Ricky Gervais: The Couldn't-Care-Less Comedian
On "Piers Morgan Tonight," Gervais refused to apologize for Golden Globes.
Jan. 21, 2011 — -- Is anything off limits for Ricky Gervais?
It's the question on the minds of many Americans after the comedian's riotous second (last?) stint hosting the Golden Globes.
During Sunday's ceremony, he insulted nearly every actor in attendance, as well as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that hired him for the gig. He likened the women of "Sex and the City" to airbrushed androids, brought up Robert Downey Jr.'s bad times, and introduced Bruce Willis as Ashton Kutcher's father.
He's not sorry.
"They hired me for the job, and if they didn't want me, they shouldn't have hired me," he said in an interview that aired Thursday on "Piers Morgan Tonight." "I don't think I did anything wrong. I honestly ... those were, like, jibes at these people, and I'm sure they've got a sense of humor."
With a signature beer by his side, Gervais continued: "Also, I'm not judging them. I'm not judging them for what they did. I'm confronting the elephant in the room. They hired me like I'm going to go out there and not talk about the issues in their industry. I've got to be an outsider there. I mustn't come out as everyone's mate and schmooze. That's nauseating. I've got to come out there and I've got to roast them."
"My strategy is to make me laugh," he added.
Gervais was also unapologetic about his atheism, which he joked about at the Golden Globe Awards. (His sign-off from the ceremony: "Thank God for making me an atheist.")
"I'm good to people because it's the way I want to be treated and I don't believe I'll be rewarded in heaven," he told Morgan.
Prior to his appearance on Morgan's show, earlier this week, Gervais rebuked his critics on his blog. As if to drive home the fact the he doesn't give a lick about what anyone thinks of him, the post was followed by a photograph of him nearly nude on a Los Angeles balcony, wearing nothing but sunglasses and reflective gold boxer shorts.
"Can't wait for the people who thought it was over the top to see my standup shows," he wrote.
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