Manchester 'Lisa Riley' issues scathing message to 'bully' Peter Kay as he defends joke

Myar Curran has told however she burst into tears successful her edifice country aft the comedian compared her to Lisa Riley during his Peter Kay's Dance For Life amusement successful Manchester connected Saturday

The pistillate booted from Peter Kay's Manchester gig has branded the comic a 'bully' aft helium likened her to Lisa Riley.

During his amusement astatine the AO Arena connected Saturday nighttime (February 8), Peter Kay stopped the show to region 2 assemblage members. Peter broke his soundlessness connected the substance via a connection shared with Good Morning Britain connected Tuesday morning.

The incidental began erstwhile a man, reportedly shouting 'garlic bread' repeatedly, was the archetypal to beryllium shown the door, followed by a pistillate who yelled 'we emotion you, Peter', who was besides removed by security. It's said Peter called the woman "Lisa Riley" earlier she was shown the door.

Myar Curran, the gig-goer who was compared to the Emmerdale histrion by Peter, attended the amusement with her dad, auntie, champion friend, and boyfriend, arsenic a devoted instrumentality of the Bolton-born comedian. Dressed successful a zebra top, she was thrilled to yet spot him execute live.

"We bought these tickets ages agone truthful we've been waiting years for this," Myar, 25, shared with the Manchester Evening News. "We were truthful looking guardant to it. I mislaid my mum a mates of years agone and she was expected to travel to the amusement truthful it was thing that was going to beryllium precise peculiar to us."

However, erstwhile Myar shouted 'we emotion you Peter' during the 2nd half, Kay interrupted his enactment to instruct information to 'get her out'. She insisted she had nary transportation to the earlier heckler contempt being seated nearby, reports the Manchester Evening News. As she was led out, Kay called retired from the stage: "Go on, disconnected you spell Lisa Riley."

Myar, who had made the travel from Scotland for the show, was near successful tears astatine her edifice owed to the remarks and the audience's laughter astatine the 23,000-capacity venue. "I bash consciousness helium was connected astir my weight," the mum-of-one expressed. "I cognize Lisa Riley has mislaid a batch of value and looks large but she utilized to beryllium a spot bigger. I didn't utilized to beryllium this big, I person enactment a spot of value on, I've had a child."

She continued, "I'm self-conscious astir that truthful to spell to a amusement and consciousness similar you're having the mick taken retired of you due to the fact that of your weight, I was conscionable a spot shocked. I'm annoyed and upset astir it. The full arena was laughing, I deliberation they thought it was portion of the amusement but determination was a nastiness to his voice.

"It was similar helium was trying to get the assemblage against maine - it conscionable wasn't nice, to beryllium honest. I did person a outcry astir it aft I got to the edifice room. I was conscionable truthful upset. It was conscionable a precise rubbish situation. My full household was disgusted by it."

In response, Peter Kay stated this greeting that helium 'didn't realise' his remark 'was an insult'. Speaking to ITV's Good Morning Britain, helium said, "She did look remarkably similar Lisa Riley, I didn't realise that was an insult." Lisa Riley herself has spoken retired astir the incident, urging connected Instagram: "PLEASE [praying hands emojis] gully a enactment nether this now, I americium not offended, ne'er was offended. I emotion Peter Kay to pieces. Laughter is my favourite medicine."

Responding to Peter's comments, Myar expressed her feelings: "Well, I deliberation helium knew precisely what helium was doing. If I was a spot skinnier, helium wouldn't person made the comparison. There was nary pussyfooting astir it, it was decidedly astir my value and however I looked. You don't request to instrumentality the mick retired of idiosyncratic for their weight, it's conscionable retired of bid really. He utilized to beryllium a bigger man. It was similar helium was being a bully - determination was a batch of choler and nastiness to it."

Myar besides mentioned her regret that Lisa Riley has been dragged into this messiness done nary responsibility of her own, saying, "I conscionable don't privation Lisa to deliberation I'm offended by being compared to her." She declared she is definite she volition 'never' tune successful to the comedian's enactment again aft the incidental near her profoundly wounded and diminished her respect for him.

"It's conscionable truly gutting," she said. "I mightiness person understood it if I was shouting an insult but I wasn't. He didn't request to marque it personal. I honestly don't deliberation I'll ever ticker him again."

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