These Are The Most Controversial Moments Of Ricky Gervais' Career
Ricky Gervais is probably one of the most notable comedians out there whether people like his jokes or not. To the British comedian’s fans, his jokes are just the epitome of biting satire as well as the British wit. Suffice to say that Gervais does not hold back and is definitely bold and blunt with jokes. He is unafraid of sharing his thoughts on any matter whether they are offensive or not. Due to his comic nature, he actually got into a massive backlash numerous times. Take a look at his most controversial moments in Hollywood.
8 Defended Chris Rock’s Alopecia Joke
Ricky Gervais is no stranger to provoking the celebrities while hosting awards shows and the 60-year-old comedian did not hold back in giving his piece of mind about the matter. He went on to say on Twitter that one should not hit others over a joke no matter how bad it is. He went on to say that the Chris Rock's joke was not even offensive and probably the tamest joke he’s ever heard. He continued to make fun of the situation and said that he read people thought it was offensive because the joke made fun of Jada’s disability to which he said that he’s probably disabled too because he’s going a bit thin. He went on to add that he now has the privileges of the disabled people because he has some extra weight which is also a disease.
7 Mocked Transgender Women On His Netflix Special
Just recently, his latest Netflix special titled SuperNature was released on the streaming service last May 24, and he once again stirred the pot by mocking the transgender women. After Netflix suffered a massive backlash after Dave Chappelle’s transphobic jokes on 2021 Netflix special The Closer, they have once again in the middle of controversy after Ricky Gervais’ SuperNature was released. Gervais has used the transgender community as his punch line on the show and even mentioned the name of Eddie Izzard who has long been identified as a transgender and has already used female pronouns like her and she about two years ago.
6 Insulted The Royal Family
Gervais has once happily insulted the British royal family in 2018. After the New Year’s Honours list was announced that year, he was a little hurt he was not included on the list. He took his frustrations to twitter and furiously told the family that they could just shove the knighthood. Included in the blunt tweet of the comedian, he initially stated that he was a son of an immigrant laborer who did not have anything to piss in until he was 40. However now that he is Britain’s most successful international comedian, he could just piss in anything he wants.
5 Called Out The Catholic Church
Ricky Gervais usually jokes about Hollywood and the royal family which have been pretty much the target of his jokes. However, the comedian has proven that he would not leave anyone out and that includes the Catholic Church. Gervais is self-proclaimed atheist, and he decided that religion needed some special mention on his jokes during the Golden Globes’ night in 2016. He mentioned the film Spotlight which is a true story based on some Boston-based journalists who have revealed the sexual abuse from the Catholic Church. He said that the Catholic Church was furious about the film because it basically exposed that 5% of all their priests have repeatedly molested the minors.
4 Gervais' Transphobic Tweets
Gervais has long been targeting the transgender community before his Netflix special even started. He stated that the biological women will never understand what it is like for someone becoming a lady later in life. He then added that the transgender community is taking their girlie privileges for granted while they win at female sports and have their own toilets. He ended the tweet by saying that enough is enough.
3 Insulted A Handful Of Hollywood A-listers
During the time when Ricky Gervais was hosting the Golden Globe Awards for the fifth time, it was pretty obvious that he does not plan on toning down his controversial jokes. During his opening monologues on the awards night, he insulted a few Hollywood A-listers including Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and a lot more. The British comedian does not try to hide his disdain for Hollywood. Tom Hanks was even seen pressing his lips while Ricky was speaking.
2 Joked About The Late Jeffrey Epstein
Ricky Gervais does not seem to hold back and even the people who already left the earth are not safe. While he was hosting the Golden Globes in 2020 he made a dig on some Hollywood people, and it included the late Jeffrey Epstein. He went on to mention his who called Afterlife which is a story of man who wanted to kill himself because his wife died of cancer. He said that since there is a season two, the lead character obviously did not kill himself just like Jeffrey Epstein.
1 His Infamous HBO Moment
Over a decade ago, Ricky Gervais has sat down with Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Louis C.K. for the HBO special titled Talking Funny in 2011. While C.K. and Rock was having a conversation about black people, the word nigger came out and while Seinfeld was seen visibly uncomfortable with Rock and C.K,’s conversation, Gervais chimed in and said that he and Seinfeld should pair up in different ways but not in this manner. He then added saying who says nigger on stage. The people who have watched it said that it seems like Gervais was even proud that he was able to say the word on stage.
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