Russell Howard's fellow comedians back his decision to storm out of gig
Comedian Russell Howard refused to carry on with his gig after an audience member filmed his latest jokes and now comedian Shappi Khorsandi has defended his decision
Comedians have defended Russell Howard' s decision to storm off stage after an audience member filmed his new jokes.
The 40-year-old comedian was angered when he saw a female audience member filming from the front row.
According to Bristol Post, Russell told the woman: "That's literally the worst thing you can do."
After slamming the audience member and refusing to continue with new content, he eventually left the gig.
However, despite the gig not advertising a ban on recording, a number of comedians have taken to Twitter to support Russell's attitude to recording.
Sharing Mirror Online's story of the incident on, comedian Shappi Khorsandi wrote on Twitter: "[100 emoji] with Russell on this. Last year woman did this to me...kills spontaneity, trust and intimacy of a live show".
Fellow comedian Sofie Hagen shared Shappi's verdict, agreeing with her.
Sofie tweeted: "I agree 1000% percent with Shappi and Russell."
Fellow comedian Danny Posthill tweeted in agreement, writing: "Good for you @russellhoward I don’t blame you, there’s too many people getting their phones out at gigs. If the performer wants his stuff recorded he will get it recorded at his own accord".
Additionally many others were in agreement that Russell was right to call out the audience members recording his gig.
One follower of Shappi's wrote: "Also, as an audience member, I don’t want to be watching the performance through someone’s smartphone screen!"
Another person commented: |Good on him - these idiots who spend their whole time on their phone. It is so distracting in the audience when you can see all these lights in front of you when you want to see the stage. The whole ifyoudon'ttakeaphotoitdidn'thappen is so childish!"
Finally, one Twitter user concluded: "This growing expectation that venues or organisers are at fault for not providing full instructions on how to conduct themselves - decency, courtesy and respect - is quite tedious. But a reflection of where some people exist."
After the initial reports of Russell's upset at the decision to record, a spokesperson confirmed the incident.
They said: "Any comedian whose set is being recorded at a new material night would find it distracting.
"The beauty of live performance particularly at this strange time is its intended for the room only."
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