Comedian Andrew Lawrence has had his shows axed after he tweeted racist jokes about England football stars.
The 41-year-old comic has had tour dates cut after the jokes were posted from his social media account about England’s penalty shootout during the Euros 2020 game against Italy.
The stand-up, who was set to embark on a tour across nine venues in the UK from next month, has seen his gigs be pulled.
Following the tense match over the weekend, a number of social media posts were shared from his profile after players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka failed to score during the penalty shootout at extra time.
“All I’m saying is, the white guys scored,” one of the tweets read, with another post saying: “Equality, diversity, s*** penalties.”
A further post on the comedian’s now-deleted account read: “I can see that this has offended a lot of people, and I’m sorry that black guys are bad at penalties.”
Another tweet read: “I’d rather he practiced his penalties, and the kids had gone hungry,” in reference to Rashford’s successful campaign to give families and children’s food vouchers during the coronavirus pandemic.
(Image: Twitter/andrewlawrence)
The tweets were hit with a swift backlash from a number of users.
Representatives for the venues Andrew was set to perform at confirmed on social media that they had axed his upcoming tour shows.
“Following recent tweets from Andrew Lawrence’s account we have stopped selling tickets for his show and removed from our website. Worcester Live do not support hate speech in any form and we are currently liaising with Andrew’s agent. We will be in touch ASAP with an outcome,” wrote Worcester Live.
(Image: Twitter/andrewlawrence)
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Guildford’s G Live venue penned: “Andrew Lawrence’s performances in the Bellerby Studio at G Live have been taken off sale with immediate effect. We will be in touch with ticket holders in due course.”
Scallywags Comedy Club in Gloucestershire also said: “We today, like many others I’m sure, Have pulled Andrew Lawrence from a show he was set to do for us. Racism isn’t expectable in any form.” [sic]
A representative for Andrew Lawrence has been approached by the Daily Star for comment.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
