One particular audience member seemed abnormally fixated on who Elias had voted for apropos of nothing.
You had your 10 minutes, you’re good.'
As I said that, she walks out the door.
Patton Oswalt (left) and Whitney Cummings (right) are among the comedians applauding Ariel Elias after dealing with a heckler throwing a beer can at her.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for STARZ; Ariel Elias/Instagram; Cindy Ord/Getty
It’s only about 15, 16 feet away, but it happened so quickly.
We heard a pop and we thought someone popped a bottle of champagne.
And then as we noticed what happened, he was already running out the door.
“Ariel did a phenomenal, phenomenal job.
For her being here only the second time, she did amazing.
What a perfect ‘screw you’ when she opens the beer and drinks it.
And we can have a trespassing charge on him so he can’t come to the club anymore.”
“Ariel wasn’t even doing political material,“Oswalt tweeted.
“The drunk heckler was craving what every MAGAt craves grievance and revenge.
And they’ll alter the reality before their eyes to get it.
‘You SOUND like you voted for Biden.'”
No less than George Takeicalled Eliasa “hero among us.”
@Ariel_Comedy you’re a class act,” Cummings chimed in.
You, @Ariel_Comedy, are a goddess,” Valerie Bertinelliadded.
“I’m so glad you weren’t physically hurt.”
Elias had not responded to EW’s request for comment at time of publication.
Ibelli, however, is eager to have the comedian back.
“I hope she wants to come back!”
he says, adding that she’s scheduled for another show in April.
