 Katherine Ryan has revealed the 'pushback' that she experienced after she spoke out against a male comic who she claimed was a sexual predator. While she was allegedly encouraged to reveal the names of the women who were said to have been targeted by the man in question, she said that she refused to do so. Last year, Katherine, 40, shared a televised chat with Louis Theroux, 53, during which she alleged that it was an open industry secret that a certain individual had committed sexual assault. Comedian Katherine told documentary maker Louis at the time: 'No one has perpetrated any sexual assault against me, but this person, I believe very strongly – many people believe very strongly – is an open secret, is a perpetrator of sexual assault. 'I, in front of loads of people, in the format of the show said to this person's face that they are a predator.' 'I'm not going to smile and look like I'm allowing this behaviour,' she recalled thinking (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage) In a new episode of Desert Island Discs, which came out on Sunday October 1 but was recorded on Wednesday September 6, Katherine went into further detail on what occurred when she faced the dilemma of working with the man, who has not been named. When asked by host Lauren Laverne about speaking out about the alleged sexual predator, Katherine stated: 'I got a lot of pushback – like, 'Why won't you say who it is?' – it's because everyone knows who it is. What they're asking me for is the women's names, and that's what I won't give, and that's why I'm reluctant to talk about it.' 'Because it was another comic, right?' Lauren asked. 'Well it's, you know, there are a few women's names that I think investigators are looking for and that's what they're asking me for. No one's asking me for his name,' Katherine continued. 'It's funny how people go straight to accusing, 'You're the problem, you won't give his name.' And){kind=link}
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Katherine Ryan has revealed the ‘pushback’ that she experienced after she spoke out against a male comic who she claimed was a sexual predator.
While she was allegedly encouraged to reveal the names of the women who were said to have been targeted by the man in question, she said that she refused to do so.
Last year, Katherine, 40, shared a televised chat with Louis Theroux, 53, during which she alleged that it was an open industry secret that a certain individual had committed sexual assault.
Comedian Katherine told documentary maker Louis at the time: ‘No one has perpetrated any sexual assault against me, but this person, I believe very strongly – many people believe very strongly – is an open secret, is a perpetrator of sexual assault.