Joe Lycett jokes his tour ticket sales are on the up after ‘coming out as right-wing’

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Joe Lycett’s world and we’re just living it, following his headline-grabbing appearance on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.The comic provoked a social media storm with his appearance on the show as he sarcastically shared his thoughts on new prime minister Liz Truss, ahead of her being declared victor in the Conservative leadership race against Rishi Sunak.Joe proclaimed himself ‘incredibly right wing’ following his observation that Ms Truss could be seen as the ‘backwash of the available MPs’ in the party by ‘haters’.During the broadcast, he delivered his thoughts on the now leader of the government in deadpan fashion, which viewers praised as ‘grade A trolling’.Now, he’s shared that he’s enjoying an uptick in sales for his tour since declaring himself right wing.‘Fyi since coming out as right wing my tour sales have exploded,’ he tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, adding the hashtags ‘stay woke stay broke’ and ‘fair play to Janet’.fyi since coming out as right wing my tour sales have exploded #staywokestaybroke #fairplaytojanethttps://t.co/JugVj8y8ccFans were cracking up in his comments as they played along, with one replying: ‘I booked tickets when I thought you were left wing & now I have found out that you are a right wing comedian I feel like I have been duped and would like you to send me a full cash refund, but I would still like to come to see you.

Just to make sure you are really right wing.’Others wanted a repeat of his performance on the sofa on Sunday.‘Never mind going on tour, Joe, I’d rather see you on @bbclaurak show every week…,’ suggested one viewer.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoIn an interview on Monday Joe revealed that Liz Truss.