Anti-Trump Green Day calls for Orange Man's head



They don’t call them Ruthless for nothing.

The fellas at the “Ruthless Variety Progrum” (note the “u” is on purpose) skewer politics from a sane, right-of-center view. And they’ve leveraged classic “Veep” TV show clips to mock Vice President Kamala Harris over the last three-plus years.

They called it “Veep or Veep?”

They joked recently (if "recently" means anything beyond ten minutes ago in this hyperactive news cycle) that they ran out of old “Veep” clips to compare with Harris’ growing body of word salad quips. Yet the mind behind the HBO series is so Trump-deranged that he can’t see any resemblance between Selina Meyer and our current quasi-not-really president:

Well, for a start, Selina Meyer is not Kamala Harris. When we were making Veep, we didn’t have anyone in specific in mind. It was more we wanted people. … It really is not based on anyone. It’s just our vice president. Plus, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an amazing comedy talent, and why wouldn’t you have her as the center of your show? So it’s about that. It’s nice that Veep has been watched again, but I wouldn’t want people to think that Kamala Harris is like Selina Meyer.

OK, Jan …

Green Day ghouls

This rocker knows a thing or two about American idiots.

Like many a left-leaning celeb, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong missed the “tone down the rhetoric” memo following the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. So perhaps it’s less than shocking to learn that the 52-year-old multimillionaire rebel did something ghoulish on stage to protest Trump. He held a Trump mask aloft as if it were the former president’s actual head.

In speaking truth to power, Armstrong bravely ignored soaring inflation rates, the frightening crime levels in Democrat-controlled cities, and the Oct. 7 attacks that killed more than a 1,000 Israelis in order to go after the real enemy: a guy who hasn't been in charge of the country since early 2021.

The band even shared the clip of Armstrong's low-effort Kathy Griffin-style decapitation on its Instagram page, much to the delight of his fellow White Men for Kamala.

Who says punk is dead?

Up the Academy

Wanted: Oscars host – modest pay, global scrutiny, DNC talking points included.

Jimmy Kimmel toned down the hard-left politics earlier this year during his third Oscar hosting gig. Now he’s ready to pass the torch to another comic. Good luck.

So far, stand-up star John Mulaney has turned down the offer, which could have instantly given him the biggest spotlight of his career. Hmm.

The gig’s risks are obvious. Every joke will be put through the social X-ray machine to determine possible offense. The host’s prior career will similarly get the FBI background treatment to ensure no problematic joke has ever left his or her lips.

Just ask Kevin Hart.

Just know the one person who could rock the Oscars like no other will never be offered the gig. Ricky Gervais skewered Hollywood Inc. so thoroughly in his 2020 Golden Globes appearance that he’d instantly double the night’s ratings.

Heck, the ratings might double just by making every beautiful person in attendance memorize Gervais' 2020 advice for nominees:

So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your god, and f**k off.

Imagine getting through the Academy Awards broadcast in less time than Biden's withdrawal speech ...

Iron Man's new platinum payday

Hollywood talks a good game with its sharing-the-wealth memes and working-class platitudes. When push comes to shove, however, the message is clear: “Show me the money!”

It’s why Robert Downey Jr. just reupped for another tour of duty in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The “Iron Man” star said goodbye to the beloved character in “Avengers: Endgame” five years ago. Now he’s back to play the villainous Dr. Doom in two MCU features.

And we have his first, exclusive line of dialogue: “Ka-ching!”

Oh, wait, that’s the sound his agent made after inking the deal. Reports say Downey Jr. will walk away with “significantly more” than $80 million for his work in the two-part film saga …

Late-night host to make jokes

Just in: Seth Meyers has snagged a deal for his first HBO comedy special. Career reinvention is never easy; best of luck to Meyers as he tries his hand at being funny.

Ricky Gervais DESTROYS celebrities who tell Americans how to VOTE



Ricky Gervais has a history of speaking out against his fellow celebrities, but his response to a celebrity voting video may be his best work yet.

