event Jim Jefferies

Australian-born comedian Jim Jefferies has been called “Britain’s most offensive stand-up comic” by Q magazine, a reputation that’s reinforced not only by his material—which makes liberal use of topics like rape, incest, abortion, and his own bout with what he lovingly terms "dick cancer"—but his ever-growing list of enemies. The Christian Voice has called Jefferies “sick and repellent,” he’s engaged in a very public feud with Sharon Osbourne after insulting daughter Kelly during 2008’s NME Awards, and, most famously, he was punched in the head while doing a 2007 show at the Manchester Comedy Store. These incidents have arguably given Jefferies his biggest Stateside exposure—that, and his 2009 HBO stand-up special, I Swear To God.

Australian-born comedian Jim Jefferies has been called “Britain’s most offensive stand-up comic” by Q magazine, a reputation that’s reinforced not only by his material—which makes liberal use of topics like rape, incest, abortion, and his own bout with what he lovingly terms "dick cancer"—but his ever-growing list of enemies. The Christian Voice has called Jefferies “sick and repellent,” he’s engaged in a very public feud with Sharon Osbourne after insulting daughter Kelly during 2008’s NME Awards, and, most famously, he was punched in the head while doing a 2007 show at the Manchester Comedy Store. These incidents have arguably given Jefferies his biggest Stateside exposure—that, and his 2009 HBO stand-up special, I Swear To God.