Dane Baptiste has issued the following statement following the widespread condemnation of his post yesterday which appeared to threaten a female comedian.

He posted the following on social media:

"In the recent past, I have received a number of threatening and abusive messages from accounts accusing me of antisemitism for having pro Palestinian views. I have a new family and my partner made me aware that some of these same people were monitoring her instagram account.

In a massive error of judgement, I posted an excessive and impulsive response, hoping to dissuade anyone monitoring my family. I made a point to say Zionist and not Jewish, but i appreciate how disturbing, threatening and incendiary that language is, I would categorically state I have no ill intention towards the Jewish community and never have.

I have a loving family of which I am massively protective of; I reacted poorly and emotionally to a perceived threat with no considered thought to the consequences, and I apologise profusely for my actions to the Jewish community, my collegaues (sic) and my fans."

Gag Reflex, the company that promotes Baptiste's live shows had posted the following on X, formerly Twitter.

"Gag Reflex Management do not advocate or tolerate hate speech of any kind towards any groups or individuals.

Since the company's inception we have always promoted equality, kindness and empathy within our industry and will cotinue to do so for the forseeable future."

The previous post has now been removed, but you can read it here.