Comedians lines up to say not me

The Sunday News reports many prominent comedians are lining up to sign declarations that they are not the comedian with name supression charged with child abuse.

It occurs to me that at the rate comedians are saying “not me”, most people will soon be able to work out who it is, by process of exclusion!

Those quotes as saying it is not me are:

• Michelle A’Court
• Oscar Kightley
• Mike King
• Ewen Gilmour
• Te Radar

The guild wrote to TV3 director of news and current affairs Mark Jennings asking the network not to refer to the accused as a “well-known comedian”. “When people make a list in their heads of a well-known comedian, it is a really small group of people and this person would not be on this list,” A’Court said.

“Being charged with the sexual abuse of a child is as appalling as it comes. I feel very sad when I hear people outside of our group saying, `Oh, do you think it might be blah, blah’. I am really convinced that if his name becomes public, everyone will go, `Really, I wouldn’t call him a comedian’.”

Michelle A’Court has a valid point. If the name ever is made public, I don’t think most people would associate them with the term comedian.

As always, no guessing identities in comments please.