Chris Evans interviewing Ricky Gervais on The One Show
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Did anyone else think it was totally inappropriate when Chris Evans said to Ricky Gervais: "I think you should have a kid," right out of the blue. Ricky handled it well, making a joke and (quite rightly) not engaging with this intrusive and out-of-order comment. What was he supposed to say in reply?...Was Chris expecting him to say "Uh, OK, I'll think about it then," or give him an explanation as to why he doesn't have kids?
OK, I know Ricky isn't everyone's cup of tea, but this isn't about the person on the receiving end, it's about a completely inappropriate comment from a presenter who seems to think "interviewing a guest" means "volunteering one's own unsolicited opinion about their private life!" Even Jonathan Ross doesn't go that far!
OK, I know Ricky isn't everyone's cup of tea, but this isn't about the person on the receiving end, it's about a completely inappropriate comment from a presenter who seems to think "interviewing a guest" means "volunteering one's own unsolicited opinion about their private life!" Even Jonathan Ross doesn't go that far!
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I think your typing what you think you've heard. Ricky wouldn't do anything like that. People seem to miss his humour by a country mile.
It was on this DVD: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ricky-Gervais-Live-Fame-DVD/dp/B000NQDE0Y
And if so many people 'miss his humour by a country mile' perhaps the problem is with him and the way he expresses himself rather than with everyone who watches or listens to him.
Supposing their guest was nursing some secret heartbreak over not being able to have children, and an interviewer went blundering in like Chris did saying "I think you should have a kid" like that. That's why it's not acceptable, and it doesn't become acceptable just because it's someone people don't like.
I understand that, but having seen plenty of Gervais' interviews in the past (with Jonathan Ross for instance) it seems that they are an extension of his schtick/on-stage persona rather than deeply probing into his personal life, motivations or anything like that.
A guest on a show sets their own boundaries generally, and many stand ups use interviews simply as a showcase for their act. If you were to base Ricky's boundaries on his public persona then making him squirm a bit or making a few jokes at his expense wouldn't seem out of line to me. He makes a living out of doing it to others.
Is that what his boyfriend says.
I know what you mean about the Jonathan Ross/Ricky Gervais banter. But I get the impression RG and JR are very close mates and therefore have free rein to needle each other, in that playful but harmless way that close mates do, without crossing the line (because as close mates they know which lines not to cross.) A bit like the relationship between Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan.
But Chris Evans is a different matter. I got the impression he doesn't know Ricky at all, (they certainly didn't seem to be very friendly) and therefore he isn't in a position to do that personal/intrusive thing in the way he did.
Chris Evans has thrown handgrinades like that into a few interviews. I think once the celeb throws one at him he seems to throw a bigger one back, probably because he enjoys testing the limits of the restrictions of the show.
I thought Rickys ribbed condoms comment was hilarious. Love it when they say something like that and you can just hear the producers sharp intake of air as they realise what they just said.
I 'miss his humour by a country mile' because he is an overrated unfunny talentless idiot. But that is just MHO.
The Yanks are welcome to him.
I loved the part where Alex mentioned that Warwick Davies is a dwarf and Ricky said "Why did you have to bring that up?" :D She looked so uncomfortable and immediately tried to blame Chris, before eventually the penny dropped and she realised that Ricky was joking.
You mean his wife Jane Fallon?
Gervais is good mates with Jonathan Ross, who is good mates with Chris Evans. As someone else has already said, I can't imagine that Evans and Gervais aren't already mates and have these kind of chats all the time. It's certainly no worse than the kind of things Gervais says to Karl Pilkington.
Hold the phone, Ricky Gervais is supposed to be funny?!:eek:
Totally agree.
He is the unfunniest person in the history of comedy.
I'm just staggered that the foul-mouthed lout has got away with it for so long.
I can only assume that people who pay to see him are either paid to do so or drunk.
Not to make the interview a platform for "Ooooh look at me, I'm interviewing someone."
And given how many times Gervais has been interviewed by Jonathan Ross, I'm sure he's used to the interviewer hogging the limelight. I doubt he really cares.
Tens of millions in the bank says he's doing something right.
Maybe you should have a go?
I just watched his new DVD 'Science' & he did this about 20 times *yawn*.
Glad I didn't pay for it. It was utter rubbish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO8X4heJsKI
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