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The post on X was roundly criticised as disgracefulDan Haygarth<\/strong><\/a> Liverpool Daily Post Editor and Regeneration Reporter<\/p>\n

11:26, 28 May 2025<\/p>\n

\"AndrewAndrew Lawrence(Image: Midweek Visiter)<\/p>\n

A comedian has had a gig cancelled after making a “horrific” comment about the crash which injured dozens of people following Liverpool FC’s Premier League<\/a> parade. At least 65 people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians on Water Street<\/a> on Monday evening, following the open-top bus parade through the city to celebrate Liverpool’s champions.<\/p>\n

A 53-year-old white British man from West Derby<\/a> has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder<\/a>, dangerous driving offences and driving while unfit through drugs.<\/p>\n

Regarding the incident, Andrew Lawrence posted on X (formerly Twitter<\/a>) at 2.33pm yesterday to say: “To be fair, if I was in Liverpool, I’d drive through crowds of people to get the f**k out of there as well.”<\/p>\n

Mr Lawrence’s X profile describes him as a “comedian on YouTube.” His own website says he is: “One of the most highly regarded, in demand live stand-up comedians in the UK.”<\/p>\n

His post has been roundly criticised. Responding on X, Garston-born actor Barry Sloane<\/a> said: “You absolute disgrace.”<\/p>\n

Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance CIC said: “A comedian really? You’re an embarrassment to the profession.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool FC<\/a> reporter for The Athletic and former ECHO LFC correspondent James Pearce said: “Horrific. You\u2019re a disgrace”<\/p>\n

X user HLTCO said: “‘Comedian’ is doing some outrageously heavy lifting in that bio.”<\/p>\n

The post has led to a forthcoming gig at a comedy club run by a crazy golf course in Essex to be cancelled. A number of people reportedly contacted the venue to complain about the comment.<\/p>\n

Just before 7am today, Caddies Southend said on X: “The event organisers who had hired our Comedy Club for the Andrew Lawrence night, have cancelled the event.<\/p>\n

“We do not condone or support the comment that has been made online, and we send everyone impacted by the tragic events in Liverpool our support and prayers.”<\/p>\n

Mr Lawrence, who was runner up in 2003’s So You Think You’re Funny competition, then responded claiming the venue had failed to show “courage”.<\/p>\n

He posted: “This venue lost their courage after being bombarded with abuse and threats of violence from online trolls.<\/p>\n

“Understandable, but disappointing. I will reschedule for later in the year at a different venue Southend, sorry for the inconvenience, have a great day.”<\/p>\n

He restricted replies on the post so that only those he can follow could respond. However, people could still quote the post with a comment.<\/p>\n

Colm Brady said: “Disgusting. Violence was not used, read their email response. They do not condone your vile tweets.”<\/p>\n

Wallasey-based horror writer Ramsey Campbell added: “Oh, I think they had the courage of their convictions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post on X was roundly criticised as disgracefulDan Haygarth Liverpool Daily Post Editor and Regeneration Reporter 11:26,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,58545,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-138533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc-parade","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114585285712582104","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}