Controversial comic Jim Jefferies has addressed how his relationship along with his abusive mom has influenced his ‘misogynistic’ jokes.
The funnyman, 47, is understood for his surprising and graphic quips, which have arguably seen him change into one among Australia’s most divisive stand-up comics.
The 1% Membership Host has now addressed allegations he’s a misogynist due to his controversial jokes about girls, which have been branded as ‘sexist’ up to now.
Jim mentioned he would not assume he’s misogynistic however shared how his tough relationship along with his bodily and verbally abusive mom has influenced how he views girls.
‘I do not imagine I am a misogynist, no,’ he informed Rolling Stone Australia. ‘However that is most likely what a misogynist would say, girls are half the inhabitants, I’m going to make jokes about them.’
Describing his mom as a ‘exhausting lady’, he went on: ‘(She) was bodily very abusive and verbally a really abusive particular person, so generally, I think about I’ve had a chip on my shoulder about girls.
‘And it is most likely been for a lot of my life […] as a result of my abuser was a 300 pound lady rising up. In order that’s the place which may come from.’
He argued that individuals would perceive his perspective higher if he was a girl talking about an abusive father as he addressed his alleged challenge with girls.
Controversial comic Jim Jefferies has addressed how his relationship along with his abusive mom has influenced his ‘misogynistic’ jokes
The funnyman, 47, is understood for his surprising and graphic quips, which have arguably seen him change into one among Australia’s most divisive stand-up comics
Jim described his trademark comedy as self-deprecating and mentioned folks may argue that he ‘hates’ himself, moderately than accusing him of taking purpose at anybody else.
Jim is not any stranger to courting controversy and just lately revealed he has been punched by enraged hecklers throughout his comedy units.
Selling his upcoming Australian tour on Dawn in Could, Jim admitted he’s ‘not the most effective’ at coping with hecklers as he mentioned two surprising incidences.
Jim informed how he has been punched twice by hecklers, one of which was caught on digital camera in 2007 at Manchester’s The Comedy Retailer in now-infamous footage.
The viewers member had stormed on stage and hit him after being upset by a joke, with Jim explaining that that they had not exchanged a single phrase earlier than the assault.
‘When you Google Jim Jeffries punched, you will note what folks do with me after they heckle,’ he mentioned of the incident.
‘I’ve really been punched on stage twice, nevertheless it’s solely been caught on movie as soon as. I am not the most effective.’
Nevertheless, the actor laughed off the shock scenario and informed how his tour started promoting out after the video went viral.
