22/06/2022
Joe Lycett Investigated By Police After 'Offended' Audience Member Complains About Joke At Comedy Show.
Comedian Joe Lycett has revealed he has been investigated by police - after a person who watched one of his tour shows complained over what they deemed to be an offensive joke.
The star said this involved him writing a statement to explain the context of his on-stage joke to officers, which meant he had to put the words "giant donkey d***" into a message to the force in question.
He has been touring his More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett? shows since March, playing to audiences in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, York, Hull, Ipswich, Sheffield, Glasgow, Stockton, Newcastle, Cambridge, Stockport, Liverpool, Northampton, Birmingham, Belfast, and Cardiff so far.
However, he did not say which tour show led to the police complaint.
In a message posted on social media, Lycett said: "So someone came to my tour show a few weeks back and was offended by one of the jokes. And their perfectly understandable response to this was… to call the f****** police.
"To be fair to them the fuzz were very nice about it all but felt they had a duty to investigate. This involved me writing a statement explaining the context of the joke for them; I particularly enjoyed putting the words 'giant donkey d*** into a message to a police detective.