![]() What’s the matter guys, too challenging for you?’" If you don’t like being challenged, don’t watch my show. "People on the internet get upset about it… the comedian’s always like, ‘Bad luck, that’s my job, I’m a stand-up comedian, I’m there to challenge people. They walk straight on stage, top of their specials sometimes, and do 10 solid minutes just slagging off transgender people. No one tells them what they can and can’t say. Seemingly in response to Frankie's criticism, Ricky tweeted a few days later: "I look down on everyone equally."Īnother comedian who has taken aim at Gervais is James Acaster, whose rant about comics "slagging off transgender people" to be edgy has resurfaced and gone viral.ĭuring his Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 tour in 2019, James said: "They say whatever they like, edgy comedians. "I would like him to have the same respect for trans people as he seems to have for animals. "But really, it’s that I saw him doing his routine about trans people and I thought it was very lazy. "If you’re a stand-up watching him, you feel like, ‘oh, that’s someone doing a version of what we do'," said Frankie. "I mean, look, we know Ricky Gervais, he’s a brilliant actor, he’s a brilliant writer, he’s not a f**king stand-up comedian! Just ‘cos Ricky Gervais self-identifies as a stand-up comedian, am I supposed to say that he is one? It’s f**king political correctness gone mad!"īBC/Zeppotron/Endemol Shine UK/Brian J Ritchie)įrankie, who himself sparked outrage in the past by mocking Harvey Price, spoke to Louis Theroux on his Grounded podcast in December 2020 about Ricky's comments about trans people. "My genuine reaction was, it’s not that much weirder than Ricky Gervais saying that he’s a stand-up comedian," said Frankie at one of his shows. The former Mock The Week star slammed his colleague's ability to do stand-up comedy and urged him to stick to creating TV shows. One of those who has hit out at Gervais, somewhat surprisingly, was controversial Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle. But you can’t have everything, can you? Not at the same time." She became a role model for trans people everywhere – showing great bravery in breaking down barriers and destroying stereotypes," said Gervais. When he was hosting the Golden Globes in 2016, Ricky started making jokes about Caitlyn Jenner and the fatal car accident she was involved in. Get the news you want straight to your inbox. Ricky Gervais has come under fire for jokes in his new Netflix special It's certainly not the first time that Gervais has made jokes about the trans community - and he has been slammed by fellow comics for his material. "And now the old-fashioned ones say, ‘Oh, they want to use our toilets.’ ‘Why shouldn’t they use your toilets?’ ‘For ladies!’ ‘They are ladies - look at their pronouns! What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his penis.’ ‘Her penis, you f***ing bigot!’ ‘What if he rapes me?’ ‘What if she rapes you, you fucking TERF w***e?'” They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately. ![]() The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. ![]() In a long segment in the special, he says: "Oh, women! Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. Just four minutes into his new comedy special, SuperNature, the comedian unleashed a string of jokes which have been labelled "toxic" and "transphobic". The Office creator, who has been heavily praised for the third season of his Netflix series Afterlife, has now come crashing back down to earth after causing a scandal online. Ricky Gervais has found himself in hot water one again for his controversial trans 'jokes'.
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