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Ray Badran: Raised & Confused

"Badran came across as a down-to-earth, harmless creature incapable of harnessing a truly spiteful bone in his body"

The self-confessed man child/gentleman boy performed his stand-up show in a room full of about 40-odd people and was surprisingly, well, pretty damn funny.

Badran is honest, observant, self-deprecating and he more than proved himself a witty and worthy comedian. He spoke of his experiences being banned from eBay, meeting ‘The Hoff’ dressed in matching gorilla suits, being referred to and known as ‘Graham’ as his local café, and that incident. Badran came across as a down-to-earth, harmless creature incapable of harnessing a truly spiteful bone in his body, and this coming from someone who was initially quite disturbed with how he handled the controversial rape joke incident, should speak volumes.