Kumail Nanjiani calls out Ricky Gervais for ‘normalising’ harmful ideas about marginalised groups

metro.co.uk:

with The Hollywood Reporter, The Big Sick star Nanjiani criticised his jokes about marginalised groups, as he questioned whether audiences would believe his jokes were his actual opinions.Nanjiani, 42, and Gervais, 59, were speaking with Ramy star Ramy Youssef, Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson and Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy when Ricky complained that people often think ‘a joke is the window to the comedian’s true soul’.The After Life star said: ‘A big part of my comedy is saying things I do not mean.

I say the wrong thing because I know the audience knows the right thing and that’s why they laugh.‘I’ll change the joke halfway through, I’ll pretend to be right wing, left wing, no wing, if it makes the joke funnier.