Michael McIntyre walks out of Cabot ceremony

[jb000]

" Michael McIntyre walked out of a gig rather than perform for a firm of debt collectors.

 

The comic lost out on a £28,000 fee when he refused to compere the £200,000 private party less than half an hour before it was due to start at London’s 02 Arena.

 

Michael, 33, who faced debt problems before hitting the big time as a stand-up, told friends he did not know what the company did when the gig was booked – and said performing would have been against his principles.

 

Organisers of Friday’s event, for 350 workers at award-winning Kent-based Cabot Financial Limited, had to find a last-minute stand-in.

 

A source said: “They were furious as it was a coup to land Michael. They have been doing really well while everyone else has been struggling and wanted to reward their employees.”

 

 

Michael later said he would never have agreed to sign up had he known what the firm did.

 

It makes its money buying bad debts from banks and credit card companies and chasing them up – last year it made a profit of £13million.

 

Michael recently said: “Four years ago I was £40,000 in debt – credit cards, loans, all that, with no assets and often no way of actually meeting the rent.”

 

His spokesman said last night: “Michael was in debt himself and has a conscience, especially at this time of year.”

 

Cabot Financial were unavailable for comment.

 

(Sunday Mirror )

 

Has gone way up in my estimation.

[2ltr16valve]

Good lad not keen on his shows but he sure has got my appreciation

[Blondmusic]

Nice one Michael McIntyre

[sillygirl1]

And mine, what a wondeful man - a most welcome member to the Cabot fan club.

 

I think these 'debt collector award' ceremonies should be scrapped altogether, they are parasites patting themselves on the back.

[F_DCAs]

Excellent, he seems to have principles - unlike them.

[vjohn82]

Fantastic... though I wish he had turned up just to rip a hole into the management structure

[pompeyfaith]

yah would of been nice if he conducted his show with the contempt it deserved and made them look so small and then donated the fee to cag to wipe salt into their wounds lol

[angry cat]

We salute you Michael McIntyre!

[sea-sidelady]

It is so good to see some one successful not forgetting how hard it is for others, and seeing some things are more important than money.

 

Good for him!!

[kurvaface]

nice one:D

[angry cat]

Here is the link:

Comic Michael McIntyre refuses to perform for debt collectors and loses £28k fee - mirror.co.uk

[palomino]

I think these 'debt collector award' ceremonies should be scrapped altogether

 

This wasn't a ceremony it was a staff party.

[cerberusalert]

I wonder if this helped? http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/debt-collection-industry/184242-credit-today-awards-top.html

[pookeymonkey]

Well done to Michael McIntyre for sticking to his principles.

 

I think we need his agents details so we can all send him a Christmas card.

 

Pookey

[sosumi]

Good for you Michael McIntyre!

As Cerb has mentioned, you didn't host the Credit Today Awards either.

I like you now - funny and principled. xx

[jimbo45]

Hi there

Great stuff -- at least it's great to know that there are still SOME human beings left on this planet.

 

What however was the "Award winning Company" given its award for --for causing the most amount of Distress to the largest number of people in Kent in any one day in 2009.

 

I have to deal with another hideous outfit Restons solicitors at the moment.

 

I always endorse my envelopes to them in big red letters on the outside

 

Hey, Hey We're Restons OK

How many Houses have you Repossessed Today.

 

Good to see a great comedian sticking good to his principles - even in this time of tough market conditions -- that Gig presumably would have paid him a sizeable amount - especially welcome just before XMAS.

 

My faith in Human beings is a little stronger today -- well done.

 

Cheers

jimbo

[Undercover-Elsa]

Very impressed. Respect!

TBH there was always something I didn't quite like about him, couldn't put my finger on it. I'll rethink that now

His street cred has gone way up.

[Desperate Daniella]

How fantastic!

 

What a wonderful guy to do that.

 

DD

[Fred Bassett]

Cabot are doing really well are they? I thought they just posted losses of £6m.

 

Anyway, good for Michael Mcintyre. I don't particularly like him as a comic but he's got my respect for that.

 

Fred

[ozzywizard]

Respect to him. he has my full support.

[Bookworm]

I wonder if this helped? http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/debt-collection-industry/184242-credit-today-awards-top.html

I wondered exactly the same thing, lol.

[Philip23]

Another thread on this too. Respect to Michael McIntyre twice.

[Bookworm]

And I DO like him as a comedian. Thanks to him, we now have a "man drawer" in our house too. We always had it, just didn't know it had a name, lol.

[lickthewallfatboy]

I'm not really a fan,but I like your style Michael

 

[NailPost]

I wonder if Cabot will try and write off the cost of this event against their tax liabilities? Or is it a smoke screen to thank their staff for enduring the tough year they've had and oh, by the way, here's your p45s.