Comic Jimmy Carr has brought on outrage after a deaf girl was left “completely insulted” by a punchline to his joke.
The British-Irish comic made what some described as “vile” jokes about deaf individuals whereas acting at Orchard West Theatre in Kent, within the south east of England, in a warm-up present earlier than his upcoming tour.
Carly Ahlen, 44, instructed Metro the humorist used his platform to “put down those that have a tricky life”.
She stated the controversial comic picked her out of the entrance row as a result of she was sporting a beret, asking her why she was sporting it.
“I used my proper hand to carry my beret, exposing my listening to help. I hoped he was not less than a good man and would transfer on, figuring out I used to be deaf. It didn’t work. It had the alternative impact as I used to be like a sitting deaf duck now,” she stated.
She stated she was utilizing a transcribing app on her telephone to learn what Carr was saying throughout the set.
He then addressed Ms Ahlen once more and requested if she was going to “name for backup from the French Resistance”, she says.
‘Then, he was speaking about how one can say something about deaf individuals as a result of they’ll’t hear you,’ she instructed Metro. ‘I used to be shocked – this isn’t comedy!’
“Comedy is an incredible instrument for progressive change, but Jimmy determined to make use of his platform to place down those that have a tricky life,” she stated.
“There’s a joke after which there’s completely insulting. It’s vile to the deaf neighborhood.
‘It’s simply not acceptable. He doesn’t want to try this – he’s wealthy sufficient.
“I’ve spent far too lengthy feeling depressing and ashamed of my listening to loss due to the stigma hooked up to it,” she stated, based on Metro.
The comic is not any stranger to criticism for his “controversial jokes”.
In 2019, whereas filming content material for an additional present, he was slammed for making jokes about fats girls and feminine genital mutilation.
Then in 2022, he once more made what some deemed to be “offensive” feedback in regards to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller neighborhood.
He had additionally made earlier jokes about deafness, telling an viewers in 2018 he acquired complaints for saying “deafness is attending to be fairly an issue for me, and I by no means thought I’d hear myself say that”.
