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Embattled comedian Bill Cosby joked openly about the rape allegations against him Thursday telling a woman at his London, Ont. show “you have to be careful about drinking around me.”

Two men were also ejected from the show after one of them yelled “we don’t love you, Bill!” at the comedian. As security pulled him away, the man screamed into the half-full arena: “You are a rapist. I’m being ejected because you are a rapist.”

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The predominantly pro-Cosby audience booed the man loudly until the comedian urged them to stop. The man was arrested and held briefly in the arena foyer before being released. Sgt. Mark Elgersma of the London Police Service said the man was arrested under the Trespass to Property Act for failing to show ID.

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That interruption aside, Mr. Cosby faced another largely receptive audience on the second day of his brief Canadian tour. The crowd cheered him loudly when he entered the stage just after 7:30 p.m. They laughed raucously at his jokes about childhood and wives being in charge. At the end of the nearly two-hour set, they rose and gave him a standing ovation.