Ricky Gervais reveals people speak to him about their losses while promoting After Life on NBC show

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Ricky Gervais revealed that people have been telling him about their losses while promoting After Life on Tuesday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Jimmy, 47, noted that After Life was the number one show on Netflix and Ricky, 60, during his remote appearance credited its ability to establish an emotional connection with the audience.Ricky in the Netflix series portrays newspaper writer Tony Johnson who decides to punish the world by doing and saying whatever he wants after his wife's death from breast cancer.

Netflix series:Ricky Gervais revealed that people have been telling him about their losses while promoting After Life on Tuesday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'Likepeople would come up to me after the first season, people would come up to me on the street and say, "Oh, I lost my brother the week before. "I lost my partner," "I lost my mother''' Ricky revealed.'You sort of realize that everyone was grieving,' he added. 'I thought I should just treat that with respect and that's why he doesn't just snap out of it.' Ricky said it was a dark subject but that people like seeing something of themselves on TV that they hadn't seen before.He said the response has been lovely and that has been the best thing for him.

Ricky said despite the fact that the show is about a man who lost his wife that it is also an uplifting comedy. Emotional connection:Jimmy, 47, noted that After Life was the number one show on Netflix and Ricky, 60, during his remote appearance credited its ability to establish an emotional connection with the audience'It asked the big question: if you lose everything, is life still worth living?,' said Ricky. 'And the answer is yes.