OHMYGOSSIP — Katherine Ryan confronted a TV colleague and called him a “predator” to his face.
The 38-year-old comedian has told how she made the allegation to the guy in front of other workers on an unnamed programme.
Speaking on her new Amazon Prime Video series ‘Backstage With Katherine Ryan’, she told fellow comedian Sara Pascoe: “I’ve done a show with a person who I and you believe is a predator. What am I supposed to do?
“I’ve thought about that, but it’s such a messy thing because I don’t have proof – what, am I not supposed to feed my children because of someone else?”
Sara replied: “Also in that instance that you’re referencing it was about raising it.”
Katherine said: “I raised it. I called him a predator to his face and in front of everyone every day.”
Sara also told how she went to a channel she was working for after a viewer contacted her, alleging to have been raped by a male she was working with on a show.
She said: “Have you ever done a job and then someone’s contacted you and said, ‘That’s my rapist’? I had it on a job recently where I’ve had to go to the channel, and it’s that whole thing because you feel such a sense of responsibility but you also want it to be dealt with well … it’s so complicated.”
As well as starring in her comedy-drama series ‘The Duchess’, Katherine – who has 12-year-old daughter Violet from a previous relationship and 11-month-old son Frederick with partner Bobby Kootstra – is known for appearing on panel shows such as ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ and ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’, among others.