STOP GIVING SLOWTHAI A BAD RAP FOR BASH MIX-UP

RYAN WANTS FANS TO UNCANCEL STAR

ATHERINE RYAN wants fans to uncancel Slowthai after he harassed her on stage at last year’s NME Awards.

The comedian has no beef with the D Doorman rapper, 26, who later kicked off at audience members and was escorted away.

Slowthai has apologised unreservedly for his ‘inexcusable behaviour’ after making sexual remarks to Ryan, 37, at the bash attended by Taylor Swift.

But the Canadian comic, who was hosting the event, likened their exchange to pantomime.

‘People are quick to judge a situation they didn’t see firsthand,’ she said.

‘When we take little clips of something and put them on the internet, it can easily be taken out of context.’

She added: ‘I really admire Slowthai and think that situation was missing a lot of nuances once it got on social media. I was in a performative position where I was almost playing a character of myself. I was being a stand-up comedian. He was in a

It’s not funny: Katherine Ryan says backlash against rapper went too far performative position where he was being a rock star. It was like a pantomime and it’s very different if that interaction had taken place at a bus stop. It’s a show. It’s all about the comedy of that night, and I think people took it the wrong way.’ Fearful for the rising star over the scale of the backlash, she said: ‘I was concerned to see the level of vitriol directed towards him. ‘That’s why I did everything I could to calm the situation because it was ridiculous. There’s a culture looking to expose everyone right now and that’s really wrong.’

Slowthai has released a new track, fittingly called Cancelled.

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