Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Eyewitness said men in the crowd told breastfeeding mother to fuck out with loud and aggressive male voices at Arj Barker comedy show.
Comedian Arj Barker reportedly kicked out a breastfeeding mother and her newborn baby from his show in Australia Saturday night, forcing a handful of furious attendees to walk out of the theater in solidarity.
Barker clashed with the mother at the Athenaeum Theater during his Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where the 7-month-old baby made a few gurgling sounds.
“I was sitting there and she gurgled a bit,” the mother, Trish, told 3AW Melbourne. “The equivalent if someone was coughing.”
A group of people left the show after the awkward confrontation.
In a statement issued on Monday, Barker put the blame on staff at the Athenaeum Theatre for seating the mum and child.
‘This show is strictly age 15 plus as clearly stated on the ticket site,’ Barker said.
‘She had an infant with her. The baby was disrupting my performance.
‘On behalf of the other 700 people who paid to see the gig, I politely told her the baby couldn’t stay.
‘She thought I was kidding, which made the exchange a bit awkward.
‘I felt bad about the whole situation and stated this on the night more than once. I offered her a refund.
‘Theatre staff should not have seated a baby in my audience in the first place.’