-You do the show in Melbourne.
And you do the show at the -- at the Edinburgh festival.
And you got to meet one of my all-time favorites,
Emma Thompson.
-I did. I had that -- like, I wasn't meeting people
after the show because it was, you know, it's a lot.
It's lot to watch. It's a lot to do.
And I'm antisocial at the best of times.
[ Laughter ]
And so, I had a blanket policy not -- I'm not meeting people.
But particularly sometimes when people like a comedy show,
they want a hug.
And there's -- I have a strong "me-circle" policy.
Keep it clear. [ Laughter ]
-Keep it clear, no hugging.
-Yeah. Mm. -Yeah.
-And this particular night, my tech came out and said,
"Look, I know you don't meet people,
but Emma Thompson's here, so you don't have a choice.
This is for me.
If you don't meet her tonight,
then you don't have lights tomorrow night, so..."
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, that's -- that's the way life works as a tech.
Yeah. You look after the crew. -Yeah.
-So, I went out and -- I didn't really know who she was.
I did -- I had a vague idea.
I knew she wore a bonnet in something and --
[ Laughter ] -What?
She's one of the best ever.
-I Googled her. I know now.
[ Laughter ]
I went out, and she says, "Ah," you know, "Oh, me."
And she said, "Can I have a hug?"
And I'd gone, "Ugh." [ Laughter ]
-You actually did that?
-"Ugh."
But she wasn't reading the room,
and she gave me a hug anyway.
-Okay.
-Yeah, it which was, in the end, turned out to be quite pleasant.
I think, perhaps, I did need a hug at that stage
after doing the show over and over again.
It was quite a grueling show.
-It's like a roller coaster.
-Yeah. -Emotional.
-Yeah. So, we ended up just crying on each other's shoul--
I don't know what she was crying about.
It was my life. [ Laughter ]
-Wow. -Yeah.
But she gave me her phone number on one of those, you know,
those coffee cup cardigan things.
You know on the takeaway cups,
they have the little, like, cardboard --
[ Laughter ]
-Almost like a cardboard sweater.
Sure. Cardigan. -Yeah.
-Yeah, I know what -- -Yes, cardigan.
-The little -- yes. I know what you're talking about.
Yes, yes. -A little vest.
-A little vest, yeah. -A little coffee vest.
And she gave me her phone number on it.
Well, I'm not gonna call you. [ Laughter ]
-No, of course you don't --
-We've had a hug. That's enough. Back off.
-And a cry. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
-But somehow, she got ahold of my number.
[ Laughter ]
And not reading the room, and...
-I mean, really persistent.
-But I did not know she'd sent me a text.
And I was in the middle of texting someone else.
So, no real good reason, but I was keen to send my friend
a picture of Chuck Norris.
[ Laughter ]
And I accidentally sent it to Emma Thompson.
-No. [ Laughter ]
-It was -- she sent me a text going,
"That was an amazing show.
You know, it took me all night to process it.
It's changed my future of the world."
And I'm like, Chuck Norris, double denim, cha-choo.
[ Laughter ]
-It's like, "What is wrong with this person?"
"I've never met anyone like this person."
[ Applause ]
And -- how is your -- Is your mom handling all of this?
-Oh, she's always handled it.
Like, my mom has been a strong supportive non-supporter
my entire life.
-Yeah. -And then career.
So, my first ever --
She was in the recording of the Netflix special,
which was...not great.
[ Laughter ]
Like, it was already stressful enough.
And then, "Oh, good day, Mum."
-Yeah. Mom's there. It's like, "Oh, gosh."
-But she was at my first -- the first time I ever performed
in front of Mum was, by far, the most terrifying gig of my life.
-Of course.
-Because she doesn't also read a room.
But she owns every room that she's in.
And she'd never -- we'd never seen stand-up.
You know, I'm from Tasmania.
There was no -- there was no real stand-up scene there.
And she never watched it on TV because it represented
two of her least favorite things --
men who think they're funny and who shout.
[ Laughter ]
And so, any time I had a glimpse of stand-up on TV, she'd go,
"Oh, I've got news for you" and just turn them off.
-Flick it off. Yeah.
-Yeah. But she arrived.
And, I was worried she'd be heckling me.
But then, she heckled everyone on the bill.
-No.
Your mom's just heckling comedians?
-All of them.
Like, one guy got up.
He was particularly short, and she just sort of yelled out
he'd be -- he'd be taller if he sat down.
[ Laughter ]
-Not bad, actually.
-It was pretty good. -Yeah.
-But my favorite one was a guy who came on.
He was talking about Starbucks.
And Mum just goes, "What's Starbucks?"
I'm from a small place.
[ Laughter ]
And he, sort of -- that took him aback because we --
Everyone knows what Starbucks is and he's like,
"It's McDonald's for coffee."
That's how he -- -That's a good one.
-He recovered. -Yep, he recovered.
But it did take him a bit more time to get his rhythm back.
-'Cause who would ever say, "What's Starbucks?"
-Yeah, I know someone.
[ Laughter ]
And anyway, so, but that's how perfect my mom's timing is.
She waited till he got his rhythm back
before she continued her conversation, which --
And so, he got his rhythm back.
And she said, "Oh, I thought you were talking about a movie."
[ Laughter ]
-This guy's like, "What is going on, ma'am?"
-And so he lost his rhythm again.
-Yeah. -And then -- so, she thought,
"I'll let him get his rhythm back."
And he did.
And just as he got his rhythm back,
Mum's going, "Oh, no, I was thinking about 'Star Wars.'"
[ Laughter and applause ]
-His whole act is gone.
-Gone. And mine. -And yours as well.
I would like to show everyone a clip of your special.
Here is Hannah Gadsby in "Nanette."
Take a look at this.
-I don't even like the flag.
Controversial.
There, I've said it.
Now, the pride flag.
Now, I love what it means.
That is perfect -- pride. Wonderful.
But the flag itself -- mm, a bit busy.
[ Laughter ]
It's just six very shouty assertive colors
stacked on top of each other.
No rest for the eye.
[ Laughter ]
An afternoon of that waving in my face,
I need to express my identity through the metaphor of a nap.
[ Laughter ]
-Hannah Gadsby, everybody. [ Cheers and applause ]
"Nanette" is on Netflix now.