Former BBC presenter sympathises with Peter Kay in heckler row
A former BBC presenter has sympathised with comedian Peter Kay after recent controversy surrounding his handling of hecklers.
Alfie Joey, a North East comedian and former BBC Radio Newcastle presenter, shared his views on BBC Radio Newcastle after a clip of Peter Kay dealing with a heckler went viral.
In a chat with Kelly Scott on BBC Newcastle, Joey said: "I was reading all of the comments on the TikTok video I saw and then headed to the comments to see what people said.
"Lots of people see it from the audience's point of view, but they don't get what the comedian has to deal with and what they have to go through."
He added: "Most people go to see the comedian, they don't go to see the heckler.
"Although sometimes [at other gigs] it does get a little heckley, which I do find a bit of fun and sometimes it's the bit that people remember."
Joey pointed out that people pay a lot of money to see comedians like Peter Kay.
He said: "When you watch the clip [of Peter Kay], nobody's paid less than £50 to go and see Peter Kay, some have paid over £100, so if you're sat there, that guy's said garlic bread 35 times now, it was funny the first few, you're starting to think, he's wasting my money here."
Recalling his early days in comedy, Joey shared some advice he received: "When I started out, somebody said to me, if you get heckled, deal with it as a comedian, don't deal with it as a teacher, and that was a good lesson for me, because I got a bit strict once, hey you, stop this now.
"And I turned into a teacher and wasn't a comedian anymore."
He praised Kay's handling of the situation, saying: "When you watch the clip, he deals with it as a comedian, he's funny, he takes a chair over, he says lots of funny stuff.
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"When you're in front of thousands of people there, you're literally thinking on your feet.
"You've got to deal with the moment."
Joey is also known as a writer, actor, impressionist, singer, presenter, and artist/cartoonist.
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