Peter Kay breaks his silence on his decision to kick out hecklers who were 'spoiling the show' and reveals why he likened one of them to Emmerdale star Lisa Riley

Peter Kay has broken his silence after kicking three hecklers out of his Manchester gig and claimed they were spoliling the show for the rest of the audience. The comedian, 51, said there becomes a point where it's 'no longer fair' to the crowd who have paid to see him and also defended calling one woman Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley before evicting her from the arena, reports GMB. In a statement given to the ITV show, he said: 'I didn't realise it was an insult. She did look remarkably like Lisa Riley, I didn't realise that was an insult.'.

The hosts revealed that Peter had told them 'he felt he had no option but to remove the hecklers and said they were spoiling the show.'. They reported that the rest of his statement read: 'There comes a point when dealing with repeared hecklers simply isn't enough. It's not something you ever want to do but it becomes a point when it's no longer fair to everyone around.'. Peter Kay has broken his silence after facing backlash over his 'offensive show' saying he had 'no choice' but to kick two audience members out of his London gig (pictured 2017).

On Monday, fans backed the comic's decision to throw hecklers out of his Manchester homecoming gig on Saturday night, claiming the drunk troublemakers had been 'spoiling the show'. Mr Kay, who is currently on his £27million Better Late Than Never Again! Tour, was labelled 'nasty and bitter' after he asked security to drag away a man repeatedly shouting, 'garlic bread'. Afterwards a woman who yelled 'we love you Peter' was ordered to be removed by Mr Kay, who was accused of making a cruel joke about the woman's weight comparing her to Lisa Riley, witnesses claimed.

But now another audience member, sitting just a few seats away from the mischief-makers, has claimed that both 'absolutely deserved' to be removed - so much so it was met with loud cheers from those sitting around him. 'The guy he chucked out absolutely deserved it,' Jo Llewellyn told MailOnline. 'He was extremely drunk even before the show started and continued to make a nuisance of himself as the show went on.

'For those of us who sat beside him he ruined the gig. And as for the lady, she was a few seats behind and the people she sat next to also commented that she had been a huge pain and was disrupting the show for others. 'I am glad Peter took a stand and removed them as the show was being spoiled for a lot of people... And if people were so offended at the hecklers being chucked out, why did the crowd near them cheer loudly when they were removed?'.

Some audience members had decided to leave the show at Manchester AO arena on Saturday night after Mr Kay ordered security to turn on all the lights when his bit about kidney stones was interrupted for the third time by the man shouting. Peter Kay was pictured looking slimmer while heading to his tour bus while leaving London's O2 arena in January. His performance in Manchester on Saturday night has sparked a row with some leaving early.

Peter Kay fans were left outraged after the 'nasty and bitter' moment he threw out hecklers with a Lisa Riley jibe as they slammed the comedian's 'offensive' impression of a blind person at his Manchester show on Saturday evening (pictured 2017). Once the bright lights were on, Mr Kay is said to have pulled up a chair on stage and directed his security to remove the man as well as his friends, another source told MailOnline.

At this point the heckling man, along with his son, allegedly got very abusive towards the security guards', according to witnesses. The man was then taken out by four security guards - 'one on each leg and one on each arm'. 'It wasn't a case of escorting him out, it was a case of physically removing him,' one audience member said. As the men were escorted out of the arena, the woman sitting behind them shouted 'we love you Peter' to which he asked, 'had a drink have we?'.

The 52-year-old funnyman then instructed the security team to also remove the woman from the crowd before telling her 'go on, off you go Lisa Riley', in reference to the Emmerdale actress and comedian. And while some accused Mr Kay of a 'nasty and bitter' approach to hecklers, those sitting closest to the noisy crowd applauded the decision. Another audience member said: 'I was seated near the people, and they were a pain in the backside.

'They were asked several times to be quiet as the old people near them could not hear over their heckling 'garlic bread' not just once but many times. 'We all clapped when he got rid of them and Peter in his own manner dealt with it very well. I thought he gave us what we wanted; it's what we all waited over two years for.'. A third said: 'My daughter was at that show and was glad that the people shouting were removed.