Ricky Gervais pictured on stage during his Armageddon special NetflixRicky Gervais has spoken out about the controversy surrounding his new Netflix comedy special. The divisive comic is about to unveil his third recorded stand-up special for the streaming platform, Armageddon, which is released on Christmas Day. What do you want me to change?”Referring to a petition that has already accrued thousands of signatories calling for Netflix to remove the joke from the special, Ricky responded: “Good luck. If I give them special attention and try and placate them, I’ve annoyed the other millions of people that got the joke. Two blokes didn’t really walk into a pub.”Last year, Ricky was met with yet another backlash over his second Netflix special SuperNature, over jokes made about the transgender community during his set.

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2023 15:49 UTC