Alarming moment Australian magician is accosted onstage during a Royal Caribbean cruise while attempting an intimate trick with a passenger’s mouth
- Magician attacked by man during cruise show
- Ben Murphy was filmed being boarded on Royal Caribbean
The footage captured the horrific moment an Australian magician was accosted on stage while performing a show on a cruise ship.
Ben Murphy was performing on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas on March 1 when he invited a female passenger onto the stage.
An audience member was taping the show when Murphy pulled off his latest stunt on the woman.
In the video, Murphy leans toward the woman, seated onstage, and uses her mouth to touch a folded card between her lips.
The footage captured the horrific moment an Australian magician was accosted on stage while performing a show on a cruise ship.
He gently bent down to collect his cards as part of the cheeky performance before a man ran up to him.
Murphy’s face lit up with panic as the man tackled him.
The woman was seen pushing the man, visibly upset with him, before he walked away.
A stunned Murphy later posted the images on Instagram.
“Entertainment, comedy and magic are NOT contact sports,” he wrote.
“This guest should not have been allowed to enjoy the rest of their cruise.”
Murphy said it took a week for someone to approach him and get a statement and claimed he was told the delay was because “there were no witnesses.”
Royal Cruises told Daily Mail Australia that it could not comment on an ongoing investigation.
Social media users quickly swooped in to defend Murphy, sharing their shock at the images.
“We were in the audience for this and my jaw nearly hit the floor… I’m sorry not only for you but also for the poor wife and children who watched it all,” one wrote.
Another added: ‘We were in the audience and it was absolutely crazy!
‘We assume he would have been locked in his cabin for the rest of the cruise and I’m furious if he wasn’t!
‘You did an amazing job continuing with the rest of the show. I hope you’re well.
Murphy is a comedy magician and illusionist who has toured the world to perform his acts.
Ben Murphy had been performing a magic trick with a volunteer on a Royal Caribbean cruise on March 1.
