Joe Lycett was investigated by police after an audience member complained about one of his stand-up jokes.
Joe Lycett was investigated by police after an audience member complained about one of his stand-up jokes
The ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ regular, 33, said he was asked to explain the context of the gag, but authorities have now closed the case.
He added in an Instagram post to his 1.1 million followers he hoped the joke amused investigating officers and declared it would be staying in his concert routine for the rest of his UK and Ireland tour.
Alongside a photo of the police’s message confirming his case was closed, Lycett said: “So someone came to my tour show a few weeks back and was offended by one of the jokes.
“And their perfectly understandable response to this was... to call the f****** police. To be fair to them the fuzz were very nice about it all but felt they had a duty to investigate.
“This involved me writing a statement explaining the context of the joke for them; I particularly enjoyed putting the words ‘giant donkey d***’ into a message to a police detective.
“Charmed, and hopefully amused, the rozzers have since closed the matter.”
Lycett went on: “You’ll be pleased to know that the joke – which I consider to be one of the best I’ve ever written – remains firmly and proudly in the show. The tour continues until September, unless I am jailed.”
Lycett has used wind-ups and pranks to raise issues about society including single-use plastics and the impact of the oil industry.
He also made headlines in March 2020 when he temporarily changed his name Hugo Boss after the German designer used trademark claims to target businesses and charities who used “boss” in branding.