Celebrity Feuds
Wayans to El Paso: F**k You and Good Night!

Posted Jun 18th 2007 7:18PM by TMZ Staff

Damon WayansComedian Damon Wayans walked out right before a sold-out performance in El Paso, Tex. on Friday night because two female friends of his were not "immediately allowed into the club," the El Paso Times reports.

According to the paper, Wayans left five minutes before his second show on Friday, and shows on Saturday and Sunday -- all sold out -- were cancelled as well. Apparently "Marci X" was never shown in Texas.

The Times says anyone who purchased tickets to the show will get their mo' money back. Calls to Wayans' reps were not immediately returned.

UPDATE (6/20) -- Damon's reps sent TMZ this statement:

Never in 20 years of performing comedy has Damon walked out on a performance. Unfortunately, after driving 14 hours from LA to El Paso and looking forward to performing all weekend, Damon was put in the position where he felt he had no other choice than to leave. The Comic Strip comedy club had neglected its contractual obligations, and Damon was not receiving anything close to the warm welcome that the El Paso audiences were giving him. We regret that the actions of a club owner affected audiences coming to experience a great night of comedy.

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1. GET A LIFE.................LOSER

Posted at 8:47PM on Jun 18th 2007 by costaMesaboy

2. I can't believe Wayans actually sold out. Did the place only seat 10?

Posted at 8:57PM on Jun 18th 2007 by TBA

3. GIVE HIM A YEAR..HE'LL BE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS TRYING TO SAVE HIS CAREER...OH WAIT..OOPS, SORRY DAMON, YOUR CAREER LEFT ON THE 2:45P BUS ALREADY.

Posted at 9:01PM on Jun 18th 2007 by tina g

4. wow damon, short term career thinking at its finest.

Posted at 9:09PM on Jun 18th 2007 by stretcharmstrong

5. So, am I reading this correctly? A doorman messed up, so all the paying customers were punished? Yeah, THAT makes sense...

Posted at 9:15PM on Jun 18th 2007 by Maddie

6. I worked with the man....he was an asshole then and I see things have not changed

Posted at 9:42PM on Jun 18th 2007 by jack twist

7. all of the people below need to put themselves in his shoes this man is probably no less than a multi millionaire at best and no one seems to respect that he is a real person too c'mon people if you were doin a show at a club and they said your "girls" or "homies" couldn't get in you'd leave too. He's not worried about that money or his career being flushed he's worried about keeping the ones who were there when he was gravel dirt poor and are still there to push him on!!!! So I say DAMON......... YOU GO BOY!!!!!

Posted at 9:47PM on Jun 18th 2007 by Cymie

8. What a jerk. He should be glad as hell that he packed in that many people. Maybe he wont next time. Or never again. It would serve him right, Coudlnt he have solved this probelm without showing what an ass he really can be?

Posted at 9:54PM on Jun 18th 2007 by Jack

9. You know how you could have handled this better, wayans? You could have showed some respect for your audience, done your show, and maybe announced on stage half jokingly that the management wouldnt let your friends in, Im sure the audience would have cheered your friends on to come in, That would have been a hell of a lot more classy that walking out like an asshole. This was a real ashole stunt of yours.

Posted at 10:00PM on Jun 18th 2007 by gin

10. Damon who?????????


Damon, get a Life. But if you can't find a Life, get a dog and name it Life.

Posted at 10:24PM on Jun 18th 2007 by Edith

11. What a girly diva move!

Have some consideration and respect for the audience who paid good money to go see him...

When someone shows up at the door and says 'yeah..I'm a friend of Damon's. He invited me... blah, blah, blah..." How many doormen believe that immediately and say "Oh yeah come right in"... He wouldn't be doing his job would he...

Posted at 10:32PM on Jun 18th 2007 by Elizabeth

12. this is to #11........that was so uncalled for!!! you sound so racist. Grow the F@*k up!!!! i love fried chicken and i am white !!!!!

Posted at 10:35PM on Jun 18th 2007 by redhotmomma

13. If Damon claims racism for this incident, he should get the taste slapped out of his mouth. You can only milk that excuse so many times.

Posted at 10:46PM on Jun 18th 2007 by RP

14. I don't understand making customers pay the cost of the doormen acting like idiots. I always go to comedy clubs, and I hate to say it...but famous comedians cancel a lot. They just don't give a damn. If the doormen were racist, then I'd say: I don't blame you. But that wasn't stated, so I'm going to say this: damon, you should've went to the door, told them they were your friends and brought them in. Case closed.

Posted at 10:48PM on Jun 18th 2007 by laurie

15. He has a career? I thought I heard that Dancing with the stars has passed him up for some other looser.

Posted at 10:56PM on Jun 18th 2007 by ChuckyDee

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