STEPHEN Merchant has dug out his old pal Ricky Gervais is an obscure tweet. The actor answered a question on Twitter asked to the masses by movie buff James King.
The film expert asked followers what their least favourite bit of movie shorthand was. Twitter fans went wild as people flocked to say that the dig was aimed at Ricky Gervais' latest hit offering AfterLife, centred on a man who's struggling to come to terms with the loss of his wife.
To which the comedian answered: "Watching old home movies of dead child/wife = inability to move on." Hundreds of followers couldn't believe Merchant's swipe at Gervais' Netflix series.
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