The 2016 video features a host of Hollywood’s favorite actors sending a message: that the American people must not vote for Donald Trump.

The celebrities repeatedly call themselves “famous people” in the video and drive the point home how important it is to get out and vote, as long as it's not for Trump.

Or, as actor Don Cheadle said in the video, “a racist, abusive coward who could permanently damage the fabric of our society.”

Gervais’ response began with him sitting up to his chin in a bathtub with his phone camera turned on himself.

“Ricky G. here, wellness and beauty influencer,” he began.

“As a celebrity, I know all about stuff like science and politics, so trust me when I tell you who you should vote for. If you don’t vote the right way, that’s like a hate crime and it makes me sad and angry and I’ll leave this country, and you don’t want that.”

Dave Rubin can’t help but love what he’s hearing.

“God, he’s just great. You must defend him with everything,” he says.


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Comedian Ricky Gervais slams critics of his latest Netflix stand-up special, vows to ignore them: 'Please don't watch'



The latest stand-up comedy special from comedian Ricky Gervais hasn't even been released yet. However, that hasn't stopped critics from feigning outrage over the comedian's stand-up routine, and even launching a petition to remove a joke from the comedy special from Netflix.

A Change.org petition with nearly 13,000 signatures is demanding Netflix "remove Ricky Gervais's offensive skit mocking terminally ill children" from his new "Armageddon" comedy special being released on Christmas day.

"I am writing this petition as a parent whose child, bravely battled cancer," the person who started the petition wrote. "The recent skit by Ricky Gervais on Netflix, where he refers to terminally ill children as 'baldy,' is not just disrespectful but also deeply hurtful. It mocks the courage and resilience of these young fighters who face their illness with grace and beauty despite their baldness."

"We believe that comedy should never come at the expense of someone else's pain or suffering – especially when it involves innocent children battling life-threatening illnesses," the petition stated.

Other critics have slammed Gervais for using a pejorative term for someone with a mental disability or who is considered stupid.

Gervais addressed the controversy in a recent interview on BBC Radio 5 Live's "Headliners" podcast, and said offending people is an "occupational hazard" for a comedian. He also said that "99 percent of it" is "faux offense."

Gervais said he is "playing a role" in his stand-up comedy, like an actor portrays a character in a movie.

"I'm literally saying in the joke that I don’t do that. But people have a reaction," Gervais said. "They don’t analyze it. They feel something – that’s what offense is. It’s a feeling. That’s why ‘I’m offended’ is quite meaningless. What do you want me to change?"

"They’re not really offended," the brash comedian stated. "They just want to be heard."

"Of all the millions of people that watched it and loved it, only a few don’t like it," Gervais continued. "If I give them special attention and try and placate them, I’ve annoyed the other millions of people that got the joke. They go, 'No, you’ve ruined it for us!'"

"I've got a duty to the people that like it and get it. I wouldn’t sit down with a heckler would I? If I’m playing to 20,000 people, I wouldn’t stop the show and explain to them. I ignore them," he added.

"I can play to a million people, I won’t get a complaint," the stand-up comedian explained. "As soon as it goes on Netflix or as soon as someone writes up a joke that says this is offensive, people go, ‘Oh, that’s offensive.’ They haven’t even heard the joke. They weren’t there. Ignore them. They don’t count. They have no effect on me. They don’t count. They’re hecklers."

"They just want a reaction … being ignored has the same psychological effect as being slapped in the face. So I really, really enjoy ignoring people,” Gervais declared.

"Some people think that a joke is a window to the comedian’s true soul," Gervais said. "It's just not true. It’s a joke."

Gervais said of his critics, "They’re allowed to hate it. They’re allowed to not come to the show, but it’s not going to stop me doing what I love, and I’m not going to stop it at the expense of all the other people who love it. No one has to watch this."

