LISA Riley has damaged her silence after Peter Kay made a controversial joke about her at his Manchester gig.
The favored comedian, 51, likened a heckler to the Emmerdale actress after suggesting she’d had an excessive amount of to drink.
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After instructing safety to take away her, he stated: “Have a drink, have we?
“Go on, off you go Lisa Riley.”
Lisa is now 9 years sober after admitting to consuming two bottles of wine an evening – with the display star beforehand confessing she “drowned her emotions in alcohol” following her mum’s dying.
At present she addressed the fallout on Instagram, writing: “Please draw a line underneath this now, I’m not offended, by no means was offended. I really like Peter Kay to items. Laughter is my favorite medication.”
Yesterday she shared an image of the quote “Maintain calm and chuckle” on her grid and added: “It is a chuckle, it is humorous!”
Peter has additionally spoken out and insisted he had no intention of offending Lisa.
In a press release to Good Morning Britain, he stated: “I did not realise it was an insult. She did look remarkably like Lisa Riley, I did not realise that was an insult.
“There comes a degree when coping with repeated hecklers merely is not sufficient. It isn’t one thing you ever need to do but it surely turns into a degree when it is not honest to everybody round.”
