Comedienne Laura Lexx takes down sexist heckler with witty comebacks

Jennifer Ruby18 March 2016
The Weekender

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Comedienne Laura Lexx proved that she knew just how to handle a rowdy heckler during a recent stand-up gig in Brighton.

The comic put the disruptive audience member in his place during the Krater Comedy night at Komedia comedy club in Brighton this week after he hurled sexist abuse.

As she took to the stage to compere, Lexx was immediately met with a barrage of comments from the man who shouted that he was ‘miserable’.

"It might be your personality... Do you need help with that? We'll cheer you up! Don't worry,” she said.

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He then shouted that he’d expected the compere to be a man, to which Lexx responded:

“Oh sweetheart, you expected that it would be a man? It must be much like your sex life.”

After a roar of laughter from the crowd, she continued: “Listen my darling, I’m very glad that you’ve come but the thing with comedy is that I'm very good at my job, alright?

“Listen, the thing about stand-up comedy is it’s like sex with your missus – it’s just better if you let her get on with it on her own.

“You know what I mean don't you? With comedy you get into the rhythm and then you hear that voice coming out of the darkness and suddenly it is very hard to finish.”

Trying to build bridges, Lexx then asks the heckler where he was from but was met with stoney silence.

“If we could get some crayons to that side of the room, that would be lovely. The adults have gathered to hear some hilarious jokes and this guy is having a sort of breakdown,” she added.

“It's a f****** woman with a microphone! What's going on! It's 2016 mate, you're in Brighton, c*** off.”

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