Ariel Elias had a beer can thrown at her -- however she the final chuckle and sip

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In her 11 years of doing standup, this was by far the worst heckler Ariel Elias had ever encountered.

The comic’s gig on the Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Membership in Level Nice Seashore, New Jersey on Oct. 8 began like every other, so she by no means anticipated turning into the topic of a viral video and the most recent instance of the comedy stage turning into the scene of an unsettling incident.

Elias had spent the vast majority of her 20-minute set speaking about feminine physique picture earlier than launching right into a pre-planned question-and-answer portion of her set. A joke she ends on seems on some merchandise she sells after the present.

That’s when a lady within the viewers, seated at a big desk of individuals attending a raucous party, yelled to her on stage: “Did you vote for Trump?”

“I wasn’t speaking about politics,” she tells Muricas News. “I believe I used to be truthfully speaking about my interval. It simply felt like she was searching for a combat, and I actually don’t suppose I did something to love elicit that.”

The lady was kicked out. Then the person seated subsequent to her hurled a beer can – quick – at Elias’ head.

Within the aforementioned video of the second, many within the viewers react with shock.

Elias says she didn’t see the beer fly by her head, however she heard it loudly thump behind her.

“I identical to heard it towards the wall after which I felt the again of my legs had been moist, and I used to be attempting to determine what occurred,” she says. “After which I regarded down and I noticed the beer can and put it collectively and other people had been livid that that had occurred, which was good. So I’m glad a mob mentality didn’t take over towards me.”

Within the second, she picked the can up and located it was nonetheless heavy with beer.

“I keep in mind pondering, ‘Don’t let the adrenaline win. Take a sip. Be courageous,’” she says. “After I thought that there was nonetheless beer in there, I assumed, you recognize what? I’d by no means wanted a drink extra in my life. And I believe that is form of the one technique to get out of this as a result of I nonetheless have 5 minutes left of my set.”

She is aware of that she had the choice to step away from the stage and that “no person would’ve been mad at me.” However, she thought, what about her stickers?

“I promote merch after the present, and my my best-selling sticker is predicated on my closing joke. I used to be like, ‘Properly, I've to do the joke if I would like folks to return and purchase stickers afterwards.’”

So she completed.

Later, Elias says, “it was a lot scarier as soon as I obtained residence.” She needed to watch the video to appreciate how exhausting and quick the beer had been thrown.

“To be sincere, I’m not the very best at processing my feelings. So I believe most likely identical to in six days I’ll cry whereas watching ‘Man vs. Meals,’” she says, laughing.

Her family and friends have been supportive; her dad and mom informed her they had been proud and her fellow comics hold checking in on her.

“Final night time, I did a few spots within the metropolis and all people requested like, ‘Are you okay?’ Which I believe may be very a lot the query that I should be requested,” she says. “As a result of the reply is, I don’t know but.”

Whereas Elias has determined to not press expenses, the comedy membership is. And though she doesn’t wish to again to the city the place it occurred, Elias says she completely loves doing standup and can proceed on.

“Please don’t throw issues at me,” she says. “I really like arise a lot. It’s my favourite factor on the earth. I really like touring and being in entrance of people who find themselves totally different from me.”