Leo Kearse
- Scottish
- Stand-up comedian and actor
Press clippings
Leo Kearse and James O'Brien clash on Twitter
Leo Kearse's off the scale response to James O'Brien taking aim at him is quite the read.
The Poke, 9th July 2024Leo Kearse returns to GB News
Comic Leo Kearse was back on GB News last night, for the first time since being accused of anonymously posting vile racist comments on social media.
Chortle, 10th April 2024Was Leo Kearse behind racist social media account?
Comic Leo Kearse has been accused of anonymously posting vile racist comments on social media. The "anti-woke" stand-up has not been seen on GB News, where he is a regular, since Hope Not Hate claimed he was behind a Telegram account that regularly sends hateful messages.
Chortle, 9th April 2024Free speech comedy clubs and the battle over onstage offence
Graham Linehan and Dapper Laughs walk into a club ... It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, yet platforming comics who may cause offence is a winning formula. But can a night run by a GB News host claim to be anti-establishment?
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th May 2023Kate Barron pulls out of Comedy Unleashed gig after discovering Daniel O'Reilly was also on the bill
Kate Barron had been booked to appear at Comedy Unleashed's Hate N Live tomorrow night, promoted by the comedy club that prides itself on its 'free speech' ethos, and providing a home for comics 'cancelled' elsewhere. But on learning about the notoriety of O'Reilly's now-abandoned alter-ego Dapper Laughs, Canadian stand-up Barron decided she couldn't share the stage of East London's Backyard Comedy Club with him.
Chortle, 25th April 2023Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests
Radio 4 has commissioned Unsafe Space, a "provocative" comedy and debate show championing free speech and broader class representation, despite protesters allegedly threatening to shut it down by blowing airhorns during the recording.
British Comedy Guide, 8th December 2022Leo Kearse claims he was blacklisted from Scotland's comedy clubs
The regular GB News panellist hit out at the Scottish Government for black-listing him from the country's comedy clubs, with two of the most prominent, The Stand, owned by SNP MP Tommy Sheppard.
David Walker, Scottish Daily Express, 24th July 2022Free speech club Comedy Unleashed goes on tour
Having consistently sold out shows in London for the past four and a half years, Comedy Unleashed takes to the road this autumn.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th July 2022Leo Kearse interview
"You'll see more exciting stuff in the clubs than you will on the BBC."
Adrian Peel, Cambridge Independent, 6th May 2022Victoria Coren Mitchell clashes with Leo Kearse over 'racist' jokes about Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Victoria Coren Mitchell and comedian Leo Kearse have clashed on social media over remarks that he made about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on GB News.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 24th March 2022