After the fury surrounding Peter Kay having fans ejected from a recent gig, it seems to comedian isn't letting go of the drama just yet. Earlier this month, the 51-year-old dealt with hecklers at his Better Late Than Never... Again! gig at Manchester's AO Arena. He swiftly had security remove a number of spectators after claiming they were spoiling the show for the rest of the attendees.
However, after he labelled one ejected fan "Lisa Riley" and the remark hit the headlines, with the heckler claiming Peter was a "bully". While he said it wasn't an insult, and Lisa herself acknowledged there was no ill-meaning, the woman in question fumed the star had humiliated her. "Go on, off you go Lisa Riley," Peter had jibed, making a comparison to the former Emmerdale actress.
And now it's said he had made light of the situation during his gig in Birmingham on Friday evening. According to Mail Online, the Max and Paddy star 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.". It wasn't the only mention of the past events either, according to fans. At one point, as a microphone was handed to an audience member to ask a question, she told him it was her fourth time at his show already. He then joked back: "You’re kidding? Thank god you don’t look like Lisa Riley.".
Shortly after his initial jibe at his decision to eject the fan in Manchester, Peter opened up on the incident on Good Morning Britain. "I didn't realise it was an insult," he said. "She did look remarkably like Lisa Riley, I didn't realise that was an insult.".
But despite his insistence there was no dig meant, the woman in question revealed she was mortified. Myar Curran accused the star of being a "bully". Speaking herself on the ITV show, Myar said: "I didn't mean to cause any harm, I was just showing my love as he kicked someone out but he obviously didn’t like it." She added: "I feel like what I said was not abusive or aggressive - it wasn’t anti-social and I wasn’t drunk. I was just standing up chanting 'we love you Peter, we do'. It’s just been a bit over the top, his reaction.".
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