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Ricky Gervais Revealed he cut a joke about Jason Momoa from one of his friends golden globe award monologue because he worried it was racist.
in comedian’s new Netflix stand-up comedy special, die, Posting Tuesday, he praised the Hollywood Foreign Press Association never censors his jokes During his five appearances hosting the awards show, he explained that he stopped himself from telling jokes that might cause backlash.
“I said before that the Ballon d’Or never stopped me from making a joke, and that’s absolutely true,” Gervais, 64, said. “But I just remembered the joke I held myself back from because I bottled it and I thought I was being too cautious. I wanted to share it with you.”
He continued, “So I had the opportunity to introduce Jason Momoa. So I guess the meta-joke was to show my hypocrisy and cowardice. I can attack actors—who’s afraid of actors?—but when it comes to a big shot, right, I’m not that brave.
“So I wanted to say, ‘I have nothing bad to say about our next host because he has a dick like a baby’s arm.'” I told my friend I was going to do this, and my friend said, “Do you think people are going to think this is racist?” I asked, ‘Why is this racist?’ ‘”
He said his friend responded, “Well, because he’s a person of color,” to which Gervais responded, “That has nothing to do with that. It has to do with the fact that he’s so big and he probably has a dick like a baby’s arms.” So I didn’t do that. “
The comedian recently spoke about his reputation for making off-color jokes during a Radio 4 comedy special. this cultural lifehe claimed that the working class was the only group Comedians can make jokes without causing backlash.
“You’re a product of your time and you do make things for the people of your time. I’ll put a trigger warning on things, but I’m not going to go back and change things,” Gervais said. “Do I regret anything? No. Would I do anything differently now? Probably.”
Gervais hosts Golden Globe Awards In 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2020, he claimed it would be his “Last time” in character.
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comedian Nikki Glaser This year will host the show for the second consecutive year. The awards ceremony will be held on January 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.