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,

PETER Kay has today been slammed by a fan who watched him humiliate the “garlic bread” heckler. The Phoenix Nights star, 51, has found himself in hot water after he made a bad taste

The comedian compared Myar Curran to Emmerdale star Lisa Riley as he had her removed from a stand-up tour date in Manchester.

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.

The woman who was kicked out of Peter Kay's recent Manchester gig has addressed the incident on Good Morning Britain. Myar Curran was called 'Lisa Riley' by the British comedian, a soap opera actor that is best known for her time on Emmerdale.

Good Morning Britain viewers were furious as the woman who got kicked out of Peter Kay's comedy show was interviewed on the programme.

Myar Curran was one of two people kicked out of Peter Kay's gig at the AO Arena in Manchester after 'heckling' the comedian. | ITV News Granada

Dispatching hecklers used to be seen as a "badge of honour" on the comedy circuit but that fell out of favour for a while, as "the art form gentrified", said Logan. Now, however, "crowd backchat is back in vogue",