Gervais wrote on the X social media platform about his new Netflix comedy special, "In this show, I talk about sex, death, pedophilia, race, religion, disability, free speech, global warming, the holocaust, and Elton John. If you don’t approve of jokes about any of these things, then please don’t watch. You won't enjoy it and you’ll get upset."

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Comedian Ricky Gervais reportedly beefing up security after recent onstage attacks



After a string of recent onstage attacks, performers are beginning to take actions to prevent future incidents.

According to reports, British comedian Ricky Gervais, 61, has bolstered his security detail to protect him from potential attackers. A source told the Sun, "Ricky isn't taking any chances. He has employed his own security guards for the gigs so he can have a laugh and relax in the knowledge that he's safe."

“He hasn’t wasted any expense. They’re the real deal and are positioned in the aisles and around the stage, keeping a close eye on audience members,” the source added. “The venue is also doing a lot for general safety as audience members are to be searched before entry and no glasses or bottles are to be served by the venue. It seems like everyone is taking precautions. It’s necessary in these times.”

Multiple celebrities have faced onstage assaults in recent months. Author Salman Rushdie, 75, was stabbed up to 15 times earlier this month while preparing to give a talk in upstate New York. In May, comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage by a man wielding a knife disguised as a gun during a performance in Los Angeles. And superstar actor Will Smith was banned for a decade from attending the Oscars after slapping comedian Chris Rock during this year’s ceremony.

Gervais, known for his irreverent takes on modern culture, has drawn detractors for setting his comedic sights on their sacred cows. LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD called Gervais’ recent Netflix stand-up special "SuperNature" “dangerous,” saying that it consists of “anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes.”

The creator of “The Office” has taken the criticism in stride. “It was a big backlash,” Gervais said regarding the controversy over "SuperNature." "Everyone was really cross with me, with people saying you can’t say that — but I can, I did. Yes, I did.”

Gervais is currently performing a series of shows at London’s Leicester Square Theatre as he prepares new material. “The new show is going to be called ‘Armageddon,’” Gervais told a recent audience at Leicester Square Theatre. “It’s going to be about how I think humanity will end — whether we will evolve, go to another planet, or we destroy it with things at our disposal.

At this time, neither Gervais nor his representatives have responded to media requests for comment on the recent reports.

Ricky Gervais jokes about transgenderism in profane Netflix special



Comedian Ricky Gervais is making headlines for his latest Netflix special in which he mocked the transgender ideology.

What are the details?

In the special, titled "Ricky Gervais: SuperNature," the namesake comedian joked about the transgender movement.

"Women -- I mean, the old-fashioned women. You know, the one with wombs," he said in the special. Those f***ing dinosaurs! I love the new women. They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we've been seeing lately. The ones with beards and c***s.”

"They’re as good as gold, I love them," the comedian continued. "And now the old-fashioned ones say, ‘Oh, they want to use our toilets.’ ‘Why shouldn’t they use your toilets?’ ‘For ladies!’ ‘They are ladies — look at their pronouns! What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his penis.’ ‘Her penis, you f***ing bigot!’ ‘What if he rapes me?’ ‘What if she rapes you, you f***ing TERF w****?'”

He added that it's hard to know what jokes are safe and what jokes will trigger a mob condemnation.

“You can’t predict what will be offensive in the future,” Gervais added. “You don’t know who the dominant mob will be. Like, the worst thing you can say today, get you canceled on Twitter, death threats, the worst thing you can say today is, ‘Women don’t have penises,’ right? Now, no one saw that coming. You won’t find a ten-year-old tweet of someone saying, ‘Women don’t have penises.’ You know why? We didn’t think we f***ing had to!”

At the end of the comedy special, Gervais explained that he actually does support the transgender movement despite the jokes.

“Full disclosure: In real life of course I support trans rights," he insisted. "I support all human rights, and trans rights are human rights. Live your best life. Use your preferred pronouns. Be the gender that you feel that you are. But meet me halfway, ladies: Lose the c***. That’s all I’m saying.”

