Ricky Gervais says he 'bulletproofs' his jokes for Golden Globes Award after Kevin Hart's Oscars ouster
Ricky Gervais will be back as the host for Golden Globe Awards this year and he is already on a full swing to make people fall off their seats while laughing. However, hosting the show comes with a great responsibility as the comedian shared that he is careful of the jokes he says after Kevin Hart was fired from hosting the Oscars.
"I write jokes and they're considered and I make sure they're bulletproof," he said while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter. "Nowadays, you've got to make sure they're bulletproof in 10 years, with people going through saying, "He said this once, 10 years ago." Kevin Hart lost his job as Oscars host for 10-year-old tweets that he said he was sorry about and deleted at the time. So there's more pressure on making the jokes bulletproof. It's the world watching. This isn't me in a comedy club."
However, the entire reason for him to agree to host the show was that he said it was "fun". "Do I pander to the 200 privileged egos in the room, or do I try and entertain a global audience of 200 million people sitting at home who aren't winning awards?" Well, no contest," he said.
He continued, "I try and make it a spectator sport. I try and play the outsider. It would be nauseating for me to come out and go, "Hey, George, how you doing, thanks for letting me use your villa. Hey, Brad, see you tonight, yeah?" It's horrible. I've got to be the bloke sitting at home who shouldn't have been invited. That's who I've got to be."
The comedian stated that he would be willing to host the show for free if given a chance. "Yeah, of course, but that's not why I do it. I've got enough fucking money. I said to my agent, "I won't do for money anything I wouldn't do for free." He went, "Please don't say that ever again," he said.