Comedian praised for the way he handles audience member with Tourette's syndrome

A comedian's ability to think on their feet is almost as important as their material.

But rather than shutting someone down with a barbed comment, the comic was praised for showing some compassion and humour to an audience member who interrupted his set.

For those of you who don't know, Tourette's causes people to have involuntary tics or to shout words - sometimes very rude words - out without any context.

But rather than jumping to conclusions and going on the attack, Lucas calmly speaks to the woman, telling her it's 'ok'.

He then jokes, saying that the whole room 'gets one shot' at him.

"Keep it low, like she did," he says. "Don't steal the show with it, don't 'F**k you!' don't do that.

"But don't be shy."

Yep, you've guessed it: "F**k you!"

To which Lucas hits back jokingly: "And f**k you as well."

While he's got the opportunity, Lucas also decides to ask her about the condition, though he forgets to think of any questions.

"And was it on your mind before the show?" he asks. "Especially because I'm the 'heckler guy'."

"Yeah," the woman says. "I was scared it was gonna be a 'thing'."

"Heckler keeps saying 'f**k you'", he says.

"Everyone's like, 'she's not saying it in a mean way'. Err, yes she was. Yes she was. You weren't there.

"If you were there, you would have seen. 'Comedian Destroys Heckler'. 'F**k you, f**k you, f**k you, f**k you'.

"You're watching at home: "I swear to God I told him I have Tourette's. I would not have left that out, that was a crucial piece of information."

Since the video was posted to his channels, fans have thanked Lucas for the way he handled the situation.

"As someone with Tourette's, thank you for not making her feel bad about her tics," said one.

Another commented: "This is exactly how you make jokes about Tourette's. You can make jokes with the person, not at the person."