Katherine Ryan hits back at critics after potty training backlash: 'I respond to my kids' needs'
ok.co.ukKatherine Ryan is in the middle of her latest UK tour when we sit down for a catch-up, her first since returning from maternity leave after having her son Fred last June.
And the 38-year-old says the audience has definitely changed during the time she’s been off. “People are adjusting to being out again,” she says. “I thought that it would be an adjustment for me on stage because I’d been at home for 18 months, but I’m learning that the adjustment is happening with the audiences as well. “I have found that people are a little bit more rambunctious.They’re learning how to be in public again, they’re shouting out, they’re having arguments.
I’ll be honest, some people are getting off with each other in the booths.” Although it’s not without its challenging moments, the comedian says she’s happy to be touring again. “It’s been a different tour, but it’s been really rewarding,” she says. “I believe that comedy is a conversation – you can’t do that on TV or with a podcast.
You have to get out to the cities and towns and I do feel so privileged to be able to do that again, but equally slightly scared of all the things that kick off on tour.
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