Tig Notaro

And I didn't know if I was actually going to do it, but when I –

When my surgery was lined up to have a double mastectomy, I became aware of my body in a way that I hadn't been before.

And I started to realize like, oh, I like my body.

I don't necessarily want it to change.

And so I was really upset that I was going to have this surgery and have these scars.

And then when I came out of surgery and I was going home, I was with the actress and my dear friend Lake Bell.

And I told her, I said, oh, my gosh, I keep having these visions and thoughts of taking my shirt off on stage.

And it makes me giddy.

And she was like, oh, Tiggy, you got to do it.

She was like, that is the best idea.

And then as time went on and I kept thinking about it, I thought, well, I already had my surgery months ago because it took me a while to kind of get back into life after I was sick.

And and and then once I was on stage, which was months after my surgery, I

And even though I thought the window had closed, I realized that it's always there.

And I tried it out at a couple of venues.

I tried it out at Largo in Los Angeles.

And then I tried it out at... I think it's called Town Hall in New York City.

And once I tried it a couple of times, I just thought, this is so exhilarating.

Because...

The people in the audience were stunned.

But then – and I don't acknowledge it.