Comedian Nikki Osborne sparked controversy on Monday after she shared a meme comparing the Covid vaccine mandate to rape.
And the 40-year-old continued to raise eyebrows with her antics hours later, appearing topless on Channel 10's stand-up comedy show Just For Laughs: Uncut.
Nikki, who hosts the late-night program, raised eyebrows as she closed the show with a 'nude' scene filmed in a bar - her bare breasts pixelated as she addressed the camera.
Daring to bare: Comedian Nikki Osborne, 40, (pictured) went topless in a during her Channel 10 stand-up show on Monday night- hours after facing backlash for comparing Covid vaccine mandates to RAPE
Standing with a whisky glass in one hand, the I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! star declared: 'Well, I promised there'd be nudity... and this is why they pay me the big bucks.'
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Share'We'll see you next time on Just For Laughs: Uncut,' she said, breaking into laughter.
Nikki faced backlash earlier on Monday after she shared a tasteless meme on Instagram.
That's one way to entice viewers! Nikki, who hosts the late-night program, raised eyebrows as she closed the show with a 'nude' scene filmed in a bar - her bare breasts pixelated as she addressed the camera
Not shy: Standing with a whisky glass in one hand, the I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! star declared: 'Well, I promised there'd be nudity... and this is why they pay me the big bucks'
Her since-deleted post showed convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein next to actress Lindsay Lohan, alongside the caption: 'The original no jab, no job.'
The meme was in reference to Covid-19 vaccine mandates, and compared them to Weinstein's 'casting couch' crimes and the wider Hollywood practice of actresses having sex with influential producers in exchange for film roles.
Anger: Nikki faced backlash earlier on Monday after she shared a tasteless meme on Instagram
Tasteless: The I'm a Celebrity star faced backlash this week for posting a meme that compared vaccine mandates to rape. Her since-deleted post showed convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein next to actress Lindsay Lohan, alongside the caption: 'The original no jab, no job'
The disgraced American film producer is serving a 23-year sentence after a jury found him guilty in March 2020 of rape and sexual assault.
In a series of videos shared to Instagram Stories on Monday, fellow reality star Abbie Chatfield said: 'I don't know if you're anti-vax, I will assume you're not because that would be awkward for a live performer.
'Imagine a female in the industry to think it's funny to make fun of rape and sexual assault victims. Jokes about rape aren't funny. Unless it's about your own sexual assault as a coping mechanism.
Outrage: In a series of videos shared to Instagram Stories on Monday, fellow reality star Abbie Chatfield called Nikki out for her shocking social media post
Fury: 'I don't know if you're anti-vax, I will assume you're not because that would be awkward for a live performer,' Abbie (pictured) began
Bad taste: Abbie continued, 'Imagine a female in the industry to think it's funny to make fun of rape and sexual assault victims. Jokes about rape aren't funny'
'Have you been sexually assaulted Nikki? If you have, what are you doing? If you haven't, what are you doing? Have you got a friend who has been raped? Because most people have.'
Abbie went on: 'So for you to sit there and make a joke likening the vaccine that is saving lives to rape...
'I don't know if you're anti-vax but it's a ridiculous joke. Likening the vaccine to rape is one of the most disgusting things I have seen in my entire life.
'Imagine being so s**t at comedy that you have to make fun of rape victims.'
Not finished yet: Abbie went on, 'So for you to sit there and make a joke likening the vaccine that is saving lives to rape... I don't know if you're anti-vax but it's a ridiculous joke. Likening the vaccine to rape is one of the most disgusting things I have seen in my entire life'
Reply: Nikki later responded to the controversy, writing on Instagram: 'Dear Mob, You've been misinformed. Your quarrel is not with me. I'm on your team. Warmest, Casting couch survivor'
The reality star then questioned why Nikki was using her large platform, and fame as the host of Just for Laughs Uncut, to share such material.
'And being a female comedian in this industry, and making fun of rape victims, and still being able to host a TV show. Maybe try and muster up some empathy,' she said.
Nikki later responded to the controversy, writing on Instagram Stories: 'Dear Mob, You've been misinformed. Your quarrel is not with me. I'm on your team. Warmest, Casting couch survivor.'
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Nikki Osbourne for additional comment.
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Questions: Abbie questioned why Nikki was using her large platform, and fame as the host of Just for Laughs Uncut, to share such material
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