Australian comedian Adam Hills is officially revoking his offer to send the Westboro Baptist Church to Iraq.
On his UK show “The Last Leg” over the weekend, Hills explained that he would donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital the money he had jokingly reserved to send members of the Westboro Baptist Church to protest ISIS in Iraq.
Hills came up with the idea of sending the Westboro Baptist Church protesters to Iraq after they proclaimed that recently deceased actor Robin Williams was “in hell” for playing gay characters and threatened to participate in a demonstration at his funeral.
Despite considering his proposal and receiving several spirited tweets from Westboro Baptist Church, Hills decided that he didn’t want to spread the organization’s “message of hate” to other parts of the world.
“They know that the more hate they preach, the more publicity they’ll get,” Hills added. “These guys are so desperate for attention, they make Lady Gaga look like Salman Rushdie.”
“Here’s the thing, Westboro Baptist Church,” Hills continued. “If I send you to Iraq, I’ll be doing exactly what your God would want. And, you know what? I don’t like your God. He’s a bit of a d–k. I had a chat with my God during the week, and she said I should do something positive.”
Thus, Hills decided to donate money he could have used on airfare for the Westboro Baptist Church protesters to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the name of Robin Williams. After asking his viewers to follow his lead and make donations, Hills has raised over $90,000 for the hospital.
Hills had one final message for Westboro Baptist Church at the end of his segment.
“If you’re watching: Our conversation is over,” concluded the comedian.
In Hill’s original rant against Westboro Baptist Church earlier in the month, the funny man suggested the protesters would be better off serving the Christian religion in Iraq than demonstrating at Robin Williams’ funeral.
“How about putting your money where your mouth is, taking a direct flight to Iraq and picketing the people threatening to behead Christians if they don’t convert,” said Hills. “Surely that’s more of a threat to Christianity than the guy who said, ‘Do you think God every gets stoned? Look at a platypus. I think you think he might.'”
He then promised he would “personal pay” for the church members to travel to Iraq.
“I will even fly you first class and pay for the carbon offset,” added Hills.
Watch both clips from “The Last Leg” below.
