-Hannah Gadsby, thank you
for Zooming in to our show right now.
I really appreciate it.
Last time I talked to you, I wish I could talk to you more,
but you're rarely over in the States, really.
When you were in New York for a little while,
you came to visit us.
It was great. We had a great time.
-Yeah, we hugged.
Those were the days.
-I do remember that. Wow. Those were the days.
When we were talking last time,
we were talking about your special, "Nanette,"
and I was like, it was so different, and I loved it,
and man, oh, man, you went on to win every award.
And you got -- The Emmy was a big deal.
-Well, the Emmy was particular,
because I'd --
You know, I'd assumed I wasn't going to win.
-Why? -It was an easy lead up --
Because of Beyoncé.
You know, I'm not Taylor Swift.
I'm just, you know -- So I was, like, it's Beyoncé,
and that was an incredible piece of work she made,
and I was comfortable with not winning.
And we worked out timing-wise
that the announcement of me losing the Emmy
was going to happen in the middle of my last show.
So I decided -- [ Dog growling ]
That's my dog. He --
Come on, buddy.
So I decided that would be a sad way to end a run, right?
You finish in New York, you come off-stage,
and someone meets you in the wings and says,
"Yeah, you were right, you didn't win an Emmy."
So I decided to tell the audience,
"Hey, while I'm on-stage,
the world's going to find out that I didn't win an Emmy,"
so I got my producer to make a slide
that would come up behind me and say "Hannah didn't win an Emmy,"
and I told the audience that's what was going to happen.
I said, "We can all commiserate together."
-That's perfect. That's funny.
-Yeah, and I won.
So they made another slide that said "Hannah won an Emmy,"
and I didn't know this,
so I was just in the middle of doing the jokes
and then people just started clapping and cheering.
It had been silence before that.
And -- Crickets.
-[ Laughs ]
-And I got this sort of standing ovation
in the middle of the show,
so it was a very graceless but wonderful moment.
-Ah, that is -- That's the best way to win an Emmy.
That's fantastic.
But here's the thing that I heard about this show
that I think is very fun I think and innovative,
is the beginning of the show,
you tell everyone exactly what's going to happen in your show.
-Yeah. Well, I think my last show
was kind of the reverse of that,
and it was too shocking for some.
[ Chuckles ]
So I pretty much, yeah, I do a blow-by-blow description
of exactly what happens in the show.
And that came about during the live run,
because people would review the show and just do that, you know?
-Oh, yeah. -"Here's everything she says,
but I'll paraphrase it so it doesn't sound quite so good."
You know, and basically,
they're paraphrasing my one job,
which is to say surprising things.
They're just -- They're walking all over my one job.
So I decided to walk all over their one job,
which is to tell people what to expect.
-I mean, are you getting recognized now?
Do you get, like -- Do people go, "Oh, Hannah Gadsby,
you're from 'Nanette,'" and -- more than before?
-Yeah, my gynecologist called me Nanette,
which was an incredibly awkward moment for both of us.
-[ Laughing ]
Did you respond?
-Yes.
But it was, you know --
Like, she was more embarrassed than I was,
and I didn't have any pants on, so that was a moment.
-Well, she could have called you Douglas.
-That's the next hope for next season.
That's what I call my -- [ Chuckles ]
-I know, I know, I know. [ Laughs ]
-Also, you know what the really interesting thing for me is,
not that a lot of people know who I am,
it's that celebrities know who I am.
-Oh, yeah.
-Well, I mean, it happens a little bit, you know.
But my favorite one of recent history was in New York.
I went to the tennis.
I was sat in Billie Jean King's box.
I was invited. Fully consensual.
-[ Laughs ]
-So anyway, you know at the tennis, between ends,
they put -- They train the camera on famous people.
Right? And you go, "Oh, my gosh. Look who's in the crowd."
Neil Sedaka was in the day I was there,
and so they played "Calendar Girl."
-"Calendar Girl." Classic.
-...over the P.A. Classic.
And then Anna Kendrick, right?
And so it's like, "Oh, Anna Kendrick's in."
And I didn't know who Anna Kendrick was,
so I did a quick Google, right?
I'm like, "Oh, yeah. Okay.
Oh, yes, I think I do know who she is."
But then after it was over, and I was waiting to be picked up,
and I was with my publicist --
That's how I got to go to the tennis
and sit in that certain box there.
So I was with my publicist,
so it was the worst person possible to say this,
because Anna Kendrick walked past, and I said,
"Oh, there's Anna Kendrick," using my new knowledge.
And my publicist said,
"Oh, you want to meet Anna Kendrick? Okay."
And just went over,
and I'm like, "Oh, no, no, no, no, no."
And she went over, and she said,
"Hannah Gadsby would like to meet you,"
and Anna spun 'round and said, "Shut the front door,"
and was so excited,
and she was with Brittany Snow --
more new knowledge.
And they came over, and they were very excited to meet me,
and I'd only just Googled Anna.
-Yeah. Yeah.
So you're fresh knowing who she is now.
This is interesting.
-And all that had stuck in my mind
from her oeuvre at that stage was "Trolls."
But it didn't get stuck in my head right.
It got suck in my head as "Ogres."
-Did you say, "Oh, I know you, you're in 'Ogres'?"
-Oh, yeah. You know, "Pitch Perfect." "Ogres."
But there is an image of us having an Instagram moment,
and I don't look Instagram ready.
I think that's an indication that I'm not ready for this.
-You think you're not ready for --
Hannah, everyone who's come on the show --
and I thank you so much for coming on --
We ask them if there's a charity
or something they'd like to shine a light on or highlight.
And for you, you chose safehorizon.org.
-Yeah.
-Could you talk a little bit about that?
-Yeah, that's a U.S.-based charity that provides services
for survivors of abuse
and abusive relationships, assault and whatnot.
I think, you know, it's a great sort of charity.
I think most people are going to be a little worse off
after the pandemic, but, you know, there are a lot of people
who couldn't afford to be even worse off
than they already were before the pandemic.
And I think Safe Horizon
help people in very precarious situations,
and they're still providing front-line services
for survivors of abuse.
-Thank you for doing that and bringing that to our show.
I love you, bud.
-You, too.
-I just hugged you.
-I know.
-I know. I snuck one in there. Bye.
-See you, mate.