Jimmy Carr has piled reward on Graham Linehan after the Father Ted author was arrested for a social media publish at Heathrow Airport.
Footage has emerged of Mr Carr performing in Minneapolis as a part of his "Jimmy Carr: Laughs Humorous" tour on October 10.
Within the clip, he launches into an expletive-laden defence of his comedian colleague Mr Linehan, branding him a "f***ing courageous man".
The 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown host had been rumbling by a section wherein viewers members might write into the present.
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One had written: "Welcome to Minnesota, Jimmy. Do you have got any good jokes that may get you arrested at Heathrow?"
After wanting round for the questioner, an attendee shouted: "The place's Graham Linehan?"
He replied: "Graham Linehan! I f***ing love Graham.
"Whether or not you agree with Graham or JK Rowling or not, it’s a must to admit the factor that's in brief provide in our society is bravery.
"And he's a f***ing courageous man.
"It's simple now to say males are males, ladies are ladies, and there's a really tiny proportion of those who need to dwell completely different lives – allow them to do their very own factor.
"However on the time, when he began saying it, it was f***ing unbelievable that he was saying it – and he gave up every little thing.
"He misplaced his household, he misplaced his profession, he misplaced every little thing.
"After which he was getting f***ing arrested on the airport. F***ing insanity.
"You've obtained the First Modification," he advised his American crowd. "F***ing cherish it."
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On social media, Mr Linehan then revealed how his fellow comic had come to his assist previously.
"Delighted that Jimmy Carr has proven assist," he mentioned. "I hope it's now protected to say that he alone visited me after I was being cancelled and making an attempt desperately to avoid wasting my marriage and profession. He wasn't even an in depth buddy, so it was exceptionally type.
"I couldn't anticipate him to defend me earlier as a result of the identical individuals who got here after me had been continually making an attempt to cancel him.
"They almost succeeded various occasions so I definitely didn't need his profession on my conscience."
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The Brass Eye and IT Crowd author had been handcuffed by armed police "on suspicion of inciting violence" over his gender-critical social media posts upon arrival in London on September 1.
That sparked a livid free speech row, with even Sir Keir Starmer popping out to sentence the police. The PM advised officers to concentrate on severe crimes as a substitute.
Simply days later, Nigel Farage introduced Mr Linehan's case to the US Congress as he warned that Britain was "turning into North Korea".
It took till October 20 for the Metropolitan Police to lastly drop its probe into Mr Linehan.
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