Comedian and former Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais is speaking out about the dangers of cancel culture once again. The often controversial comedian and creator of the U.K.
22.07.2020 - 18:49 / nme.com
After Life on Twitter.The comedian, who co-created The Office with Gervais, made a jab at the existential Netflix comedy by answering the prompt “What is your least favourite bit of movie shorthand?” asked by ITV film critic James King.In his reply, Merchant said, “Watching old home movies of dead child/wife = inability to move on.” While he did not explicitly name After Life, the series focuses on Gervais’ character Tony who is mourning his wife, who died of breast cancer.Merchant’s followers
.Comedian and former Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais is speaking out about the dangers of cancel culture once again. The often controversial comedian and creator of the U.K.
Metro in a new interview, Gervais spoke of how he thinks cancel culture is “not cool” and objects to internet users “trying to get someone fired” because they disagree with their sense of humour.“If it is choosing not to watch a comedian because you don’t like them, that’s everyone’s right,” Gervais said.
Metro in a new interview. "You turning off your own TV isn't censorship.
© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Ever since the second season of dropped on earlier this year, fans have been begging comedian and actor to bring back the show for a third. The comedy-drama, which stars Ricky as the lead Tony, tells the story of his journey after losing his wife to cancer.
Ricky Gervais has backed a fundraiser for the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as it was his first paid comedy gig. Venue Just The Tonic has started a cash campaign to help them restart for the Fringe in 2021 as this year's was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The actor, best known for being the star of BBC comedy The Office, was appearing on US TV’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert when he shared the unusual idea.The star even said it would be “brilliant” for the lions to munch his private parts.The 59-year-old said: “I do not care about my body. Feed me to the lions.“Like, me just being thrown into the lion’s cage at the zoo and people, all tourists, going, ‘Is that the bloke from The Office?’.
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