Lisa Riley reunited with Peter Kay (Image: Instagram)
Lisa Riley has shared her support for comedian as she shared some smiley snaps of them together – despite the stand-up star and have her kicked out of his show just weeks before. Lisa proudly showed off there were absolutely no hard feelings by taking a snap with Peter following his performance.
Back in February, Peter had expressed regret but insisted he had “no choice” other than to have security remove two interruptive spectators at his gig on Saturday, pointing out that their persistent interjections made it “impossible to continue”. During the show in question, the comedian had security at escort a man out who yelled “Garlic bread”, referring to his famous catchphrase from Phoenix Nights, and then asked them to escort out a female who persistently shouted his name.
Lisa didn’t take offense to the comedian’s jibe (Image: Reallisariley/X)
He then went on to jokingly liken her to Lisa Riley based on her similar appearance. But the star does not seem to have taken offence to the controversial moment as she went to see him for herself last night.
She took to to express her love for the comedian, writing: “THANK YOU so so so much Peter for the most fantastic night. We laughed until it hurt-the show is absolutely hilarious-we were up until way gone midnight reciting all the jokes-northern at its absolute best. You are the best of the best. Love ya.”
Kay previously released a statement to say that the ejected individuals had been “disrupting from the very start”.
He added: “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 40 people raised theirs.” He expressed his lack of options, saying: “At that point, I had no choice but to take action. The lady who was escorted out did bear a striking resemblance to , though I don’t see how that’s an insult.”
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The Emmerdale star thanked Peter for a fantastic night (Image: Reallisariley/X)
He recollected having to remove just one other person throughout the previous 114 shows of his three-year circuit.
Peter noted the tough decisions comedians sometimes face, stating: “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.”
However, Myar Curran, 25, at the heart of the ‘Lisa Riley’ jibe, told Good Morning Britain she is done watching the comic perform.
She expressed: “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. 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.”