Ricky Gervais Calls Oscars Joke Tame, Reveals Line He’d Have Used – Deadline

Ricky Gervais gave followers a extra fulsome concept of what his jokes would have been, had be been in Chris Rock’s place on the Oscars.

Gervais, who has hosted the Golden Globes 5 instances, stated in a latest video chat with followers that Rock’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair was “just like the tamest joke I might’ve ever advised.”

When folks requested the frequent Globes host what would have occurred to him in the identical circumstances he replied, “Nothing.”

“Nothing would occur to me as a result of I wouldn’t have advised a joke about his spouse’s hair. I’d have advised a joke about her boyfriend.” (Pinkett Smith has stated she was “in a relationship” with a youthful man when she and Smith had been on a break from their relationship in 2020.)

As for Pinkett Smith’s hair — she suffers from alopecia, which happens when the immune system assaults hair follicles, inflicting uneven hair loss — and Rock’s joke, Gervais stated, “Somebody stated it was joking about her incapacity.”

The comic’s reply?

“Effectively I’m going a bit skinny, I’m disabled,” he stated whereas pointing to his hair within the video chat. “I can park proper up subsequent to Tesco’s now [in disabled parking]. I’m fats. That’s a illness. I’m fats and balding.”