A WOMAN who accused Scots comedian Limmy of being “racist” has been brutally trolled after failing to get one of his jokes.

Australian writer Lauren Ingram branded the Glasgow funnyman a “s*** comedian” during a furious Twitter rant.

2 Limmy's Doctor Who tweet led to reaction Credit: Getty - Contributor

It comes after Limmy – real name Brian Limond – tweeted about Sunday night’s episode of Doctor Who.

The show featured a trip through time to 1950s Alabama, where the 13th Doctor (played by Jodie Whittaker) met civil rights activist Rosa Parks and watched her refuse to give up her bus seat for white passengers.

Limmy, 44, responded to the episode by tweeting a filtered picture of himself, saying: “Lifelong fan of #DoctorWho. Not anymore.”

The gag has been used in the past by the TV star as a parody mocking middle-aged, British bigots on social media.

But the joke clearly went over the Aussie’s head as she launched into a tirade of insults, which quickly backfired.

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She tweeted: “Don’t need racists as fans, see ya later.”

2 Aussie woman's response to Limmy tweet

A second post said: “Note that this guy. ‘Limmy’ is a Scottish comedian with 400k Twitter followers and is currently on a UK tour. And he’s so racist that he’s declaring himself no longer a fan of #DoctorWho because of a beautiful episode the show did about Rosa Parks.”

Scots Twitter users saw the funny side, though, and quickly jumped on the response by claiming that she’d played right into the comedian’s hands by falling for the joke.

Phil Philbin said: "'I didn't get the joke and now I'm embarrassed so I'm going to lash out at everyone who is laughing at me'."

Lynette Ekins said: "Maybe should have checked out his verified account a little before tweeting about him? He's well known for this kind of satire in Scotland, where we all know it's a joke."

Roddy Ross added: "The joke is so far over your head it's no wonder you can't see it."

After sharing the abuse aimed at him, Limmy tweeted a subtle response of his own, saying: "Love Twitter."

Ingram later added: “So I’ve just woken up to a ridiculous amount of abuse on Twitter thanks to these tweets, from people claiming the original tweet was a joke/satire. Satire is supposed to be original and clever so if that was the intention, it’s utterly failed and this guy is a s*** comedian.”

So I’ve just woken up to a rediculous amount of abuse on Twitter thanks to these tweets, from people claiming the original tweet was a joke/satire. Satire is supposed to be original and clever so if that was the intention, it’s utterally failed and this guy is a shit comedian — Lauren Ingram (@laureningram) October 22, 2018

Limmy is currently promoting a new UK tour and autobiography launch for 2019.

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