‘Focus is a delicate thing’:Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show
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‘Focus is a delicate thing’:Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show

The popular comedian asked the mother and baby to leave his Saturday night Comedy Festival show,saying it was for people aged over 15 only and the baby was “disrupting” his performance.

  • byElizabeth Flux

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