Arj Barker has 演説(する)/住所d the (激しい)反発 around 排除する/(飛行機などから)緊急脱出するing a breastfeeding woman from his comedy show as he returned to the 行う/開催する/段階 this week for the first time since the 熱狂的興奮状態.

The American comedian, 49, 誘発するd 論争 when he asked mother-of-three Trish Faranda?and her baby Clara?to leave his Melbourne Comedy Festival show for 存在 破壊的な.

まっただ中に the (激しい)反発, Arj has stood by his 活動/戦闘s, explaining his comedy show was ticketed for over-15s and a baby shouldn't have been there in the first place.

He poked fun at the online 嵐/襲撃する as he returned to 行う/開催する/段階 at The Comics Lounge Comedy Club in Melbourne this week for his first stand-up 始める,決める since the 出来事/事件.

Arj 認める the 熱狂的興奮状態 had been '激しい' before he jokingly complained about an audience member 混乱に陥れる/中断させるing him with his breathing in an amusing moment.

Arj Barker (pictured) has addressed the backlash around him ejecting a breastfeeding woman from his comedy show as he returned to the stage for the first time since the furore

Arj Barker (pictured) has 演説(する)/住所d the (激しい)反発 around him 排除する/(飛行機などから)緊急脱出するing a breastfeeding woman from his comedy show as he returned to the 行う/開催する/段階 for the first time since the 熱狂的興奮状態

'This whole thing has been a little 激しい,' he 認める, as he didn't shy away from 演説(する)/住所ing the elephant in the room.

The funnyman then pretended to kick 無作為の audience members out of his show as he 選び出す/独身d out people in the (人が)群がるs to jokingly complain about.

'I can hear someone's stomach rumbling. I just want you to know this is your last 警告,' he said.

'About 12 seats 支援する, there's a gentleman, 中央の-30s, when you 吸い込む there's a slight whistling with your nose. Get the f**k out.'

Arj went on to 収容する/認める he has been 攻撃する,衝突する by 'hate' messages まっただ中に the online (激しい)反発, but also thanked his fans for their support.?

The comedian, 49, poked fun at the online storm as he returned to stage at The Comics Lounge Comedy Club in Melbourne for his first stand-up set since the incident

The comedian, 49, poked fun at the online 嵐/襲撃する as he returned to 行う/開催する/段階 at The Comics Lounge Comedy Club in Melbourne for his first stand-up 始める,決める since the 出来事/事件

'I've got to get home because I still have about 2,400 unread emails in my hate mailbox, though lots of supportive ones too,' he said. I'm 感謝する, I didn't come here to try and change anyone's mind.'?

Arj, who is from?San Francisco, also 約束d to continue 小旅行するing around Australia as he 噴出するd over how much he loves the country.

Earlier this week, Arj 答える/応じるd to the (激しい)反発 over 排除する/(飛行機などから)緊急脱出するing breastfeeding mother Trish Faranda from his?Melbourne?Comedy Festival show last 週末.

Ms Faranda?(人命などを)奪う,主張するd that she was humiliated and 減ずるd to 涙/ほころびs when she and her seven-month-old daughter Clara were booted from the theatre.

She (人命などを)奪う,主張するd Clara 'had a bit of a whinge' before she gave her a 料金d, with Arj asking her to leave about 15 minutes into the gig because they were '混乱に陥れる/中断させるing his show'.?

Arj said baby Clara should not have been at his over-15s show in the first place, but also?apologised to Ms Faranda for the 当惑 原因(となる)d.

Arj (pictured in 2001) sparked controversy when he asked mother-of-three Trish Faranda and her baby Clara to leave his Melbourne Comedy Festival show for being disruptive

Arj (pictured in 2001) 誘発するd 論争 when he asked mother-of-three Trish Faranda and her baby Clara to leave his Melbourne Comedy Festival show for 存在 破壊的な?

'I hope you're doing okay. I'm sorry that that was a difficult 状況/情勢, and I would like to make peace,' he told Sunrise on Tuesday.

