Ricky Gervais posts The Office alopecia joke and likes pro-Chris Rock tweets amid slap row

Will Smith‘s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during last month’s Oscars ceremony.The comedian and actor said that it wasn’t a “bad” joke as he appeared to poke fun at the gravity that people have applied to Pinkett Smith’s alopecia condition, the apparent subject of which was what offended her and her husband, who slapped Rock in response.Despite Rock’s joke, in which he said that Pinkett Smith’s cropped haircut made her look like “GI Jane”, Rock had “no idea” about her alopecia, according to a source.Now, responding to fans on a Twitter live after being asked for his thoughts about the incident, Gervais said: “You don’t hit someone over a joke, however bad it is – and it wasn’t bad” [via The Independent].“That was like the tamest joke I would’ve ever told,” the comedian added.Gervais had previously said during a stand-up show in London last week that he would have joked about Pinkett Smith’s “boyfriend” August Alsina instead of her appearance.“People were going, ‘What would have happened if Ricky Gervais had been doing it [hosting the Oscars]?’” Gervais continued.“Well, nothing, as I would not have made a joke about his wife’s hair. I would have made a joke about her boyfriend.”Pinket Smit and US singer Alsina have been involved in an “entanglement”, which she has discussed on her Red Table Talk show.Gervais also mocked people criticising Rock for “joking about [Pinkett-Smith’s] disability”.“Well, I’m going a bit thin – I’m disabled,” Gervais said, pointing to his head.

Netflix success with the series ending in January this year.The creator, writer and producer Ricky Gervais, 60, has taken to Twitter to address accusations he "lied" about the dog Brandy's death in the show.Social media user CathsTake wrote on Twitter: "Hello @rickygervais, I know you said you're done with #Afterlife."But how do you think Tony carried on after Brandy passed? Would you ever consider writing a special episode on his life without her?"In view of his 14.7 million Twitter followers, Ricky replied: "I think he was strong enough by then to cope. Maybe he even got another dog."JamesSedge was infuriated with this response, as he added: "That may be so.

supports HTML5 videoRicky Gervais has gone off on people who have described alopecia as a ‘disability’.The comedian and After Life star has been outspoken on his opinion of the now-infamous altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars last month, making several scathing remarks.In case you’ve been living under a rock, King Richard actor Will stormed the stage where Chris was presenting an award and slapped him in the face after the comedian made a joke about Jada, Will’s wife, comparing her haircut to that of GI Jane.Jada, 50, lives with alopecia, a hair-loss disorder, and shaved her head last year as she began getting noticeable bald spots.The backlash to Will’s violent outburst has been swift, with the actor coming under investigation by the Academy – which he later resigned from – and production being paused on several of his upcoming films.Now The Office creator Ricky has again condemned Will’s actions in a Twitter Q&A with fans – and scoffed at those who described Jada’s condition as a ‘disability’.In a Twitter live event last week, Ricky said: ‘You don’t hit people over a joke, however bad it is. And it wasn’t bad!‘That was like the tamest joke I would ever have told,’ he added.‘Someone said it was joking about her disability,’ he said in a deadpan voice, before letting out a laugh.‘Well I’m going a bit thin,’ he continued, touching the top of his head.

He was speaking out in a live Twitter Q&A session, during which he was responding directly to fans' most pressing questions.One had asked: "What was your first reaction when you read about the Oscars slap?""Well first of all, I woke up on the Monday morning and I got texts from American friends going: 'Ah, f*** that! Poor Chris!' and I'm going: 'Who is Chris?!'" he recalled."And then I saw it.

Twitter on Sunday to address his 14.7 million followers in a live Q&A session. During the video, Ricky told his fans there was “no justification” for Will Smith’s actions at the Oscars, adding that “gentle” Chris Rock only weighs “about 140 pounds”. On March 27, viewers were shocked when Will struck Chris across the face live on the Oscars stage after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.During his Q&A session on Sunday, Ricky was asked what his first reaction was to the slap. “I was annoyed, I was really annoyed,” Ricky replied, before elaborating on his point moments later. “The main thing for me was: totally unnecessary,” he said.

“Can you pls stop pronouncing David Bowie like... bow of a ship or bow wow??” The update comes after Ricky previously spoke up about his thoughts on the Oscar debacle. He explained that if he was the presenter instead of Chris, he would have joked about Jada's “boyfriend”, rather than her hair. The Office star was asked for his opinion on the now-notorious Oscars moment on social media. The incident occurred last Sunday at the 2022 Oscars, when Chris Rock, 57, who was hosting the ceremony and giving the speech for Best Documentary Feature, decided to quip about Jada’s hair.  Jada suffers from alopecia, which causes rapid hair loss. Chris joked in reference to The Matrix sequel actress' shaved head: “Jada, can't wait for G.I.

