The 48-year-old comic sat down with TooFab completely, forward of his new position because the host of FOX’s new competitors sequence, The Snake. It is social survival of the fittest, the place every contestant — who all come from completely different professions — should leverage their distinctive abilities, coaching and powers of persuasion as they face a mess of challenges. In the long run, the winner will depart the present with an enormous $100,000.

“I have been known as one a number of instances, so I feel it is a good match for me,” Jefferies joked, earlier than guessing that he could be “the primary” Australian recreation present host in America. “I could be extra vital to Australia than the entire Hemsworths put collectively,” he then quipped, referring to Chris, Liam and Luke Hemsworth.

When it comes his time within the leisure business, Jefferies defined he has encountered a couple of snakes on his journey.

“There’s been so many instances that I have been screwed over or I’ve misplaced a deal or a promoter in some comedy membership or one thing has taken me for a trip,” he admitted. “I discover it is best to let sleeping canine lie, I am not going to call and disgrace. I am simply completely happy to be nonetheless within the enterprise.”

The Snake would not simply hinge on successful challenges — it is about successful individuals over. However what makes this competitors completely different from the remaining is that there are not any hidden strikes or votes.

“You must look them within the eye and also you even have to avoid wasting one particular person and watch the opposite particular person be upset in you. Any person that you simply in all probability have lied to that week,” he defined.

Whereas Jefferies already is aware of who wins, he “genuinely appreciated” the entire contestants and located himself getting emotionally hooked up to the group as a complete.

“There’s a scene in one of many earlier episodes of The Snake the place one of many contestants, she is vomiting. In fact I held her hair again,” he revealed, proving simply how a lot he cared for all of them.

“I did not know whether or not I used to be allowed to, however I could not watch chunks go into her hair,” he laughed.

Whereas the sport is about each being snake-like and calling out the snakes, Jefferies advised TooFab that, in the actual world, it is all the time higher to only allow them to be.

“I discover it is best while you see a snake, whether or not it’s metaphorically an individual or whether or not it is an precise snake, it is good to maintain your distance and step round them whereas smiling,” he mentioned, earlier than saying politicians are the snakiest, together with some within the leisure enterprise.

“Individuals who cannot reply questions. Individuals who dance round a topic and will not truly provide you with a straight reply,” he added of snake conduct. “Lots of people on this leisure enterprise, title your poison, whether or not it’s brokers, managers, membership homeowners, no matter, there’s all the time somebody.”

Jefferies has been doing comedy for years, beginning out in Sydney, Australia earlier than relocating to the UK, first attaining worldwide consideration in 2007. Since then, viewers tastes could have modified at instances, however that does not cease Jefferies from pushing boundaries.

“I have been advised that audiences have change into extra delicate, however the way in which to get round that’s to not learn something on the web. I do not learn any feedback. I do not learn something. If you are going to get upset by a joke that I’ve mentioned on TV or no matter, you are simply talking into the vacuum with different individuals,” he mentioned.

“I can not concern myself with that. When you begin regarding your self about one particular person getting delicate, then you definately’re disappointing the thousand individuals who weren’t too delicate,” he continued. “So that you simply attempt to be you. Hopefully you is one thing that individuals wish to watch and other people will get pleasure from. And you have to block out the remaining. And that is all you are able to do.”

As for these haters, he is nonetheless completely happy to have the watch.

“Hey, I am going to take hate views all day. When you hate me, maintain watching on FOX, June tenth,” he joked, referring to the premiere date of The Snake.

Jefferies has been a touring comic for many years. Since transferring to America years in the past after which turning into a American citizen in 2018, he is discovered quite a bit about how audiences differ relying on the place he’s on this planet — particularly with regards to hecklers.

“So People, once they heckle, primarily People heckle as a result of they wish to right you. So you will say one thing they do not agree with they usually’ll be like, ‘Pay attention, buddy. Hey, I blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.’ They’re having an argument with you,” he defined.

“British individuals will attempt to joke you. They’ll attempt to do a much bigger joke with a much bigger snigger than you hoping that they may take management of the room. And then you definately’ll go, great job, and everybody will applaud,” he continued. “I am going to take any snigger that occurs within the room. If the room’s having a superb time, I do not care if it comes from me or another person, and I do not care whether or not they’re laughing at me or with me.”

“Then the Australians… The Australians, as a result of we’re a bit diggy. So, Australians, we attempt to journey you up. If they’ll sense {that a} punchline is nearly to occur, they will yell some swear phrase simply as you are attempting to hit that second, simply to throw you off your rhythm. After which screw that joke up. After which they will excessive 5 their mate,” he mentioned.

Jefferies is at present on tour together with his present Son of a Carpenter, the place he mentioned he has hecklers “each present.”

Together with touring, the comic stars in alongside Marlon Wayans and Julia Fox within the upcoming thriller Him, a few promising younger soccer participant who joins an remoted compound to coach. See what he mentioned about his first dramatic position within the video above.

The Snake premieres Tuesday, June 10 (9:00-10:00 ET/PT) on FOX and can stream on Hulu.