Jim Jefferies returned to Melbourne for the first time since deceptively editing my interview on his show three years ago.

Jefferies audience has shrunk considerably since his last Australian tour in 2018, where the comedian boasted of selling out two consecutive nights in Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena.

Rod Laver's capacity is 15,000.

Jefferies is back on tour, but this time he struggled to sell 3,000 seats at the Palais Theatre.

I went to find out why.