Ricky Gervais, 63, opened up about having some very famous guests at one of his gigs - but revealed that they let themselves down with one huge faux pas.
The comedian has toured major venues across the world, but didn’t divulge the location where A-listers Prince William, Prince Harry, Madonna and Paul McCartney decided to pop in for a show. Despite the massive bank accounts of the group, Ricky shared that they decided to skimp on the tickets.
"Once at a gig, at the back was Harry and William, Madonna and Paul McCartney – not one of them paid! What money have they got between them – unbelievable!" he told the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet.
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Despite his anecdote, The Office creator shared that he still loves touring, particularly doing long runs in theatres. Ricky currently has a new Netflix production out based on his upcoming tour, after a very successful Christmas special last year.
"Netflix have bought it – I film it next October/November so just over a whole year. I do a few a week or one a week because I do arenas around the world – I probably do more gigs in England, not [in] arenas, than I do everywhere… If I fly to Copenhagen, or somewhere like that, I do an arena because I’m there for one night – I prefer theatres," he shared.
"I’m going to do The Palladium [in London] in October and November – it’s a small arena, holds about two-and-a-half-thousand. I usually do like a month there. If you can do a month in a theatre, that’s much better than doing a few arenas." Ricky added: "I’m also doing other stuff – I’m working on a new show for Netflix apart from this."
The star also opened up about why he loves doing stand-up despite his countless credits in TV and film, sharing that it’s all about collaboration with the audience. Ricky said that stand-up puts his works through "natural selection," with him being able to build on or cut out jokes based on laughs from the crowd. Ricky is known for his controversial sense of humour, but said that he doesn’t fear being cancelled by his audiences.
He explained: "A lot of my stuff, because we’re dealing with taboo subjects, seems worse than it actually is. If you analyse it, it’s not that bad. It’s just because you’re dealing with contentious subjects and buzz words, where people gasp, but if you look at the jokes, it’s fine. I like doing that, I like dealing with taboo subjects because I want to take the audience to a place they haven’t been before. It’s like I’m taking them by the hand through a scary forest but it’s alright in the end and we can all laugh about it. That’s what comedy’s for, to get you through scary things."
The star concluded: "Also, what is being 'cancelled'? Some people didn’t like it, fine. You actually have to break the law to be properly cancelled otherwise, some people didn’t like it, that’s fine, it’s the way of the world."
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