The Golden Globes might be returning to its former glory in 2023 after being relegated to a sad mere Twitter thread this year, but donโt hold your breath for Ricky Gervais to return as the notoriously dull award ceremonyโs acid-tongued emcee anytime soon (if ever).
A viral clip of Gervais scorching pretty much all of Hollywood captioned with โRetweet if you wish @rickygervais would host the Golden Globes again in 2023โ has recently been doing the rounds. Attracting well over 37 million views โ and with The Office (UK) creator explicitly tagged โ naturally, it was only a matter of time before said tweet/clip caught his attention.
โFuck that,โ Ricky Gervais, 61, simply quote retweeted with a laughing emoji. No elaboration necessary despite the pleads from an entire legion of fans, like the certified GigaChad he is.
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Ricky Gervais enjoyed a renewed sense of infamy/support from the general population after hosting the Golden Globes for the fifth and final occasion back in 2020. During an interview with The Guardian, he explained there was indeed a method behind his brutality.
โDo I pander to the 200 billionaires in the room or the 200 million people at home sitting in their [underwear] drinking beer who arenโt winning awards, who arenโt billionaires?โ said Ricky Gervais.
โItโs a no-brainer for a comedian. Iโm a jester. I play to the other peasants in the mud. I wasnโt going in terrible. Think of the things I could have saidโฆ Think of the fucking terrible things I could have joked about. Itโs off the charts โ Itโs. Off. The. Charts โ the terrible things I could say.โ
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Although that isnโt to say he didnโt have any supporters among the crowd of elites a la Johnny Depp after the demolition job Ricky Gervais exacted upon him circa 2011.
โRobert De Niro was just crying with laughter when I made a joke about Hugh Hefner and his young bride. He called me after a week and said: โI wanna say you did a great job.โ โOh man,โ I said, โI annoyed some people.โ He said: โFuck โem, they were jokes.โโ
The 2023 Golden Globes might be off the table (for the time being), but perhaps there may come a day where Ricky Gervais is called up to the big leagues for some iteration of the Academy Awards. Although letโs be real: the heightened level of self-congratulatory pleasantries probably isnโt his cup of tea.
Check out Ricky Gervaisโ greatest confirmed kills secured at the Golden Globes (2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, & 2020) below.
