Brendhan Lovegrove.
Brendhan Lovegrove has offered the amateur comedian who rushed the stage in a drunken haze last week a proper stand-up gig.
Cam Cumming was so keen to do stand-up, he stormed the stage at an event on Thursday night, to the initial chagrin of the star attraction.
Mr Cumming, 25, blamed "too much vodka" for the incident at JAC's Trading Co Bar & Restaurant in Whangaparaoa.
But since then, Mr Cumming, who has since apologised, has been in frequent contact with the professional comedian.
Speaking from New Caledonia last night, Lovegrove, who accepted the earlier apology, said he contacted the aspiring comedian and made him an offer.
"He's a nice enough guy. He's keen to do stand-up."
Lovegrove said he offered to get Mr Cumming on stage at an Auckland venue such as Queen St's Classic or the Tyler St Garage in the next couple of weeks.
"I'm not doing it to embarrass him," Lovegrove said. "If he goes well and he wants to continue, I would book him."
He said Mr Cumming's impromptu performance last week was not great for him, or for the audience.
"He had a pretty bad time on stage - they were giving it to him," he said.
"You might think you're funny, but on stage it's a really different thing."
Mr Cumming said he was delighted to hear from Lovegrove and was fine-tuning his material ahead of a possible show.
"I thought it was fantastic. It's a good opportunity," he said last night.
"He went about it in basically a nice, supportive way."
He hoped his friends, including his army buddies, would come to town for the gig.
Mr Cumming, a former army engineer, said his mates found his latest antics and the subsequent news coverage "hilarious".
He said he had no problem poking fun at himself. "I've obviously been brought up with a difficult last name."
Both men expected the proposed stand-up performance to run about 5 to 7 minutes.
Mr Cumming said he knew what it took to get up on stage.
"At this point in time I'm not nervous. I'm not saying that I won't be nervous at the time but I'm feeling confident." NZME.
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