(Content warning: Rough language):

Ricky Gervais - New Women | Clip from 'SuperNature'www.youtube.com

Ricky Gervais says he wants to 'try and get canceled' through his new stand-up show — and that no subject should be off limits in comedy



Comedian Ricky Gervais declared he wants to "try and get canceled" through his new stand-up show "Armageddon," Yahoo Entertainment reported.

"I’m treating it like it’s my last one ever. It won’t be, but I want to put everything into it. I want to try and get canceled ... I just want to go all out there," Gervais said, according to the outlet, which cited Heat magazine.

The relentlessly irreverent 60-year-old added his new show is "about the end of the world and how we’re going to destroy ourselves for lots of reasons, whether it’s media stupidity or the actual end of the world," Yahoo Entertainment reported.

Interestingly, a little more than a year ago Gervais vowed never to fall victim to cancel culture, saying during a podcast it's akin to "road rage."

"What is being canceled? It's having no platform. And what can they do to me? Who's gonna cancel me? Twitter? YouTube?" the British comic noted. "If I have to, I'll go to Hyde Park and stand up on a bench and shout s**t."

No limits in comedy

And in a Monday interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gervais explored the idea of whether comedy should have limits — and, you guessed, he said "no."

“There’s no subject you shouldn’t joke about,” he told the Journal. “It depends on the joke. As a journalist, there’s nothing you wouldn’t write about. It depends on your angle, right? I think a lot of this pious offense comes from people mistaking the target of the joke with the subject. You can joke about anything, but it depends on what the actual target is. If you use irony and people see that at face value and think you’re saying one thing, but you’re actually saying the opposite."

Gervais added to the paper that "even the critical thinkers, if it’s a subject that’s personal to them, they can’t see the wood for the trees, they can’t see objectively. People laugh at 19 of the terrible subjects I joke about, but not the 20th because that affects them.”

The Journal also asked him about his reaction to “the Golden Globes being essentially reduced to a live blog this year." And Gervais — who shocked many with his take-no-prisoners monologue that massacred left-wing celebrity culture during the 2020 iteration of the awards show — replied that he doesn't watch such programming.

'How dare he insult the most important people in the world?'

“The only time I’ve ever seen an awards show was one that I’m at,” he told the paper. “I’m either winning or losing an award or presenting it. They’re fun for the industry, you know? The first time I [hosted] the Golden Globes — I did it five times over 10 years — it was palpable. People were going, 'Who does he think he is? How dare he insult the most important people in the world?' Over that 10-year period, the world changed. By the last time I did it, it was very different. I kept doing my thing and now people were going, ‘Yeah, give it to them. We hate celebrities. We’re tired of being told what to do by people with everything. We’re tired of being told to recycle when we know they got there in their private jet or limo.'”

Here's a look back at Gervais' unforgettable address to the glittery and glamorous that night two years ago. (Content warning: Language):

Ricky Gervais – Golden Globes 2020 (Uncensored, HD)youtu.be

(H/T: The Daily Wire)

When asked about why Hollywood lectures Americans about politics, Goldie Hawn explains: 'I stay in my lane'



There is an obvious political slant in Hollywood toward Democrats and liberal ideologies. But Goldie Hawn is reminding Hollywood celebrities that their job is to entertain the public no matter what political affiliations they have.

"The Center for Responsive Politics reports that individuals and firms in the television, movie and music industries gave $84 million in campaign contributions during the 2016 election cycle, with 80% going to Democrats," the New York Times reported in 2018.

In the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Democratic candidates received an overwhelming majority of votes in Los Angeles County, with Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden receiving 72% and 71%, respectively.

Hawn appeared on SiriusXM's "The Megyn Kelly Show" on Friday, where she was asked about Hollywood's political activism that is off-putting to many Americans.

"I think it’s why it drives people crazy when Hollywood tries to act holier than thou and starts lecturing middle America about morality and so on," said host Megyn Kelly. “And you know, these people sitting in Iowa who have never done any, they’ve never tried to put someone on a casting couch … They’re like, 'You could save your lectures for somebody else.'"