Chris Rock has seemingly defended Will Smith in a fresh exchange between him and a fan while continuing on his stand-up tour.  MORE: Amy Schumer makes career decision in wake of 'traumatizing' Will Smith Oscars upsetThe Madagascar star, who was performing at The Wilbur theatre in Boston on Thursday, was quick to disagree with a heckler who shouted out a negative comment about Will.

Jada Pinkett Smith joke he would've told instead at the Oscars - and it didn't centre around her hair. Will Smith, who won Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams in King Richard, walked up on stage and slapped Chris Rock across the face for making a joke about Pinkett Smith's hair. Smith has since issued a statement apologising for his "out of line" behaviour.

Oscars."Dear TV and film stars, why are some of you so f*****g weird?" he challenged, in view of almost 15 million followers."You're actors.Some of you, great actors.So just act normal.Simple."Robin Ince - who will be undertaking a Horizon tour with Brian Cox this year - took the opportunity to indulge in some banter with Ricky, as he reacted to the tweet.He quipped: "I like hearing this advice from a man who insisted I should be buried on a beach, hung up on a coat rail by parcel tape & who used to hide in my dressing room shower cubicle so he could leap out screaming. NORMAL."Ricky jokingly hit back: "Good point, but at least I never sat on ham to coax out anal parasites or drank milk directly from a cows udder, Robin."The Office star's tweet comes just days after Chris Rock was slapped on stage for making a GI Jane joke about Will's wife Jada Pinkett Smith.She suffers from the autoimmune condition alopecia, which causes hair loss, which resulted in the difficult decision to shave her head.However, it has been reported that Chris had been unaware that she had a medical condition when he made the joke - and some onlookers argued that being compared to "strong" and "brave" GI Jane was actually quite a compliment.Will, clearly upset, hadn't taken the quip the same way, however, after he publicly yelled at the comedian to "keep my wife's name outta your f*****g mouth!"Ricky publicly told the world he would give as good as he'd got if Will had dared to punch him.Describing himself as "heavier" and "angrier", he made multiple comments about the scenario on Twitter - and when one fan asked him how he would have handled the situation, he said: "Smack 'em back.""Unless they're smaller than you," he jokingly added.

Will Smith infamously smacked Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Twitter debated whether the incident would’ve happened if Ricky Gervais was in Rock’s shoes. Well, the comic recently weighed in, claiming he wouldn’t have mocked Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss as Rock had done — but rather would’ve targeted her open relationship.

Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair had he hosted the Oscars 2022, but would have taken aim at her love life. The comedian, who’s hosted the Golden Globes five times but never the Oscars, spoke out after Jada’s husband Will slapped Chris Rock on stage for making a joke about G. I Jane in reference to her buzzcut.

“What has it got to do with me? “People were going ‘What would have happened if Ricky Gervais had been doing it (hosting Oscars)?“Well, nothing as I would not have made a joke about his wife’s hair. “I would have made a joke about her boyfriend," he added, in show quotes obtained by The Mirror.Ricky's quip comes after Jada made headlines in 2020 when singer August Alsina claimed he was in a relationship with Jada. She later confirmed that the pair had an “entanglement".The joke Chris told on Sunday referred to Jada’s buzz cut, which she opted for after losing hair due to alopecia. Ricky went on to joke during his show: “This new material is going to be for my new show called Armageddon.

Ricky Gervais' loyal dog in Netflix smash After Life. And thanks to her role as Brandy, the pup who gives Ricky's character Tony Johnson a reason to live after his wife's death, Antilly's career is booming.The German Shepherd has been to Belfast to shoot scenes with Hollywood stars Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez for a blockbuster Dungeons And Dragons film.And she's starring in upcoming BBC drama Sherwood with David Morrissey and Robert Glenister as well as Netflix spy series Treason with Charlie Cox and Olga Kurylenko.Antilly has graced screens since she was a puppy, playing everything from Army hounds to police dogs.She's also worked with A-listers including Tom Cruise and George Clooney, who said she was the best-trained dog he'd seen.Antilly's owner Ashley Foster jokes: "They bring us over to do the serious acting."Ashley started as an animal trainer 10 years ago and worked on Batman flick The Dark Knight Rises with Antilly's parents – he was one of villain Bane's henchmen with the dogs playing attack hounds.Antilly followed in her parents' pawprints and signed with Stunt Dogs & Animals.

