Tig Notaro

That's crazy.

What if somebody in the audience has cancer?

And then I was like, wait, I have cancer.

I can do this.

This is my story.

And so I did.

I walked out on stage and said, hello, good evening.

I have cancer.

And it was recorded and released and became the number one selling comedy album of the year.

And

Which shocked me, but so many people could relate to losing a loved one or have been touched by cancer in some way in their lives and gone through a breakup.

So, yeah, that's what I did.

Well, I mean...

It's really actually been quite a run of looking back at that time because, yeah, there's controlling the narrative because it's so vulnerable and I'm speaking publicly and all of that stuff.

But I actually realized as time went on that more than anything, I was probably needing support.

And that's...

probably the most honest answer of what what was going on it was yes i wanted to do stand-up again but i also i was without my mother my girlfriend was gone i was this was my home was on stage essentially i'd been doing stand-up for decades at that point and that audience at night was i always say it was like the exact perfect people there to receive that information what made them perfect

They went on the ride.

Nobody, people thought I was kidding when I walked out and said, hello, good evening.

I have cancer.