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Stephen Fry has been accused of making offensive jokes at a cricketing dinner at Lord's in London.
The author and comedian, who is president of Marylebone Cricket Club, allegedly joked about women 'sh**ging' and allegedly made another joke linking Muslims to terrorism.
However, the club insisted the accusation was 'incorrect' and some guests said the comedian was misheard.
Chris Waterman, who is a member of the club, reportedly advised the club to take disciplinary action against Stephen.
"I had intended to say ‘Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,’ but there are no lady members present. I suppose they are off shagging," Fry reportedly said.
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Stephen was accused of making inappropriate jokes (Jed Leicester/REX/Shutterstock)Diners insisted he actually stated: "I had intended to say, ‘Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,’ but there are no lady members present. Now we can talk about shagging."
It was also reported that the comedian made a joke referring to the amateur cricket team Allahakbarries.
According to The Times, the MCC member who complained also called Fry's jokes 'egregious'.
He allegedly said that the phrase "Allahu Akbar" (which means God is most great) is usually "followed by a loud bang".
Following the claims, members of the MCC and some diners said Stephen was simply misheard and that they never heard any jokes ma
According to chief executive and secretary of MCC Guy Lavender, Chris' accusations were "factually incorrect."
Mirror have contacted Stephen's representatives for comment.
It comes after Stephen recently slammed TV channels like GB news for promoting free speech that is 'negotiable'.
MCC defended the comedian and insisted he was misheard (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Geo)
It comes after Stephen previously slammed TV channels like GB news (Getty Images)In December, he said he wanted to visit the station to prove their ideology wrong.
He discussed whether the likes of Piers Morgan should be allowed to say whatever they wanted on television.
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Sitting down for a chat with Steven Bartlett on his podcast The Diary of a CEO, he explained: "Do you know what I’ve wanted to do?
"Go on one of those… doesn’t Piers Morgan do one of those channels like GB News? I’ve sort of wanted to go on there – you’ll have to hold your ears now – and say “How are you, you old c**t?
"F***king great to see you, c***ty, c**t, c**t” and for him to go “you can’t say that” and I would say “Oh, I thought this was the f**king home of c**ting free speech, isn’t it?"
He added: "But it isn’t. Oh so it’s like free speech is negotiable so there are bits that you can’t say and bits that you can because that’s the point."