Embattled comedian Bill Cosby is worried about protesters disrupting the three shows he has scheduled in Ontario this week as his international tour rolls on despite growing allegations of sexual assault.

Cosby issued a statement Tuesday urging people who attend his performances to remain calm if a show is interrupted and to "not confront the person making the disruption."

The 77-year-old comedian is set to perform in Kitchener on Wednesday night, London on Thursday and Hamilton on Friday.

Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has weighed in on the controversy.

“There are very serious allegations against this man and certainly until those are sorted out, I would certainly not go to a performance. It's up to organizers to make those decisions but I certainly wouldn't attend until it was sorted out,” Wynne says.

Show organizers say they cannot cancel due to contractual obligations.

A planned protest before Cosby’s performance in London seems to be getting more attention that the show itself.

As many as 500 people could attend the protest set for outside Budweiser Gardens before the comedian performs Thursday.

Led by Megan Walker of the London Abused Women’s Centre, it is being called peaceful.

Ticket holders for the show have also been turning in their tickets to LAWC by people who no longer want to attend, Walker says. About 25 have been handed in to the centre so far.

But as vocal as the opposition has been to the performances,  there are those who say the protesters are going too far.

On Facebook, many people have been criticizing protests.

"My hope is London isn’t a crazed-filled mob of extremists looking to once again scar our city, a woman named Tracey writes.

Steve wrote: “The show is a private sector event and we have freedom of choice. If you don’t want to go, don’t.”

A vocal rape survivor, Jane Piper, is scheduled to speak at the protest outside the venue Thursday.

She says protesters won’t be silenced.

“I’m allowed to protest things I want to stand up against and in this situation we want to stand up and say, ‘You know what this kind of behaviour (is). This raping women; this drugging women;  this arrogance and denying it. It's unacceptable.’”

With files from The Canadian Press