the Golden Globes — but he’s not ready to leave Earth. British comedian Ricky Gervais revealed that he turned down the chance to be the first stand-up comic in space, claiming it was “too risky.” “The Office” creator dropped the bombshell during a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”“I was offered one of these things where you go up into space for 15 minutes,” said Gervais, 59, of the intergalactic gig. “And it was like a group of billionaires and they offered me the chance to be the first comedian to do a stand-up show in space.”His response: “I went, ‘No.
I’m not going to risk it.'”Turning down the first-ever interstellar comedy set might seem like a massive missed opportunity.
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