Watch Ricky Gervais’ Golden Globes Monologue
Ever since it was announced that Ricky Gervais would host the Golden Globes for the fourth time, there has been a big fuss made about the big shots he’d be taking at Hollywood in his opening monologue. After overhyping Gervais’ role as the man who would take down Hollywood, the media has already started releasing their reviews and so far the consensus seems to be that Gervais’ shots were too cheap, and too politically incorrect. Caitlyn Jenner jokes are still off-limits. Variety called Gervais’ jokes “tired”, “hacky”, and full of “cheap shots” and said his jokes weren’t sharp enough to explain his demeanor of “smug satisfaction.” Deadline made reference to Gervais’ takedown of Jennifer Lawrence’s campaign for equal pay for women. Fox News called his jokes “crass”, ABC said And our Twitter feed wasn’t letting Gervais off easy either.
Watch the video then scroll down to see the reactions from our twitter feed to see some of the reactions from Gervais’ fellow comics, and comedy writers.
ricky gervais is exactly the kind of person the ricky gervais of 10 years ago would’ve ripped apart
— andy levy (@andylevy) January 11, 2016
The only thing more uncomfortable than Ricky Gervais' monologue is his gout
— Matteo Lane (@MatteoLane) January 11, 2016
It has only been 30 minutes and Ricky Gervais is already drunk ..#loveit #GoldenGlobes
— Loni Love (@LoniLove) January 11, 2016
Prediction: Ricky Gervais will tell the audience to shut up more often than Trump at a debate. #GoldenGlobes
— Sam Grittner (@SamGrittner) January 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/tceraulo/status/686353647626620930
Wow, are people still pretending that there is something edgy about Ricky Gervais' gentle massaging of his Hollywood chums? #GoldenGlobes
— James Mullinger (@jamesmullinger) January 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/scullymike/status/686370774534373376
Bonus: Ricky and Mel