Hawn agreed and replied, "That’s right, exactly."

“A lot of Hollywood has a lot of missions, right? And you know, you want to put your name onto something that you believe in, but it doesn’t make a difference. And that’s the reality," said Hawn, who has been an actress since the 1960s and has 38 acting credits under her name.

Hawn admitted, “I stay in my lane."

"But the reality is, is that if we want to do anything, we want to do it for all people, not just for a group or whatever," noted the "Overboard" movie star.

“What makes polarity even more is creating teams on either side of the aisle,” the Oscar-winning actress continued. “And I don’t think that’s what we do. I think we entertain. I think we bring awareness to people, just of their ability to laugh, to have joy, to experience it, to cry. We are emotional beings and create emotion in others. And it’s in this case, I think we’re in service.”

Goldie Hawn on The Role of Hollywood and Performers in Society | The Megyn Kelly Show www.youtube.com

In June, Joe Rogan claimed that the entertainment industry is full of "insecure people" who are willing to adopt "liberal sensibilities" to advance their careers. Rogan — who starred in two hit TV shows — asked how there could be an industry where "everyone is liberal" when the "country is basically divided 50-50?"

At the Golden Globe Awards show in 2020, comedian Ricky Gervais unleashed a memorable tongue-lashing on celebrities for lecturing the public.

"So, if you do win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech," Gervais instructed the star-studded Hollywood audience. "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So, if you win, come up, accept your little award. Thank your agent and your god, and f*** off!"

Ricky Gervais vows he'll never be canceled: 'If I have to, I’ll go to Hyde Park and stand up on a bench and shout s**t'



British comedian Ricky Gervais recently sounded off on cancel culture again, but vowed never to fall victim to the online shaming practice.

The former Golden Globes host — who famously roasted Hollywood liberals during his opening monologue at the 2020 awards show and then refused to cave when the woke mob came for him — opened up about the dangers of cancel culture during an interview for the podcast, "SmartLess."

At the start of the conversation, he expressed frustration with how comedians can have their livelihoods destroyed just because they say something unpopular.

"The scary thing is being canceled if you say the wrong thing and suddenly Netflix can take you off their platform," Gervais told podcast hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. "You could be the most woke, politically correct stand-up in the world at the moment, but you don't know what it's going to be like in ten years' time. You can get canceled for things you said ten years ago."

He went to say, "The misunderstanding about cancel culture is some people think you should be able to say anything you want without consequences and that's not true because we're members of society and people are allowed to criticize you. They're allowed to not buy your things, they're allowed to burn your DVDs and they're allowed to turn the telly off. What they're not allowed to do is to bully other people into not going to see you."

But the danger of "cancelation" extends beyond just comedians, Gervais argued, bringing up the hypothetical scenario of a doctor being canceled because of something he posts on Twitter despite it not being "relevant to what they do."

Nevertheless, the comedian, who often experiences criticism for jokes he makes online, laughed at the idea that he could be canceled.

"What is being canceled?" he asked. "It's having no platform. And what can they do to me? Who's gonna cancel me? Twitter? YouTube? If I have to, I'll go to Hyde Park and stand up on a bench and shout s**t."

Gervais went on to describe cancel culture like a form of "road rage."

"It's way too fast," he said. "Twenty years ago, if you were offended by someone on television you got a pen and paper and you went, 'Dear BBC ...', Now you fire off a tweet and that tweet goes on the f***ing news."

"It's things happening too fast that you can't take back," he added.

But "just because you're offended, it doesn't mean you're right," he concluded in a stinging rebuke.

‘Who’s Gonna Cancel Me?’: Ricky Gervais Says He’ll ‘Stand Up On A Bench And Shout S**t’ If Twitter Boots Him

'An idiot stands next to a genius on Twitter and it looks the same. It’s the same font'