Comedian Jack Whitehall has told how a member of the audience once got on stage and attacked him during the middle of a set.
To make matters worse, security staff at the venue did not intervene as they believed that the headlock was a joke and part of the act.
Referring to Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Academy awards, the 33-year-old TV comedian said that when something controversial happens at a live event people can often think it is simply part of the show.
In an appearance on Good Morning Britain, the comic told of his own close encounters when his set didn't go down as well as he might have hoped, the Mirror reports.
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