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Adam Kay details incident of maskless man removed from show by police for being ‘loud and disruptive’
A man was removed from the audience at Adam Kay’s show this week (Picture: Getty Images; Rex/Shutterstock)
Adam Kay has shared his version of events after a man was escorted from his show at the Rose Theatre in Kingston this week.
The comedian and former doctor, 41, had been performing Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas, in which he delves into his diaries from when he was a frontline medic, when a man removed his mask and started being disruptive.
Adam took to Twitter to clear up reports of what had happened, writing: ‘Starting to see some “MAN ARRESTED FOR NOT WEARING A MASK” stories about an incident at one of my shows a couple of days ago.
‘The truth is the less exciting “MAN REMOVED FROM THEATRE FOR NOT SHUTTING UP DURING A SHOW”.’
He continued: ‘First of all, my huge thanks to the staff at the Rose Theatre for handling a tricky situation.
‘During my performance on 14th Dec, a previously-masked man was proudly wearing his mask around his chin, and when asked by multiple people to wear it more appropriately, became extremely disruptive and rude to theatre staff, to the extent that the show became badly affected.
‘He told theatre staff that they’d have to call the police to stop his disruptive behaviour, which theatre staff eventually decided to do.
‘He was escorted from the auditorium by police.’
The best-selling author added: ‘The man in question asked me repeatedly to “Watch the videos of Neil Oliver”, which I won’t. If you’re loud and disruptive in a theatre show then unfortunately you’ll get booted out, whatever you’re shouting about.’
Adam had found fame thanks to his hit book This Is Going To Hurt, which gave readers an insight into life as a doctor and all the humorous and heartwarming experiences that came along with it, which he now tells people about during his live shows.
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