Katherine Ryan reveals Jennifer Lopez film inspired her to bring daughter Violet, 12, on stage amid drunken brawl

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Katherine Ryan has revealed how a Jennifer Lopez film inspired the decision to bring her daughter on stage during a gig to calm down a heated argument among the audience.However, the comedian admitted that she had no idea Violet, 12, would take the mic and start speaking to those involved in the brawl, having thought that the youngster could sing to try and distract from the altercation.Katherine, 38, recently shared footage from the comedy set in Leicester, which showed her eldest child stating: ‘OK, OK.

No one’s threatening anyone, just calm down. It’s Saturday, I get it, have fun but please don’t threaten anyone, like, please,’ prompting cheers.On the latest episode of her podcast Katherine Ryan: Telling Everybody Everything, the entertainer recalled how things kicked off in the audience near the end of the show when a woman said that a man was acting in a threatening manner and calling for security to help.She explained that the stewards at the event weren’t trained as security, and therefore couldn’t legally intervene.Explaining that Violet doesn’t always come on tour with her but is now on half term from school, nor does she watch the whole performance as ‘it’s not appropriate for her’, Katherine said that she poked her head out from the side of the stage, asking: ‘What’s going on?’To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video‘Then I thought to myself – and I’ll tell you where I got this idea – from the film Enough, starring JLo.

Trigger warning – this film is about domestic abuse,’ the comic said.‘JLo is dating a man who’s very charismatic, your typical narcissistic psychopath, but he becomes controlling and abusive in the film, and there’s one.