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Nick Swardson, one of the most popular comedians to ever come out of Minnesota, responded Wednesday to reports that he was too drunk to perform last weekend.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 47-year-old comedian was removed from the stage at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Sunday after getting into a bit of a fight over Jason Statham. After many in the crowd began to boo, his microphone was cut off and he was escorted backstage. A stage manager then apologized to the audience and told them that refunds would be offered.
On Wednesday, the Minneapolis native attributed his behavior to a bad combination of groceries and alcohol on the plane. He confirmed that he took the stage Tuesday in Aspen, Colorado.
“Last night I literally annihilated two shows,” he said in a text message to the Star Tribune. “This is the dumbest non-story that ever existed.”
Swardson also addressed the incident Tuesday in a post on X.
“I casually woke up on TMZ,” he wrote. “Travel tip: Don’t drink or eat edibles at high altitude. Cerebral (expletive) diarrhea. I’ll make it up to you, Beaver Creek!”
Swardson developed his comedy chops in Twin Cities clubs before moving to Los Angeles, where he befriended Adam Sandler and began appearing regularly in the superstar’s films. He played a flamboyant puppet in “Reno 911!” and headlined his own projects, including Comedy Central’s “Grandma’s Boy” and “Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time.”
In an interview with the Star Tribune in December 2019, Swardson said he had been sober for months and acknowledged that he had overindulged in the past.
“If there was a vodka hall of fame, my shirt would be on the ceiling,” he said. “My fans were a little worried about me. They were posting online that I should tone it down a bit. It’s not that I live and die by their comments, but I was looking at pictures of myself getting trashed in bars. I thought it was kind. “I thought it was funny for a bit. time. But I looked horrible.”
In the fall of 2019, he spent nearly three weeks in a Denver hospital for, among other things, pneumonia and alcohol poisoning.
“My body just shut down,” he said. “That’s when I realized, ‘Oh, you’re not a superhero.'”
Swardson is scheduled to perform in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Thursday through Saturday and in Denver on Sunday.