'There Was Blood Everywhere': Now Audience Are Straight Up Punching Comics
When people say, “Comedy should punch up,” they don’t typically follow it with, “From the front row.”
The Hecklers vs. Comedians” war, as the former finally crossed a new line and drew some blood.
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The past couple of years heckler community when, during the performance of his show “Painspotting” on Friday night, a drunk woman from the audience stormed the stage and punched him in the mouth, sending him to the hospital for some stitches.
“I got the shock of my life,” Higgins told Daily Record of the moment an unnamed intoxicated woman stormed the stage and attacked him mid-performance. “Police were called and the woman was arrested. It’s the last thing you expect when you have an audience roaring with laughter.”
The comedian wouldn’t reveal which joke provoked such a pointed response, only that the aftermath was more Braveheart than Craig Ferguson. “There was blood everywhere. To say I was stunned is an understatement. I didn’t know what to do,” Higgins explained.
Higgins’ comedic journey has always been fraught with adversity – the 40 year old Scotsman was involved in one of the most high-profile pedophile arrests in Scottish history when he blew the whistle on child predators and convicted murderers Charles O'Neill and William Lauchlan after they abused him as a teenager. Higgins’ act revolves around his ability to heal through humor, as the comic says, “I found laughing in the face of evil was the best way to overcome all the horror of what those monsters did.”
