Comedian Joe Lycett investigated by PSNI after joke at Belfast show
Police have confirmed enquiries were made but no offences were detected
Last updated 22nd Jun 2022
A popular British comedian has confirmed an audience member who attended one of his shows in Belfast reported the star to the police for a joke he made.
Stand-up comedian Joe Lycett took to the stage at the Waterfront Hall on June eight and 10.
He shared a picture on Twitter of the PSNI message, which confirmed the matter was now closed.
His post read: “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."
Mr Lycett said he “particularly enjoyed” explaining the joke in writing to a police detective.
“Charmed, and hopefully amused, the rozzers have since closed the matter.”
He added: “You’ll be pleased to know that the joke – which I consider to be one of the best I’ve ever written – remains firmly and proudly in the show.
“The tour continues until September, unless I am jailed.”
Police have confirmed that “Enquiries were made, and no offences were detected.”
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