Bridges says arrest was wake-up call

Scots comedian Kevin Bridges has told how his arrest after a drunken night out in Ireland was a wake up call which forced him to clean up his act.

He was arrested by police officers after lashing out at a bouncer who had thrown him out of a pub in Ireland in 2012. Bridges woke up in a police cell just hours before he was due to meet his comedy hero Billy Connolly for the first time to present him with a lifetime achievement award.

The 30-year-old said: “It was one of those decisions you are left with in life, ‘which path do I want here, the guy who is in the prison cell or the guy who is handing Billy Connolly with a lifetime achievement award?’

“I have never seen a prison cell since so that’s good.” 0 Kevin Bridges made his decision in a prison cell