It was a speech seen by up to 200 million people where some of Hollywood’s biggest stars got a roasting. Ricky Gervais targeted Joe Pesci, Leo DiCaprio, Cats, and “paedophile movie” The Two Popes in his opening monologue at the Golden Globes.
Opening up about the ceremony, Ricky, 58, said: “Do I pander to the 200 egos in the room or the 200 million people watching around the world?
And there’s no contest. “I know what I’m going to say. I’m not there to ruin their night, I’m there to make the people at home laugh. “You’ve got to write seven minutes of your best jokes, you can’t really use them again.
It’s a lot of work for seven minutes, but the payoff is amazing. I mean, there’s no audience like that.” Responding to criticism about
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