Oscars gift bags.After the comedian hit out at the value of the traditional gift bags, estimated to be worth more than $100,000 (£76,000), Lash Fary, founder of Distinctive Assets, responded in a statement to Metro.“Ricky Gervais is a talented comedian, so it’s no surprise that I find the hypocrisy of his ‘goody bag tweet’ hilarious,” he began.“While we do not spend money buying any of the items in our gift bags (much like advertising, this is simply a promotional campaign for brands), the valuation is indeed significant…but not nearly as substantial as Ricky’s recent Netflix deal, the residuals he receives for The Office or his multi-million-dollar home.”He then ended by taking a swipe at Gervais with the same wording he used in his diss tweets. “So if you’re unemployed, take some comfort in the fact that even if you had a job, your salary probably wouldn’t be as much as Ricky Gervais makes for a single episode of After Life.Responding to a fan saying he should have hosted the Oscars, Ricky Gervais imagined his opening speech in a series of tweets.“I’d start with ‘Hello.

Ricky Gervais has weighed in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars with a long-awaited response on Twitter - and fans were not disappointed.During Sunday evening's Academy Awards ceremony, the 53-year-old King Richard Oscar winner stormed the stage after the comedian had cracked a GI Jane joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia. At the time of the joke, Will appeared to laugh along until he saw his wife was not best pleased with Chris' quip.Will then made his way up to the stage where he cuffed Chris straight across the face before heading back to his seat telling him to "keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth".With the cameras still very much rolling at the swanky red carpet bash it wasn't long before Will's violent outburst went viral, leaving the entire globe in shock.

Oscars after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Sunday’s event. Ricky was quizzed on whether he thought that would have happened to him if he presented the award and made that joke.Ricky has hosted several glitzy awards shows in the past, including fronting the Golden Globes for many years.As a dab hand at presenting the events, many have been wondering about his approach if he’d hosted the Oscars.In particular, viewers were wondering what might have happened had he made the same joke Chris had at the event.As viewers will recall, Will took to the stage and slapped the comedian, warning him to keep his wife’s name out of his mouth.This was because Chris had quipped he was looking forward to seeing Jada Pinkett Smith in GI Jane 2 over her short hair.This was a sore point for the actress as she’s been open about suffering from alopecia.Posting on Twitter yesterday, user Michael McKean wondered how Ricky may have responded.He wrote: "Thought experiment: same scene, same joke, but replace Chris Rock with Ricky Gervais."Ricky was quick to reply with a hilarious response to the question.The stand-up comedian quipped back: “You're basically asking if he would slap a much heavier, angrier, drunker man [laughing emoji].”Michael then said: “Maybe you’d have known WS wasn’t coming up for a chummy hug.

Twitter on Sunday to make a dig at the Oscars £100,000 gift bags for degrading "poor people".Since his remarks, the bag's creator has responded with a cruel jibe to the comedian, leading him to release his view.Ricky launched a brutal takedown of the traditional £100,000 Oscar gift bags.Responding to a fan who said they wished the comedian had hosted, the 60-year-old tweeted what he would say in his monologue.He said: "I’d start with Hello. I hope this show helps cheer up the ordinary people watching at home."If you’re unemployed for example, take some comfort in the fact that even if you had a job, your salary probably wouldn’t be as much as the goody bag all the actors have just been given."I’m proud to announce that this is the most diverse and progressive Oscars ever.

Katherine Ryan has led celebrities speaking out against Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock in the face at the 2022 Oscars.The 53 year old I Am Legend actor was left offended when the comedian made a quip about his 50 year old wife Jada's shaved head. He reacted by walking on stage and slapping Chris before returning to his seat to warn the 57 year old: "Keep my wife's name out of your f****** mouth." While Will has since apologised, the shocking moment sent Hollywood and the world into a frenzy as many have waded in on what took place, including comedian Katherine, 38, who took to her Instagram stories to share her thoughts.

Judd Apatow is sharing his thoughts on what happened at the 2022 Oscars.

Ricky Gervais has ripped into the gift bags given to nominees at the Oscars, saying he would have referenced them in his opening speech if he had hosted.The After Life star has hosted the Golden Globes five times but has never hosted the Academy Awards. This year’s ceremony was hosted by Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall.Responding to a fan who said they wished Ricky had hosted, he 60-year-old imagined his opening speech, tweeting: ‘I’d start with “Hello.

Will Smith infamously smacked Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, social media debated whether the incident would’ve happened had another comic hosted the event. One name that came up frequently was comedian Ricky Gervais, who responded by teasing his proposed Oscars speech in a series of tweets with thousands of likes.“I’d start with ‘Hello,'” wrote the 60-year-old creator of “The Office,” who has MCed the Golden Globes five times, but never the Academy Awards.The comic continued, “I hope this show helps cheer up the ordinary people watching at home.