Ricky Gervais admits why he had to tell Golden Globes never to ask him to host again

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Golden Globes 2022, former and probably most memorable host Ricky Gervais, 60, revealed he told ceremony bosses never to ask him to host again for fear he'd cave and say yes.The comedian made headlines across the world by fully roasted Hollywood a-listers as he took to the podium at the prestigious awards show, with his last in 2020 being the most prominent.But this year, the Globes took place a little differently with not a single celebrity in attendance, after being dropped by NBC following claims of corruption and a lack of diversity surrounding the event.After five years at the helm, the quick-witted comic admitted 2020 would be his last year, as his shocking and often controversial jokes left top Hollywood stars' cringing.And it seems Ricky has decided enough really is enough, as he revealed in a new interview with LADbible that he told the ceremony never to ask him back.He said to the publication: "It could be the Golden Globes could offer me 10 million for 10 minutes work, and I'd be an idiot, I'd be a liar, to say I wouldn't consider it."But at the moment, given I've done it five times, it got better and better for me - I enjoyed them all, but it got better - and I'm planning never to do it again."I've asked them not to ask me because I can be persuaded, that's true."You know, it's not a principle."Ahead of this year's show taking place, the seven-time BAFTA winner celebrated his viral humour by posting footage of the speech he'd made at the 77th annual awards, in view of his more than 14million Twitter followers.The ceremony has been slammed as racist after an exposé in the Los Angeles Times discovered that there was not a single black person in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the.