The comedian, 63, has previously ruffled feathers with his behaviour both on and off-stage, with some names sharing their less-than favourable experiences working with him.
As one of the nation's most outspoken comedians, being politically correct is a trait that has never featured in Ricky Gervais ' repertoire.
Since rising to fame as a star and co-creator of The Office, Ricky has paired his critically-acclaimed roles with multiples jokes taking aim at the 'woke brigade,' and severing topics including trans rights, identity politics and cancel culture. His sold-out standup gigs, his latest called Mortality, are also linked with the streamer, and this year, royalties from hit BBC comedy The Office will be further boosted due to the release of a new US reboot.
In a resurfaced clip, Robin appeared visibly downcast when hearing Ricky's famous laugh, while undergoing an EEG recording at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability Speaking on The Starting Line podcast, Ince claimed that Gervais's 'bullying' became so bad his co-star in The Office, Mackenzie Crook, stepped in and confronted him about it.
In 2014, Robin also underwent an EEG recording at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, showing how his brain reacted to various audio stimuli. While at the helm of BBC's critically-acclaimed comedy The Office, producer Ash Atalla admitted Ricky's repeated jokes about disability made him feel 'a little bit uncomfortable'.
He said: 'I felt a little bit uncomfortable. There was a period of late Nineties comedy with the likes of Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle where the game was – see what you could get away with and then reverse intellectualise it. Just last year, stand-up comic James Acaster sparked a social media frenzy when a sketch ripping into Ricky Gervais resurfaced.
The show saw him talk to the audience about cancel culture and the transgender issues saying: 'Ah women. Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned women, you know the ones with wombs? Those f***ing dinosaurs. It was Ricky's jibes at the transgender community that James took aim at in a resurfaced sketch from his 2019 stand-up special, Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999.
Repeating the sentiments several times, James continued: 'Oh yeah, because you know who's long been overdue a challenge? The trans community! The clip was reposted by a string of fans who were quick to praise James for the 'brilliant and spot-on' joke. 'We want people to know that such language can perpetuate discriminatory attitudes towards disabled people.'
In 2022, Corden was accused of ripping off one of Ricky's jokes during a monologue about Elon Musk's Twitter takeover 'But it doesn't. If someone puts up a poster in a town square that says 'guitar lessons available', like you don't get people in the town going, ''I don't want to play guitar! I want to play the piano you piece of s**t!''
Asked if he regretted reacting to it, Ricky added: 'No, because I'm allowed. I didn't how it had happened. And I thought it was funny. I thought it was absurd that it was such an obvious rip-off.
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