She added that, although Carr hasn’t done a gig at her club for nearly two decades, “if he rang me up tomorrow and said ‘could I jump on your stage?’, I’d say yes. I don’t defend the joke, but I defend his right to say it. But I’d make clear to the audience they were coming to see Jimmy Carr. I wouldn’t just spring him on them. The argument is, if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.”
