Peter Kay
- 51 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and director
Press clippings
Jimmy Carr fires brutal dig at fellow comic Peter Kay on The One Show over heckling controversy
"I like it when people join in. Sometimes it gets out of hand and we have to kick people out of the show, but I'm not like Peter Kay. I don't care. I don't care, we have great security, I'm all mouth," he said to a stunned silence in the studio.
Liam De Brun, Manchester Evening News, 26th March 2025Peter Kay stops O2 show to threaten fans 'kicking off' that security will throw them out
Peter Kay halted show at London's O2 Arena to call out audience members causing a disturbance, warning them that security would remove anyone kicking off.
Susan Knox, The Mirror, 20th March 2025Paddy McGuinness on holidays with Peter Kay
"I stole everything!" Paddy McGuinness has spoken about holidays with Peter Kay and a crippling travel fear that sent him to The Priory.
Alice Penwill, The Sun, 11th March 2025Peter Kay treats Lisa Riley to VIP gig experience
Peter Kay treated soap star Lisa Riley to a VIP experience at his most recent gig after the comedian sparked a scandal with his recent reference to the Emmerdale stalwart.
Beth Allcock, The Sun, 9th March 2025'There's a line': Comedians on whether Peter Kay was right to eject hecklers
Peter Kay made the news last weekend when he kicked two hecklers out of his show at the Manchester Arena.
Paul Glynn, BBC, 14th February 2025The other side of cuddly comedy 'nice guy' Peter Kay
The publicity-shy comic's on-stage outbursts have shocked fans of his 'everyman' image. But he has long been a divisive character.
Liam Kelly, The Telegraph, 13th February 2025Has Peter Kay thrown out his cuddly image along with his 'garlic bread' hecklers?
The chummy everyman seemed to let his facade slip as he brutally ejected two hecklers from a recent gig - a misstep that showed he's out of touch with the current cut-and-thrust of stand-up.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th February 2025Jacob Hawley: I'm a comedian - here's where Peter Kay went wrong in "garlic bread" row
As comedians, it's our job to make you laugh, so that's a pretty hard thing to tell someone! And whether he likes it or not, Garlic Bread is Peter Kay's 'thing', his hit, his equivalent of Paul McCartney playing 'Hey Jude' and yet, as he put it in his statement, being used to disrupt this particular show.
Jacob Hawley, Metro, 12th February 2025Peter Kay fans slammed comic over 'rude' jokes and 'disappointing' gigs MONTHS ago
Peter Kay fans voiced their concern over rude jokes on his tour months before he ejected hecklers and called one a Lisa Riley lookalike.
The Phoenix Nights legend, 51, faced criticism from some audience members who felt his comedy had changed, with one stating "the entire show was f*****g terrible".
Mary Gallagher, The Sun, 12th February 2025Peter Kay heckler demands a refund on £155 tickets
A heckler who was kicked out of a Peter Kay gig for shouting the comic's "garlic bread" catchphrase is demanding a refund.
Warehouse worker Philip Peters, 54, and his son, 26, were forcibly removed by security from the sold out Manchester show at the weekend.
Dan Cain, The Sun, 11th February 2025