Sunday's Golden Globes marked Ricky Gervais' fifth and final time as host and, as promised, the star pulled out all the stops when it came to pushing the envelope of taste and what is legally allowable on television.
08.01.2020 - 16:46 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Ricky Gervais's latest stint as the host of the Golden Globes left the famous faces in the audience cringing.
The comedian, 58, made a number of shocking jokes about some of the most controversial stories of the moment, including jibes at Prince Andrew and Harvey Weinstein.
"Let's have a laugh at your expense," Gervais said at the start of his opening monologue, in which he vowed that the ceremony would be his last time hosting.
"Remember we're all gonna die soon. And there's no sequel."
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Sunday's Golden Globes marked Ricky Gervais' fifth and final time as host and, as promised, the star pulled out all the stops when it came to pushing the envelope of taste and what is legally allowable on television.
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Ricky Gervais, hosting the Golden Globes for the fifth time, repeatedly assured the audience he didn’t care about its gasps and shocked reactions to his most controversial jokes — after all, he said, it’s his last time hosting.“Let’s have a laugh at your expense, shall we? Remember, they’re just jokes,” he advised the famous members of the audience.“We’re all gonna die soon, and there’s no sequel.”Here are some of the most scathing lines – except for the vulgar digs about James Corden and Judi
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