Comedian swore at Jewish audience member who refused to applaud Palestinian flag, it's claimed | BCX10R1 | 2024-02-17 06:08:01
Paul Currie allegedly advised the man, stated to be an Israeli, to "f*** off".
A COMEDIAN swore at a Jewish viewers member who refused to applaud a Palestinian flag, it has been claimed.
Paul Currie allegedly advised the man, stated to be an Israeli, to "f*** off".
The comic was stated to have introduced a Palestinian Authority flag on stage with a Ukrainian one at London's Soho Theatre final Saturday.
It was claimed he informed the 200-strong viewers to stand and clap.
After an Israeli audience member refused to face, the comic allegedly flew into a vile tirade, telling the man: "Get out of my present. Get the f*** out of right here. F*** off, get the f*** out of right here."
The viewers is claimed to have yelled: "Get out" and "Free Palestine" until the man left with buddies.
After the bust-up, Mr Currie, who describes himself as an "experimental fusionist" and an "absurdist laughter chef", is alleged to have turned to the audience and stated: "I'll get into hassle for this."
A spokesman for the Marketing campaign Towards Antisemitism stated: "What the Jewish audience members have recounted is atrocious, and we are working with them and our legal professionals to make sure that those who instigated and enabled it are held to account.
"These allegations are of deeply disturbing discriminatory abuse towards Jews.
"Comedians are rightly given broad latitude, but hounding Jews out of theatres is harking back to humanity's darkest days, and should have no place in central London in 2024."
The theatre stated: "We are sorry and saddened by an incident that occurred at our venue on the end of a performance of Paul Currie: Shtoom on Saturday 10 February which has induced upset and harm to members of viewers attending and others.
"We take this very critically and are wanting into the element of what happened as completely, as sensitively, and as shortly as we will. It is very important us that Soho Theatre is a welcoming and inclusive place for all."
Currie didn't reply to calls.
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