Ricky Gervais Slammed For Transphobic Jokes In New Netflix Special: 'We Exist Only As A Punchline'

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Ricky Gervais has a lot to say about the transgender community in his new Netflix special — and it’s NOT going over well.

The Afterlife star has a new special called SuperNature out on Tuesday with the streaming giant, and just hours after it first dropped, people are already calling the comedian out for apparently transphobic jokes. Related: Ricky Gervais Sure Knows How To Go After Rich Celebs, Though! Cutting as ever while working with this new material, Gervais kicks off on LGBT-related issues almost from the very start of the special.

At one point, the comic says: Referencing the notable transgender bathroom-use controversies that swept across America in the recent past, the Office creator adds his own commentary on the issue, pantomiming a conversation between the two opposing sides: (A “TERF,” as many readers may know, is the acronym for a “Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist” — a term used to refer to people who deny that trans women are real women.) Later, Gervais references comedian Kevin Hart, who was booted from hosting the 2018 Oscars after past tweets of his were deemed homophobic.

Calling out that supposed use of retroactive cancel culture and thinking about how it could play out in the future, Ricky stated on stage: After his long rant on transgender-related topics, Gervais did openly say on stage that he has “support” for trans rights.