Ricky Gervais is hilarious. For some reason, Hollywood decided to take itself way too seriously this weekend and absolutely freak out over some jokes he made as host of the Golden Globes. These millionaires/billionaires gasped when he made a veiled joke about Tom Cruise/John Travolta possibly being gay, as if they've never heard it before. I've read in several articles that one of the people he "attacked" was Angelina Jolie - the only joke I've heard relating to her was about "The Tourist" being a bomb, and if that's all he said, isn't it an "attack" on Johnny Depp too? It's not like he called her out as a homewrecker. Which would just be stating the truth. What he said about "The Tourist" was true too.
He might have a crossed a line by making a joke about Robert Downey Jr's checkered past, since Downey is recovered and probably doesn't find that period of his life to be very funny. But did I mind Gervais calling out Charlie Sheen? Absolutely not. Sheen has displayed some disgusting behavior as of late, and yet his network sticks behind him and his lame show.
The show just so happened to garner higher ratings than last year, but I'm sure next year they'll have some unfunny, mild person host for the sake of pleasing the rich and famous attendees. You do what you have to do, I guess. Doesn't mean I have to watch it.
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