Physician comic halts his set to aid woman experiencing seizure

Ken Jeong thought he was being heckled in Phoenix on Saturday when a woman in the third row during his set at the Stand Up Live Comedy Club unmoored the comedian with a disturbance.

The lights came on, and it became clear the woman apparently was having a seizure, an audience member later said.

Then “The Hangover” and “Community” actor reverted to his dormant profession: doctor.

“He couldn’t see what was going on with the lights. He thought he was being heckled. He was playing with them from the stage for a second,” audience member Heather Holmberg told USA Today. “It was a moment where time stands still. Someone was having a crisis. There was a hush over the room.”

Jeong, an internal medicine practitioner-turnedHollywood funnyman, cleared the area and attended to the woman alongside a medic who happened to be in attendance, Holmberg said in a Sunday tweet.

The woman regained consciousness and returned to her feet, and Jeong stayed with her until an ambulance arrived, TMZ reported.

Jeong then returned to the stage after the incident to a round of applause, the entertainment site said.

His representative, Michelle Margolis, declined to make additional comments beyond saying the TMZ story was “accurate.”

Jeong received his medical degree in 1995 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, though he soon began moonlighting as a comic.

EVAN AGOSTINI/INVISION 2016 Ken Jeong, a comedian and actor, was a doctor before going showbiz. That training came in handy Saturday.