Ricky Gervais turns down chance to be first stand-up comic in space

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Ricky Gervais revealed that he has gained 5lbs since lockdown started, showing off his figure in a hilarious shirtless photo.MORE: Ricky Gervais reveals very royal feature in £10.8million homeTaking a photo of himself from an awkward angle, the A-lister could be seen pulling a funny face as he wrote: "I've put on at least 5lbs during this latest lockdown.

The Sun, the After Life comedian was invited to perform a comedy set on a commercial trip to space but wouldn’t want to “risk it”.“I was offered one of these things where you go up into space for 15 minutes,” Gervais said, apparently calling the idea “mad” and saying “I’m careful crossing the road.”He added: “It was like a group of billionaires and they offered me the chance to be the first comedian to do a stand-up show in space. I went, ‘No.

David Bowie, and how the late star tracked him down “like the FBI” afterwards.The pair shared a strong relationship, with Bowie appearing on Gervais’ show Extras, and Gervais returning the favour with a stand-up set at the Bowie-curated High Line festival in New York in 2007.“I was invited to a special performance by Bowie at BBC TV Centre,” Gervais remembered of the pair’s first meeting in a new interview with The Telegraph.“In the green room afterwards, then director-general Greg Dyke bounced

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Unsurprisingly London zoo have turned down Ricky Gervais’s kind offer to let them feed his corpse to the lions when he dies.

Ricky Gervais hasn’t gotten up from his chair in months.

Daily Mail: “I suspect Ricky may be a bit gristly for our lions.”The comments come after Gervais told Conan O’Brien he would like to “give something back”.“It would be good to be fed to lions at London Zoo,” The Office star explained. “It would be good to give something back.

Boy George, Ricky Gervais, Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor and a supergroup led by Jane’s Addiction‘s Dave Navarro, have been added to the line-up of the special charity livestream event which will honour David Bowie‘s life and career this weekend.A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day! will be streamed globally on Friday (January 8) to mark what would have been the late artist’s 74th birthday.

Ricky Gervais says he’d love for his body to be devoured by animals at the London Zoo when he dies.