Paul Chowdhry

I've had the police come to my house three times to take statements because I've had online threats.

I've...

You know, you guys experience out there, the difference in the UK is they don't carry guns, right?

So the threat is slightly less in the UK than it is in America.

I know it's slightly more deemed, but the comedy has changed because 26, 25 years ago, when I broke into the club, say 24 years ago,

People understood that jokes on stage were jokes.

And now people are taking this very seriously.

So when I say, if I was said to say this at Parliament or at the White House, it's not a joke.

But when I'm saying on a comedy stage, a show that's been billed as a comedy show and you're buying tickets for a comedy show, they should be taken as a joke, no matter what the subject.

But we don't live in that time anymore.

I think the internet has created this kind of discourse where people take you very seriously.

Like when I put a clip, I'm very careful now as to what clips to upload on the internet because people are scrolling and as soon as they see something that they... People are only offended by material when it affects them.

So I could do 10 jokes about something which is so offensive, but I do one joke...

about, say, a sweatshirt that you're wearing with letters on it, for example, and that could affect you, or you wear glasses, and I do a joke about glasses, you're offended by that because you wear glasses.

People are only affected by jokes when it's about them, really, or it affects them in some way.

But I think as long as it's funny...

I don't have to like the subject matter.

You know, I worked with Patrice O'Neill when he was around in America and the UK.

Now, I don't agree with him on his viewpoints.

Was it funny?