The 6 Most Offensive Things Ricky Gervais Said in His Opening Monologue

This evening marks the fourth time British comedian Ricky Gervais was invited to host the Golden Globes. He has been criticised in the past for, let’s say, for his colorful commentary. Tonight, Ricky attempted to be on best behavior, but he couldn’t really help himself.

Here are our favorite of Ricky’s most offensive lines:

1. “Relax. I’m gonna try to be nice. You’re global megastars with amazing talent, most of you. A few of you just married well. You know who you are, we all do.”

2. “As I say, I’m gonna be nice tonight. I’ve changed. Not as much as Bruce Jenner, obviously, now Caitlyn Jenner, of course. What a year she’s had. She became a role model for trans people everywhere, showing great bravery in breaking down barriers and destroying stereotypes. She didn’t do a lot for women drivers, but you can’t have everything, can you? Not at the same time.”

3. “The president of the Hollywood Foreign Press just told me that if I say anything offensive, or crass, or resort to innuendo he’s gonna come out here and personally pull me off. So, that’s an offer I couldn’t refuse. Yes, yes, that is the level—an old man pulling me off. Again, at least Jeffrey Tambor did it in a dress.”

4. “Jennifer Lawrence made the news when she demanded equal pay for women in Hollywood and she received overwhelming support from people everywhere. There were marches on the street with nurses and factory workers saying, ‘How the hell could a25-year-old live on 52 million?’… But joking aside, of course women should be paid the same as men for doing the same job. And I’d like to say now that I am getting paid exactly the same as Tina and Amy did last year. I know there were two of them, but it’s not my fault ife they want to share the money, is it? That’s their stupid fault. It’s funny because it’s true.”

5. “All female remakes are the big thing. There’s a female remake of Ghostbusters, there’s going to be a female remake of Ocean’s Eleven. And this is brilliant for the studios, because they get guaranteed box office results and they don’t have to spend too much money on the cast.”

6. “The Hollywood Foreign Press deemed The Martian a comedy and even nominated it and hence Matt Damon is here tonight, so that worked out a treat, didn’t it? To be fair, The Martian was a lot funnier than Pixels. But then again, so was Schindler’s List. It’s just a film.”

• 2016
• entertainment
• golden globes