Hannah Gadsby tells Colbert her new show involves "dangerous" anti-vaxxer material

Fans are loving Gadsby's interview with late night host Stephen Colbert.

Hannah Gadsby

Hannah Gadsby has appeared on 'The Late Show' with Stephen Colbert. Source: Getty Images

Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss a number of important matters including Beyoncé and anti-vaxxers.

Gadsby, arguably Tasmania's most famous former resident, gave the interview as part of her promotional tour for her new comedy show, Douglas, which is the highly anticipated follow-up to Nanette (or 'Nanetflix', as she's come to call it).

Sharing the interview on social media, Gadsby wrote: "So... not my normal demographic...but and I fell in love a bit. You can witness it tonight on the thing that it is on... you know? Yeah you do... I trust you."
As the pair clearly hit it off, Gadsby gave viewers a sneak peak of what can be expected from her Douglas tour, which reaches Australia in December of this year.

"In my show I talk about having autism and I do do some anti-vaxxer material, which is... dangerous," she told Colbert.

"At the end of it I encourage people who don't want to vaccinate their children, that instead of having children, perhaps they should get a pet rock?"
Hannah Gadsby
One of Gatsby's 'pet rocks'. Source: CBS
Gadsby proceeded to show Colbert a number of 'pet rocks' she has signed and decorated, which she'll be selling to raise funds for charity.

“I’ve signed them… I’m selling them for a charity for women and girls with autism,” she explained. “And non-binary folk, and anyone in a marginalised gender, which pretty much means everyone except you, Stephen.”

You can watch the full interview below:

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Published 7 August 2019 3:58pm
By Samuel Leighton-Dore

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