Hannah Gadsby: Nanette Page #2

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was enough lesbian content."

I'd been on stage the whole time.

I didn't... even straighten

up halfway through, you know?

Perhaps I've been slacking off a bit.

When I first started... the comedy,

over a decade ago, always, nothing but.

Nothing but lesbian

content. Wall to wall.

My first ever show...

was classic new gay comic

101. My coming out story.

I told lots of cool

jokes about homophobia.

Really solved... that problem.

Tick.

I told... a story about the time

this young man had almost beaten me up

because he thought...

I mean, he thought I was

cracking on to his girlfriend.

Actually, that bit was true, got

that right, but... there was a twist.

It happened late at night,

it was at the bus stop.

The pub had closed, it

was the last bus home,

and I was waiting at the bus stop.

And I was talking to a girl, and...

you know, you could say

flirting. I don't know.

And... out of nowhere, he just comes

up and starts shoving me, going,

"F*** off, you f***ing f*ggot!"

And he goes, "Keep away from my

girlfriend, you f***ing freak!"

And she's just stepped in, going,

"Whoa, stop it! It's a girl!"

And he's gone, "Oh, sorry."

He said, "Oh, I'm so sorry.

I don't hit women," he said.

What a guy!

"I don't hit women."

How about you don't hit anyone?

Good rule of thumb. And he

goes, "Sorry, I got confused.

I thought you were a f***ing f*ggot...

trying to crack on to my girlfriend."

Now I understand I have a responsibility

to help lead people out of ignorance

at every opportunity I can,

but I left him there, people.

Safety first.

The main part, the

centerpiece, of that show,

was coming out to my family,

and particularly my mom.

Because my mom is very funny.

She lives a comedy better

than I can ever write it.

Her response to me coming out,

when I told her I was

a little bit lesbian...

Baby steps.

Her response... was this.

She's just gone,"Oh, Hannah.

Why did you have to tell me that?

That's not something I need to know.

I mean, what if I told

you I was a murderer?"

It's still funny.

And it's a fair call. Murderer.

Murderer.

You would hope that's a phase.

Real jokes.

But I reckon I've been

slacking off in recent years

with my lesbian content.

I don't think I've been

representing my people

as much as I should be.

You know, last year, my grandma

asked me if I had a boyfriend.

And I realized, in that moment,

that I'd... quite forgotten...

to come out to Grandma.

I thought I'd...

I remember it being on my to-do list.

I thought, "I'll wait till

it comes up in conversation."

But it never does.

But finally it did.

But I did not take the opportunity!

No, I deflected it like a real man.

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