Russell Howard has reflected on the position of comedy at the moment, saying that it ‘feels like a battleground’ when people are upset by jokes.
Talking about the state of the world today, the comedian revealed that he wanted to make his 2023 tour ‘less political and just funny’ so people can enjoy the healing power of laughing.
The former Good News presenter observed in a new interview that there is ‘something magic that happens when you’re in a room and people are laughing’.
‘I did a Netflix special and I said that laughter is the lubricant that makes life liveable. And I think for a lot of people it is,’ the 42-year-old said.
Touching on the political landscape and global news of the past two-and-a-half years, Russell added: ‘We live in this strange world at the minute where some people are a little bit upset by jokes, which is fine and that will always be, but for the vast majority of us, it’s kind of what you need to get through the misery.’