Trish was furious when she was asked to leave Arj Barker’s comedy gig… but this chaotic interview with Sarah Harris proves he may have been right…

A breastfeeding mum who was taken out of a comedy show because her bub was distracting the audience appeared on The Project to discuss her ‘humiliating’ experience – but was asked by Sarah Harris to take the crying child off screen.

Melbourne mother-of-three Trish Faranda and her seven-month-old baby, Clara, were kicked out of Arj Baker’s show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on Saturday evening, sparking intense debate about the American comedian’s actions.

Ms. Faranda told The Project on Monday that she had “no idea things would turn out this way.”

Moments later, little Clara started crying, prompting Ms. Faranda to breastfeed her during the live interview.

After Ms. Faranda’s interviews, some began to side with comedian Arj Baker (pictured)

As the little one’s tears continued, Harris asked, “Maybe she can go see Daddy for a while?”

Ms. Faranda went on to say that she had already planned to leave the comedy show she had booked a month in advance when Clara started crying, but that she did not like Baker’s handling of the situation.

“I thought it would be really fun to do something I hadn’t done in a while and get back to my pre-baby self,” she said.

‘… He could have said off the microphone, ‘It really bothers me, do you mind?’ and I would have happily packed up and gone.

“Then he asked for support from the crowd, basically telling me to leave, and they argued a bit as we left.”

Baker, who was only 15 minutes into his set when the drama unfolded, said in a statement that the show is strictly for the over-15s and this is clearly stated on the ticket site.

“On behalf of the other 700 people who paid to see the performance, I politely told her the baby couldn’t stay,” he previously explained.

“She thought I was joking, which made the exchange a little awkward.

‘I felt bad about the whole situation and said this more than once that night. I offered her a refund.

“The theater staff shouldn’t have put a baby in my audience in the first place.”

After Clara started crying during an interview, The Project panelist Sarah Harris (pictured) asked if she would be handed over to her father

Ms. Faranda also appeared on A current issue on Monday, where she said Clara was no louder than a person coughing.

‘She started gurgling, babbling… but not for very long, because then I just fed her quickly, and she was quiet.

“I was vigilant, I looked around, people weren’t looking at us, so I thought, ‘Okay, as far as I can see, we don’t really have any influence on anyone.'”

While Australians initially branded Baker’s dismissal of the mother as “disgusting”, her interviews on Monday may have turned public opinion in his favor.

Clara had also become restless on A Current Affair, with some viewers saying they found it difficult to hear what she or presenter Allison Langdon were saying.

On the show’s Facebook page, someone said: ‘She couldn’t even get through this five minute interview because her baby was playing the whole time.

‘I have children and there is always a place for small children. This mother is so entitled it’s unbelievable.’

“The baby’s appearance in A Current Affair says it all,” wrote another.

Barker performed his new show Mind Field at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theater from March 28 to April 21

“This interview was an absolute train wreck. Ally ended it as quickly as possible because that child was out of control. Imagine that at a comedy show. A few times I turned the volume down,” a third person said.

Some viewers of The Project were equally unimpressed.

“Wait, the woman is asked to leave a comedy show because her baby is crying, the woman then goes on TV to complain and the baby has to leave the interview because she is crying!”, someone wrote online.

“The interview just turned out to be a point,” said another.

A third added: ‘I understand the feeling of losing your self-esteem when you have a baby, but you can’t get that back if you take your baby everywhere.’

Other commentators, however, continued to support Ms Faranda.

‘If Arj distracts a gurgling baby too much, he’s not as talented as I thought. How does he deal with hecklers and drunks?’, one person said.