Peter Kay says he had ‘no choice’ but to eject heckling audience members from show

Comedian Peter Kay has said helium had “no choice” but to eject 2 assemblage members from his show connected Saturday.

The 51-year-old had 2 assemblage members kicked retired of the AO Arena successful Manchester aft they heckled him portion helium was performing connected his Better Late Than Never… Again tour.

In a connection posted to Instagram pursuing the incident, Kay said: “At the amusement connected Saturday night, February 8, successful Manchester, I had 2 hecklers disrupting from the precise start.

“I did my champion to code the concern and made airy of it arsenic immoderate comedian would, but unluckily their interruptions continued.

“I past tried to disregard them, hoping they’d settee down, but erstwhile the disruption persisted into the 2nd fractional of the show, I asked the assemblage astir them if they were being bothered by the noise.

“They each shouted ‘yes’ and erstwhile I asked for a amusement of hands astatine slightest 40 radical raised theirs.

“At that constituent I had nary prime but to instrumentality action. The woman who was escorted retired did carnivore a striking resemblance to Lisa Riley, though I don’t spot however that’s an insult.

“This was lone the 2nd and 3rd clip I’ve had to inquire idiosyncratic to permission during my 114 shows implicit the past 3 years of this tour.

“As a comedian, you ne'er privation to eject anyone, but erstwhile repeated disruptions marque it intolerable to continue, it’s important to see the acquisition of the remainder of the audience, who’ve paid to spot a amusement without interruption.”

During the incidental 1 instrumentality is reported to person repeatedly shouted “garlic bread” successful notation to 1 of the comedian’s best-known catchphrases, portion different was reported to person shouted “we emotion you”.

The Bolton-born comedian is said to person made notation to Emmerdale histrion Riley erstwhile 1 of the brace was being ejected.

The 48-year-old said: “Please 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.”

In a connection work by Susanna Reid connected Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain, Kay explained: “I didn't realise it was an insult. She did look remarkably similar Lisa Riley, I didn't realise that was an insult.”

Reid besides stressed that the comedian told the amusement overnight that “he felt helium had nary enactment but to region the hecklers and said they were spoiling the show.”

Adding: “There comes a constituent erstwhile dealing with repeated hecklers simply isn't enough. It's not thing you ever privation to do, but it becomes a constituent erstwhile it's nary longer just to everyone around.”

The tour, which has been moving since 2022 and ends successful 2026, is Kay’s archetypal since Have Gags Will Travel, which ended successful 2019.

Kay began his vocation successful 1996 and made his sanction connected TV shows specified arsenic Phoenix Nights, That Peter Kay Thing and Max And Paddy’s Road To Nowhere.