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(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) British comedian Ricky Gervais drew rebukes from the left-wing LGBT mob after making a joke about transgender “females.”
Ricky Gervais is a disgrace, he is going to cause hate crime and ultimately the death of Trans folk. Anyone who needs to vilify minorities to get a laugh is the most evil hateful soul and seriously needs mental help https://t.co/0odAuWMUWp
— Dr Amy Roberts (@DRAmRoberts) May 24, 2022
In his latest Netflix special, SuperNature, Gervais mocked the current belief in Western society that men can be women if they identify as such, Big Leage Politics reported.
“Oh, women! Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. Those f**king dinosaurs,” he began.
“I love the new women,” Gervais continued. “They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately. The ones with beards and c**ks. They’re as good as gold, I love them.”
He then made fun of the fact that the safety of real women is not important if it hurts the agenda that the Left tries to push.
“And now the old-fashioned ones say, ‘Oh, they want to use our toilets,’ said Gervais.
“‘Why shouldn’t they use your toilets?’ ‘For ladies!’” he continued, imaginining the absurd hypothetical conversation. “‘They are ladies—look at their pronouns! What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his penis.’ ‘Her penis, you f**king bigot!’ ‘What if he rapes me?’ ‘What if she rapes you, you f**king TERF whore?’”
Just as with fellow comedian Dave Chapelle, Gervais received harsh backlash from trans activists on social media after making these remarks.
Ricky Gervais has a new stand up show out on Netflix today.
5 minutes in and he’s making jokes about trans women attacking & raping people in public bathrooms. To him we exist only as a punchline, a threat, something less than human.
— Esme (@discount_Ripley) May 24, 2022
Ricky Gervais doing a set on trans folks.
How daring. How novel. How heroic!Comedy that really makes you think!
Made me think of a man called Barry who sits in a pub in Hyde sipping a John Smiths all day, reading the Mail, making similar gags and complaining about immigrants.— Paul Husband (@PaulHusband_) May 24, 2022
In honour of Ricky Gervais and his 2-4-1 rant on trans people and cancel culture, I am in fact, cancelling. Thanks @netflix #TransRightsAreHumanRights pic.twitter.com/fuW0d169rg
— Big Red (@bigredgaymer) May 24, 2022
However, the star of the UK’s original version of The Office is no stranger to making irreverent and provocative remarks that risk running afoul of Hollywood’s cancel-culture.
In 2020, Gervais drew headlines for delivering a now-famous speech at the 2020 Golden Globes in which he touched on several taboo topics.
He has gone on to be a regular roaster of awards ceremonies like the Oscars. Most recently, he drew fire for reposting an old alopecia joke after Will Smith, slapped comedian Chris Rock at the ceremony for mocking his wife’s medical condition.
“And she’s got alopecia. So… not a happy homelife.” pic.twitter.com/b1NYWWIncX
— David Brent Music (@DavidBrentMovie) March 28, 2022
Such savage zingers directed at Hollywood’s elite make it no surprise that Gervais seemed willing to stake his career and reputation on defending the role of comedy.
“You can’t predict what will be offensive in the future,” Gervais said in the new special.
“You won’t find a 10-year-old tweet of someone saying, ‘Women don’t have penises,’” he continued. “Know why? We didn’t think we f**king had to!”
Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.
