Tense moment HBF Stadium audience member heads menacingly towards famous Aussie comedian and 1% Club host Jim Jefferies over a Donald Trump joke

Shocking footage captured the moment Australian comedian and TV host Jim Jefferies’ jokes about American politicians, including Donald Trump and Joe Biden, provoked an angry response from one audience member. 

Jefferies, who presents the 1% Club game show on Channel 7, was on the first date of his Give ‘Em What They Want tour in Perth when things took a turn for the nasty. 

A furious heckler had to removed by security from HBF Stadium on Wednesday night after menacingly walking towards the comedian on stage.

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, 47, 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. 

A furious heckler (pictured) had to removed by security from HBF Stadium on Wednesday night after walking towards the stage while yelling at the comedian

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. 

Jefferies has been punched twice by hecklers, one of which was caught on camera in 2007 at Manchester’s The Comedy Store in now-infamous footage (pictured)

‘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 Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Wollongong, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Townsville.