Ricky Gervais says ‘The Office’ “would be cancelled” if it aired now

nme.com:

The Office star and co-creator Ricky Gervais has said that the show would fall victim to ‘cancel culture’ if it aired today.In an interview with the BBC on the show’s 20th anniversary, Gervais said: “I mean now it would be cancelled.”He added: “I’m looking forward to when they pick out one thing and try to cancel it.

Someone said they might try to cancel it one day, and I say, ‘Good let them cancel it. I’ve been paid!'”Gervais’ creative partner Stephen Merchant voiced a similar opinion.

Speaking with The Sydney Herald, he said: “There’s part of me that wonders, would it get made? Would it get commissioned in the same way now, or would people be too jumpy?”This is not the first time that Gervais has aired his views on a perceived ‘cancel.