Peter Kay made the news last weekend when he kicked two hecklers out of his show at the Manchester Arena. Kay defended the move afterwards, saying he'd done his "best to address the situation and made light of it, as any comedian would, but unfortunately their interruptions continued".

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And whether he likes it or not, Garlic Bread is Peter Kay’s ‘thing’, his hit, his equivalent of Paul McCartney playing ‘Hey Jude’ and yet, as he put it in his statement, being used to disrupt this particular show. It’s an unenviable position for any performer to be in.

Peter Kay has defended his decision to eject hecklers from a stand-up gig. The 51-year-old comedian has recently faced criticism after he asked staff at Manchester's AO Arena to remove two hecklers from the venue, but Peter has now claimed that he had "no choice", explaining that their "repeated disruptions" made it "impossible to continue".

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Darragh Murphy is a stand-up comedian and journalist from Cork city. He performs regularly at gigs across the country, including clubs like the Comedy Cavern, the Comedy Bunker and the CoCo Club here on Leeside - and now he's given us his opinion on the 'heckler row' that has overshadowed Peter Kay's big comeback tour.

Beloved comedian Peter Kay has said he had “no choice” but to eject two audience members from his stand up show on Saturday night (February 8). The 51-year-old had two audience members kicked out of the AO Arena in Manchester after they heckled him while he was performing on his Better Late Than Never... Again tour, which has many dates at The O2.