Aussie comedian and TV personality Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes has unleashed on a group of women for interrupting his show before they were shown the door.
Footage of Hughes’ angry spray at the Adelaide Fringe Festival on Friday night showed the 54-year-old pausing his gig to scold three women sitting near the front who wouldn’t stop chatting.
The crowd chanted ‘out’ as Hughes told the group: ‘I’m sorry, it’s my f**king show, you have to shut up.
‘If you talk one more time, you’re out. Alright, that’s it. This is f**king ridiculous.
‘This is a lesson for anyone.’
He labelled the women’s behaviour ‘distracting’ and the ‘height of rudeness’.
The trio were escorted out after being called out, with one kissing Hughes on the cheek and shaking his hand.
The comedian later told Seven News the interruption was ‘frustrating’ and ‘terribly selfish’ before offering etiquette tips to anyone wishing to attend his shows.
Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes called out a group of women for talking during his show at Adelaide Fringe (pictured)
Hughes (pictured) told the women: ‘I’m sorry, it’s my f**king show, you have to shut up’
‘Look if you’ve paid money to go to a show – you’ve got to shut up,’ Hughes said.
‘Don’t have your own conversations loudly. Especially if you’re in the second row because it’s not TV. The performers can hear you.
‘Maybe I’m not entertaining enough.’
Hughes: told the Adelaide Advertiser: ‘I’ve no idea how anyone could think it’s OK to behave like that when everyone has paid good money to see a show.
‘The crowd reaction told me I made the right call. The show soared once they left.
‘Hopefully people read this and realise it’s terribly selfish to behave that way during a live show.”
Hughes has been inundated with support over his extraordinary outburst.
‘While I don’t find him funny, I do agree with him, that it’s his show and the women shouldn’t have been interrupting his show. Sucked in to them,’ one viewer said.
‘Hope they learn a lesson out of it,’ another wrote.
The three women left Hughes’ show shortly after his foul-mouthed lecture (pictured, Hughes with his wife, Holly)
A third commented: ‘Good on him – so many concerts and shows lately you go to and groups of people talk the whole time.’
Hughes also took to social media to address the saga.
‘I love Adelaide Fringe! Do you agree that if people won’t shut up during a show, after multiple warnings, that it’s right to eject them?’ he wrote.
The post sparked a divided reaction.
‘Next year I’ll be booking one of your shows, bloody legend!’ one wrote.
‘It’s a live show, not Gogglebox,’ another said.
A third wrote: ‘There’s nothing more annoying to other patrons sitting near them too hearing them f*****g chit chat. Like mate I didn’t pay to hear about your day! Good on you for booting them.
However, some slammed Hughesy for swearing at the audience.
‘I do believe that you could have done it in a slightly better way. I do, however, understand the frustration and wonder why the person went to the show, if not just to provoke you into giving such a reaction,’ one said.
Hughes’ hour-long ‘WTF?’ show ran at Fringe from Friday to Sunday with ticket prices ranging from $39 to $49.
Hughes later added that no one in the crowd was kicked out during Sunday night’s sold-out gig.
His shows were held at 18+ venues with minors only allowed to attend in the company of a responsible adult.
The festival warned his show featured ‘occasional, mild’ coarse language.
The month-long Adelaide Fringe is the biggest arts festival in Australia.
The festival continues until March 23.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Hughes’ manager for comment.
