A comedian has caused quite the debate after telling parents not to bring babies to shows.
Matt Forde, who currently has a show at Edinburgh Fringe, took to Twitter to share his frustration over a crying baby at one of his gigs.
He wrote: "Someone brought their baby to my show last night. Sadly it derailed large parts of it because they wouldn't do the decent thing and just leave when it started crying. I get that it must be tough as a new parent but please, don't bring babies to adult shows. It's always a problem."
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He soon followed it with even more of a rant, adding: "I realise this sounds a bit whiny but it’s just to make sure it doesn’t happen again. It’s like someone’s phone continually ringing and them not turning it off. I’ve had so many messages from people who were there last night who were very polite about the fact it pissed them off."
With more than 19,000 people so far liking his Tweet, it's clear he's got a lot of support.
Many on Twitter agreed with his remarks, including one follower, who said: "How can someone be that selfish to think they are entitled to bring a baby to a gig? It’s not the place. People pay tickets to be entertained not listen to your kid screaming their head off. It’s bad enough in places where you would expect screaming kids but to pay money? Nope!"
While another added: "Why is everyone so entitled these days? If you can’t get childcare then you don’t go. I been involved in live performance all my life & this sort of thing is just unacceptable. I have kids & when they were small and something like this happened we made sacrifices & didn’t go!"
But not everyone was impressed with Matt's comments and accused him of 'shaming new parents'.
“Good grief. Well if I ever planned to come to a show I certainly won’t be any more!" declared one mum. "What an attitude to have. As a parent of two, I’d be feeling sorry for the parent of the crying baby – it’s hard enough without this kind of attitude!”
Another added: “It’s tough being a parent of infants, you don’t want to be isolated. Here is the thing – bring your baby, but you have to leave it if the baby starts to cry. That’s the deal.”
What do you think about the comedian's comments? Is he right to tell parents not to to take babies to gigs? Let us know your views in the comments here.
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