Katherine Ryan once had to apologise to the mum of a child at her daughter’s school for calling a boy out, full name included, on a podcast.
Tonight, the comic brings her baby Fred to his first panel show on the latest episode of Mel Giedroyc’s Unapologetic, which sees celebrity guests compete to share their most scandalous stories, judged by Lou Sanders.
Naturally, Katherine has plenty, from dating her high school security guard to get back at an ex (who is now actually her husband), and ruining her step dad’s car because he was dating her mum… four years after graduating from her high school.
Joined by Drag Race’s Bimini Bon Boulash and comedian Toussaint Douglass, Katherine recalled giving out a children’s name on a podcast and swiftly feeling the wrath of said child’s mother for doing so.
‘There was a point in my life where I really felt like I wanted revenge against my daughter’s bullies,’ she told hosts Mel and Lou.
‘So I thought it was a funny angle to bully these children in my stand up. To talk about them, to slag them off because to me, comedy is a lot about surprise. So it’s very surprising to have a sweet, looking young single mom slagging of a bunch of toddlers.
‘I told this story on a podcast, ’cause I didn’t know that people listened to that. And it was a crazy story, this child, took the money tin that the teacher collected 50p in from every child on a Friday and they would go to the tuck shop and get some sweets.