Hannah Gadsby has revealed she no longer plans to quit comedy.

The Australian comedian has told Jimmy Fallon she would be an "idiot" if she turned her back on her stand-up career after the success of her Netflix special Nanette.

The live recording, which was shot at the Sydney Opera House in 2017, earned worldwide praise thanks to Gadsby's interrogation of comedy, history, trauma and misogyny. The Australian has since been profiled by everyone from Rolling Stone magazine to The New York Times.

The Netflix special sees Gadsby come to the realisation that she doesn't want to do comedy any more because she doesn't want to make herself – or other minorities – the butt of jokes.