A controversial US preacher who said gay marriage was "a sin" will appear at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow next year after suing the owners for cancelling a previous event.
16.08.2023 - 11:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has threatened to sue an Edinburgh Fringe venue after it cancelled his show following complaints. The writer, who has been critical of transgender issues, was due to perform at Leith Arches tomorrow.
The venue revealed on social media that the Comedy Unleashed event due to run on Thursday had been cancelled after bosses learned the 55-year-old IT Crowd creator would be a special guest.
The writer, who also had cameos in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and I'm Alan Partridge has now threatened to sue the venue if the decision is not reversed.
Speaking to TalkTV’s Julia Hartley-Brewer this morning, Linehan said: "It was cancelled within a couple of hours. So I had two hours of excitement and fans saying they were going to go. It was a sell-out. But you do get used to this kind of thing after a while.
"It never really makes you feel good. The only good thing about it is that it’s drawing more attention to the fact that, essentially, a group of highly ideological cultists have taken over institutions across society.
"If they apologise and put the gig on, I’ll say no more about it but otherwise, I’ll be looking at legal action."
The venue told the Record this morning they would be standing by their decision and claimed going ahead with the show would negatively impact their business.
Donna Howden, Operations Manager at Leith Arches, said: "We are a very small independent business.
"We work very closely with the LGBT+ Community. It is a considerable part of our business, we believe hosting this one-off event would have a negative effect on future bookings.
"The decision is not influenced by online activists, but by our regular Community who use our venue on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.. We are not
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