Davidson in hot water again

Jim Davidson is in the midst of another controversy after a cancer sufferer stormed out of his show over his jokes about cancer patients, blind people, the disabled and the stabbing of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor.

But the comic, who has never shied away from causing outrage, has vehemently denied making any such gags – saying he would have deserved a mass walkout if he had.

Mum-of-two Jacqueline Isherwood, 56, told the Bournemouth Echo: ‘Davidson made a cruel joke about breast cancer which really hit home. I was diagnosed with skin cancer two years ago.

‘When Davidson poked fun at a lady in a wheelchair and made jokes about blind people I couldn't stand any more and walked out.’

But Davidson defended his show at the town’s BIC venue, telling the paper: ‘She obviously wasn't listening. I'm sorry that this one lady missed the point. And miss the point she most certainly did.

‘If I had made jokes about cancer and blind people I would have expected the whole audience to get up and walk out. If what she is saying is true I would have got up and left myself.

‘I don't normally complain or explain but I will put on record that far from joking about Damilola Taylor my actual remark was that I thought the killers should be locked away forever. And if she objects to that then that is her prerogative.

Jacqueline's husband Graham added: ‘We were expecting Jim Davidson to be controversial but didn't expect him to be so offensive. This was totally unacceptable.’

Davidson has previously been slated after he tried to ban people in wheelchairs from the front row of his audience in Plymouth, saying they would put him off his performance.

Published: 12 Oct 2006