Top comedian kicks breastfeeding mum and her baby out of his show

• Arj Barker asked mum to leave his show  
• She left in tears after awkward standoff
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A breastfeeding mother who attended a Melbourne comedy show was reduced to tears when she was ‘kicked out’ by popular comedian Arj Barker for ‘disrupting his performance’.

Barker ask the mother and her seven-month-old baby to leave about 15 minutes into his show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on Saturday.

An attendee, David, told Radio 3AW that Barker ‘stopped the show and said ‘can you take this baby outside?’ and the crowd wasn’t sure whether he was serious.’

‘It was unbelievably awkward.’

A festival attendee claimed Arj Barker (above) ‘badgered’ the breastfeeding woman who was on a night out with her sister

3AW reported that a witness described the baby having made ‘one small sound after being breastfed’ when Barker asked her to leave.

A group of people left the show after the awkward confrontation.

In a statement issued on Monday, Barker put the blame on staff at the Athenaeum Theatre for seating the mum and child: ‘This show is strictly age 15 plus as clearly stated on the ticket site.

‘She had an infant with her. The baby was disrupting my performance.

‘On behalf of the other 700 people who paid to see the gig, I politely told her the baby couldn’t stay.

‘She thought I was kidding, which made the exchange a bit awkward.

‘I felt bad about the whole situation and stated this on the night more than once. I offered her a refund.

‘Theatre staff should not have seated a baby in my audience in the first place.’

A mother and newborn were sensationally kicked out of Arj Barker’s comedy show on Saturday night

Barker performed his new show Mind Field at Melbourne¿s Athenaeum Theatre from March 28 to April 21

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival said Barker was independently produced and the venue was not managed by the festival.

‘However, any interaction between performers and their audiences require sensitivity and respect,’ a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.

‘In our Festival managed venues, babes in arms are generally allowed but we do ask people to sit up the back with their child so they can quickly and easily leave if the baby gets noisy so as not to disturb the artist and other patrons.’

Daily Mail Australia has sought further comment from Barker.

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