'I would like to 会合,会う up with her and have a serious discussion about selling the movie 権利s and go 50-50.

'Also, to the beautiful baby who I have nothing against, I want to 申し込む/申し出 that little child a ticket to my show 地位,任命する-時代遅れの 2039.'

'I'm not gonna hide because I want people to know the truth of what happened, at least from my 視野,' he went on.?'Both myself and the woman were put in a position we shouldn't have been in.'?

Arj 主張するd he has no 問題/発行する with public breastfeeding which he 述べるd as perfectly natural , and said he did not know that's what she was doing at the time.

'I couldn't see her 井戸/弁護士席 enough to know if she was breastfeeding or not - that's something I only heard about two days after the 出来事/事件,' he continued.

Trish Faranda (pictured) claimed that she was humiliated and reduced to tears when she and her seven-month-old daughter Clara were booted from the theatre

Trish Faranda (pictured) (人命などを)奪う,主張するd that she was humiliated and 減ずるd to 涙/ほころびs when she and her seven-month-old daughter Clara were booted from the theatre

'I want to make that really (疑いを)晴らす because it's been について言及するd so much I had, and if she was, I wouldn't care.'

He also 定評のある that the baby was not 叫び声をあげるing but that her '削減(する)' noises were distracting the audience.

'It's about the (人が)群がる enjoying an immersive experience of watching a comedy show with タイミング and pauses and getting drawn into the show,' he explained.

'As a performer, I have a 権利 to ask a 破壊的な audience member to leave the show.

'Unfortunately, it was a 削減(する) little baby at this time and nothing to do with the mum or the gender of the parent. If it was a father, I would have said the exact same thing.

Arj (pictured in 2013) said baby Clara should not have been at his over-15s show in the first place, but also apologised to Ms Faranda for the embarrassment caused

Arj (pictured in 2013) said baby Clara should not have been at his over-15s show in the first place, but also apologised to Ms Faranda for the 当惑 原因(となる)d?

'From where I'm standing on 行う/開催する/段階, I'm 単に trying to create a nice 環境 to 成し遂げる my show.'

まっただ中に the 論争,?Australian funnyman Ethan Marrell, better known as Ozzy Man Reviews, flocked to Arj's defence this week.

The YouTube 星/主役にする, 38,?主張するd Arj is a '最高の,を越す bloke' with no 'ego' and 噴出するd over how the 星/主役にする made him feel welcomed on the comedy 回路・連盟 in the 中央の-2000s.

He 解任するd how Arj once spoke to himself and other nervous new comedians before one big show to make sure his 構成要素 didn't overlap with theirs, and changed parts of his 始める,決める so he didn't 'step on their shoes'.

によれば news.com.au, Arj 株d: '[Arj] was altering his 構成要素 30 minutes before the show and making sure he didn't step on the toes of the competing budding comics. Is that not bl**dy lovely?'

Amid the controversy, Australian funnyman Ethan Marrell (pictured), better known as Ozzy Man Reviews, flocked to Arj's defence this week, calling him a 'top bloke' with 'no ego'

まっただ中に the 論争, Australian funnyman Ethan Marrell (pictured), better known as Ozzy Man Reviews, flocked to Arj's defence this week, calling him a '最高の,を越す bloke' with 'no ego'?

'My 核心 point is … the bloke does not have an ego, and I learnt from a very young age how f***en 冷静な/正味の and nice that was,' he went on.

'He stepped out of his own way to make sure he wasn't taking all the glory as an MC on a night that was likely going to be memorable for lots of us newbies.

'It may not seem like much, but this was a pretty big 国家の 競争 in the 早期に 2000s, so I've always 高く評価する/(相場などが)上がるd and remembered his 正直さ.'

Ethan also 演説(する)/住所d the 熱狂的興奮状態 about the breastfeeding mother 存在 kicked out, 主張するing Arj never should have had to 演説(する)/住所 it on 行う/開催する/段階 in the first place.