a show, this is it,’ and then I like to leave enough space so people can just join in and shout nonsense.
Comedian Jimmy Carr has doubled down on his stance on the recent Peter Kay heckling debate – saying that when people get kicked out his shows, ‘they get kicked out for a reason’
Just last week the comedian, 52, took a swipe at Peter who received backlash after kicking three hecklers out of his gig in Manchester in February
‘And it’s kind of that thing of like, I suppose like watching a magician do magic. Because I’m so used to it, it’s like, ‘Bring it!’ I’m not going to get insulted and it’s kind of fun.’
Chris then asked: ‘But do you worry about a backlash if you kick out a heckler? Because I think that’s a big thing at the moment.’
Jimmy then responded: ‘I think Peter Kay is a national treasure, he’s a wonderful, wonderful man, and he’s incredibly likeable. But there’s 16,000 people in a room, and he had to get rid of some people who were getting in the way of the evening.
‘And his duty is to the 16,000 people who have booked a hotel, and they’ve bought a ticket and they’re there at the arena to watch the show, and there’s a huge difference. And we all know there’s a huge difference between shouting out something that’s disruptive and repetitive and annoying, and joining in and adding value.
‘And the people at my show are very lucky. The audience that come to see me know that when it’s heckling or joining in and asking questions.
‘It’s not random, drunken nonsense. There’s a huge difference. So, when I kick people out as well it’s… The difference between me and Peter Kay is I don’t care.’
Jordan then quipped: ‘You go for the jugular!’, as Jimmy added: ‘If they get kicked out, they get kicked out for a reason…’
Last week Jimmy took a brutal swipe at Peter for his treatment of hecklers – as he broke his silence on kicking disruptive audience members out of his own show just weeks ago.
And now Jimmy has mentioned his fellow funnyman again as he joined Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby on Tuesday morning
Jimmy said: ‘I do like a heckle. People come to my tour show and there’s a lot of jokes in it. There’s a lot of like, ‘Okay, I’ve written a show, this is it,’ and then I like to leave enough space so people can just join in and shout nonsense’
The comedian appeared on Tuesday night’s The One Show with Alex Jones and Vernon Kay to promote his upcoming tour – which was subject to disruption recently.
It comes after Bolton comic Peter, 51, received a backlash after kicking three hecklers out of his gig in Manchester in February.
One of the rowdy audience members Phillip Peters, 54, went public by claiming he was ‘treated like a terrorist’ by security staff after shouting ‘garlic bread’ during Kay’s show – the funnyman’s catchphrase.
The second heckler, Myar Curran, 25, was ejected from the show after shouting ‘we love you Peter,’ with the comic comparing her to actress Lisa Riley as she was removed, a comment which she said left her ‘in tears’.
And just a few weeks ago Jimmy became the latest big-name comedian to throw out a rowdy guest at a gig after one ‘drunk’ gig goer annoyed four other audience members so much that they threatened to walk out.
Jimmy was praised after the gig for ‘handling the heckler like a pro’.
Despite Jimmy also recently kicking hecklers out of his show earlier this month he couldn’t help but take a jibe at Peter while on The One Show.
On the show Vernon said to him: ‘I’m loving the fact that your hecklers have gone viral on your social media, you put out the heckles, and you do put out the interaction with the audience.’
Jimmy responded: ‘I like it when people join in. I mean, you know, sometimes, you know, it gets, it gets out of hand and we have to kick people out of the show.
‘But I’m not like Peter Kay, I don’t care.’
Vernon then exclaimed: ‘Fair enough!,’ as his co-host Alex burst out laughing.
Earlier this March Jimmy was performing at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall as part of his latest stand-up tour where he was left unimpressed with a heckler
Jimmy then added: ‘I don’t care. We’ve got great security, I’m all mouth.’
Earlier this March Jimmy was performing at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall as part of his latest stand-up tour.
Jimmy was unimpressed with a punter for talking during the opening 30 minutes of his routine and becoming a ‘nuisance’ to those around him.
According to an eye-witness, four audience members sitting next to the troublemaker – who was accompanied by a female – threatened to walk out and one of them, a male, had to be held back by his partner after appearing to aim a punch at the heckler.
Incredibly, after being alerted to what was happening while on stage, Jimmy then told the four leaving fans to stay put, before taking on the heckler – sitting in the front row of the first tier – in his notoriously brutal style.
The eyewitness told MailOnline: ‘Four people got up to leave and one of them had to be held back from hitting the heckler.
‘Then Jimmy intervened, he told the four fans to sit down and said to the heckler, ‘You’re blind drunk, you’re probably on cocaine, so I’ll give you three choices.
”You can either get up and leave, go away and come back and see me again, or you can sit there, refuse to go and I’ll get security’.’
According to the eyewitness, the rowdy audience member refused to budge which then sparked Jimmy to hail security who arrived on the scene within seconds and escorted the heckler – and his female companion – out of the theatre.
The eyewitness added: ‘Everyone started cheering and Jimmy referred to the Peter Kay incident a few weeks ago.
‘There must be something in the water at these comedy gigs at the moment.’
Following the show, Jimmy was praised for his actions by fans who had flocked to his Facebook page to comment about the gig.
One user commented: ‘You handled that annoying idiot like a pro,’ another added: ‘Fabulous show and the guy that got escorted out, he deserved nothing less’
A third chimed in: ‘Great show, handled the crowd trouble with class.’
After Peter’s own heckler incident he addressed the incident on his Instagram account.
In a post on Instagram Stories, he explained that the first heckler had been disrupting his stand-up show by repeatedly shouting ‘garlic bread,’ and he made the decision to eject them after ‘forty audience members’ agreed it was distracting.
He then went onto address his jibe at the other audience member, saying he ‘didn’t see it as an insult.’
Kay wrote: ‘At the show on Saturday night, February 8th, in Manchester, I had two hecklers disrupting from the very start.
‘I did my best to address the situation and make light of it, as any comedian would, but unfortunately, their interruptions continued.
The second heckler at Peter’s show last month, Myar Curran (pictured), 25, was ejected from the show after shouting ‘we love you Peter’
The comic then compared her to actress Lisa Riley (pictured) as she was removed, a comment which she said left her ‘in tears’
‘I then tried to ignore them, hoping they’d settle down, but when the disruption persisted into the second half of the show, I asked the audience around them if they were being bothered by the noise.
‘They all shouted ‘yes’ and when I asked for a show of hands, at least forty people raised theirs.
‘At that point, I had no choice but to take action. The lady who was escorted out did bear a striking resemblance to Lisa Riley, though I don’t see how that’s an insult.
‘This was only the second and third time I’ve had to ask someone to leave during my 114 shows over the past three years of this tour.
‘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.’
