Jimmy Carr is facing mounting criticism after making a provocative joke about adult performer Bonnie Blue, whose recent claim of sleeping with more than a thousand men in 12 hours has generated widespread online attention and intense debate. The comedian delivered his remarks during a live show when an audience member asked for his reaction to the performer’s stunt, prompting a response that has since spread widely across social media and drawn strong condemnation from many who felt he went too far.
The controversy centres on Bonnie Blue’s claim that she slept with 1,057 men within half a day, a feat she has described publicly as an achievement she believes could constitute an unofficial world record. The performer shared details of the experience in a video that circulated broadly online, saying the day after the event, “This is the day after I have just done the massive, massive train of over 1,000 men. I was expecting to be sore but I’m not… like my body wants it. I’m not sore, which is good, because it just means I can do this more often.” Her comments immediately caused a wave of shock, fascination and condemnation across social media platforms, as viewers reacted to both the scale of the claim and the nature of the event itself.
The unofficial record she referred to had previously been associated with performer Lisa Spark, who in 2004 reportedly slept with 919 men in a single day. Bonnie Blue’s claim, if verified, would significantly surpass that number, though no official body recognises such records and the stunt itself exists in a space that relies on self-reporting, viral attention and the adult entertainment industry’s long history of sensationalised performance events. Despite that ambiguity, the claim gained enough visibility to prompt discussion well beyond the adult industry’s usual audience, drawing responses from casual viewers, critics, supporters and commentators in a variety of online communities.
It was against this backdrop that Jimmy Carr commented on the situation during a recent stand-up appearance. Carr, well known for his dark humour and willingness to make jokes that court controversy, responded to an audience member who called out, “What do you think of Bonnie Blue?!” According to the footage shared online, he began his answer by drawing an analogy to competitive eating contests, saying, “Well. I don’t know. We’re very judgy about such things, but we’ve all seen hot dog-eating contests. It’s no different.” He then continued with a broader point about the stigma attached to sexual activity, saying, “I’m pretty s** positive. I wouldn’t judge her for that. I presume she made a ton of money doing it, right? I think there’s an odd thing where we s*** shame because of numbers.”