Jim Jefferies breaks silence after he was yelled at by audience member (2024)

Australian comedian Jim Jefferies has addressed his confronting encounter with a heckler last week.

The 47-year-old funnyman was doing a show in Perth on the first date of his Give 'Em What They Want tour when the man was removed by security after causing a stir.

Appearing on Channel Ten's The Project on Friday, Jefferies joked that the man was under the influence of an illicit substance.

'We get hecklers at every show,' the outspoken comedian said during the interview.

'It just so happens that that fellow was on ice... I could sugar coat it.'

Jefferies then joked: '[Ice] actually does look like sugar doesn't it?'

In a more serious vein, the1% Club host then explained he was not sure what 'set him off'.

Jefferies said the incident began straight after he was making a joke about the US Presidential elections.

During the gag, Jefferies name dropped Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris and he then heard a voice in the crowd yell: 'pick a side'.

Jefferies said he then saw the man stand up - and fall over face first. When the heckler returned to his feet, the Aussie fan favourite said he saw blood on his face.

The furious heckler then had to removed by security from HBF Stadium after he made a move toward the stage where Jefferies was performing.

Radio host Robbie Von Klitzing, who filmed the incident on his phone and posted it to social media, said while it started off funny, it quickly went downhill.

'Jim Jefferies, he was making some gags about Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,' he said.

'And for some reason, this is the point where someone in the audience actually took issue - and all of a sudden we can just hear in the background, some guy yelling 'F's' and 'C's' and we looked around, he's standing up, he's pointing, he's going nuts!'

Jefferies then launched into a verbal response to the heckler, which only served to further inflame the situation.

The veteran comedian then decided the best way to calm things down was to give the agitated man some time to vent his rage.

But the man picked that moment to suddenly stay silent.

'So this guy had his 10 seconds, didn't say anything and then Jim started unleashing again,' Von Klitzing said.

'And this guy in the crowd started walking towards the stage... He was going to punch on with Jim Jefferies, given the chance.'

Security then intervened before the man got close enough to get physical, and removed him from the venue.

'He just barrelled him and the guy just got dragged out by security. It was unbelievable!' Von Klitzing said.

As the man was being shown to the door, Jefferies had another go at him, saying 'When you can afford to have 10 bodyguards, you can f***ing fight me. I've got more protection than f***ing Trump's son!'

It's not the first time audience members have tried to punch Jefferies for doing what they paid to see him do - tell jokes.

The first two people to do so succeeded, with one being caught on camera doing so at The Comedy Store in Manchester, England in 2007.

'If you Google 'Jim Jefferies punched', you will see what people do with me when they heckle,' he told Natalie Barr and Matt Shirvington on Sunrise in May.

'I've actually been punched on stage twice, but it's only been caught on film once. I'm not the best (at dealing with hecklers),' he said.

There was a lot of support online for Jefferies after the latest objection to his jokes.

'Paying hundreds of dollars to attend a comedy show then taking offence to a joke! More money than sense,' wrote one.

'Why are Trump supporters so violent,' another asked. 'Is it an educational problem because Trump says he loves the poorly educated. Or is it an emotional problem?

'Anyway that fool paid good money to see a show and then the genius got himself kicked out.'

Jefferies' tour is continuing to Newcastle, Wollongong, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Townsville.