Peter Kay breaks his social media silence as he insists hecklers had 'repeatedly interrupted' his show before he kicked them out - after one said Lisa Riley jibe left her 'in tears'

Peter Kay has broken his social media silence after facing backlash for kicking three hecklers out of his Manchester gig on Saturday. The comedian, 51, has shared a new statement insisting that the audience members in question had caused 'repeated interruption' before he kicked then out of the show. Earlier in the day, Peter had 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 AO 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.'. Hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls revealed that Mr Kay had told them overnight 'he felt he had no option but to remove the hecklers as they were spoiling the show'. They reported that the rest of his statement read: 'There comes a point when dealing with repeated 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.'.

Lisa has now shown her support for the under fire star as she told her fans she 'loves Peter Kay to pieces' and said his joke was a 'laugh' in new Instagram posts. On Tuesday morning on an Instagram Story post, she pleaded: 'Please draw a line under this now, I am not offended, never was offended. I love Peter Kay to pieces. Laughter is my favourite medicine. Peter Kay has broken his silence after kicking three hecklers out of his Manchester gig on Saturday and claimed they were spoiling the show for the rest of the audience (pictured 2017).

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 (pictured) before evicting her from the AO arena, reports GMB. One of the hecklers, Philip Peters, 54, and his son, 26, were abruptly evicted from the arena and he has since claimed he was treated 'like a terrorist' by security staff when his only crime was 'shouting garlic bread'.

The soap star also shared a picture of the quote 'keep calm and laugh' and wrote in the caption: 'It's a laugh, it's funny!', as she further defended the star. One of the hecklers, Philip Peters, 54, and his son, 26, were abruptly evicted from the  arena and he has since claimed he was treated 'like a terrorist' by security staff when his only crime was 'shouting garlic bread'. While some other attendees slammed Mr Peters, claiming he was ruining it for others, he hit back telling MailOnline: 'I just can't understand it, all I said was garlic bread'.

Initially his shout out allegedly earned him a warm reception from Mr Kay, whose cameramen zoomed in and panned the driver's face out to the crowd. But by the second half of the show, Mr Kay had seemingly lost his patience, quickly ordering the lights to be turned on and for the heckler, as well as his son, to be led out of the building. Mr Peters, whose tickets were bought for him by his 17-year-old daughter for Christmas, said he was left 'disgusted' by how he was treated and is now demanding an apology from the comedian.

He told MailOnline: 'It was me who shouted out 'garlic bread'. I was there with my son and they dragged us out like ragged dolls and I am now covered in bruises. A lot of people just stood up and walked out when they saw how we were dragged out. 'In the first half of the show, I shouted out 'garlic bread' and they zoomed in on the camera on me. And I put my thumbs up and thought everything was okay. I got no warning or anything, people around us were laughing and joking.

Mr Kay pictured at the O2 Arena in January ahead of his gig. The hosts revealed that Peter had told them overnight ' he felt he had no option but to remove the hecklers and said they were spoiling the show'. Lisa showed her support for the under fire star as she told her followers his joke was merely a 'laugh' in a new Instagram post on Monday evening. 'Then in the second half of the show I said it again, "garlic bread", and that's when the security guards came over to me and said 'you are going to have to leave - Peter Kay doesn't like people shouting out'.

'I said are you joking as I thought they were going to warn me off but they stood me up, brought me to the stairs, which were dead steep. 'I have massive bruises in my leg. I haven't been able to walk properly at work today. My arms are all covered in bruises.'. He also claims that the comic shouted 'you're not laughing now' as they were marched down the stairs. Mr Peters claims six security officers handled him while another three took his son.