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Peter Kay’s rare public statement after ‘humiliated’ woman kicked out of his gig

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Daisy Jackson - 14th February 2025

A woman who was kicked out of Peter Kay’s show last weekend has spoken out, after the beloved comedian shared a rare public statement about the incident.

Myar Curran, 25, was the second person to be removed from the Bolton comic’s show at the AO Arena after repeated interruptions and heckling.

The first heckler had reportedly been shouting ‘garlic bread’ at the stage, and after he was evicted, Myar shouted ‘We love you Peter’ and was also removed from the venue.

Peter Kay, who normally remains fairly silent on social media, unusually issued a full statement on the incident, saying the hecklers were disruptive ‘from the very start’.

He added: “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.”

Addressing the ribbing he gave Myar during the gig, where he compared her to Lisa Riley, Peter Kay’s statement said: “The lady who was escorted out did bear a striking resemblance to Lisa Riley, though I don’t see how that’s an insult.”

Today, Myar has appeared on Good Morning Britain to say she feels ‘a bit humiliated’ and didn’t mean to ’cause any harm’.

She said: “I feel like what I said was not abusive, wasn’t aggressive, it wasn’t anti-social, I wasn’t drunk.

“I was just standing up chanting ‘we love you Peter, we do’ and I feel like it’s just been taken a bit overboard and a bit over the top, his reaction.”

Peter Kay’s statement reads: “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 made light of it, as any comedian would, but unfortunately, their interruptions continued.

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“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, who’ve paid to see a show without interruption.”

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