Comedian and popular podcaster Theo Von wasn’t joking when he grabbed a man by the throat who was reportedly harassing him at a Nashville bar — in a wild confrontation caught on video.
In the footage, obtained by TMZ, a man holding a bouquet of golden birthday balloons approaches Von, 45, from behind at The Twelve Thirty Club in the Tennessee capital on May 2.
The man can be seen grabbing the comic’s shoulder as he’s standing with a group of friends by the bar.
The two then exchange words, which are inaudible in the video, before the “This Past Weekend” podcast host loses his cool and lunges at the man, according to the footage.
Von then grabs him by the neck and shoves him away, the wild clip shows.
Von, who seems like he just wanted to be left alone, then fixes his hat and stares the man down as they have another brief back and forth.
The man with the balloons was with a group of people who had been repeatedly harassing the stand-up, sources with knowledge of the incident told TMZ.
The group had told him they were trying to mess with him on camera, the outlet reported.
Nashville police confirmed that they received a misdemeanor assault complaint at the bar on May 4, but investigators decided to take no further action.
Von has declined to comment on the incident, according to TMZ.
Von, meanwhile, was President Trump’s surprise guest on Thursday when he visited American troops in Qatar.
The comedian famously interviewed the president on his show ahead of the 2024 election as Trump made the rounds on a number of popular podcasts, including “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
It’s unclear if Von — spotted days ago in Miami with Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner — visited for a particular reason aside from greeting some of the roughly 13,000 troops stationed on the Al Udeid Air Base.
The Louisiana comic, who now lives in Nashville, just kicked off his national “Return of the Rat” tour.
