Ricky Gervais: Fringe Benefits
THE backlash against tubby comic Ricky Gervais started the minute people realised that he actually was David Brent.
From sickeningly false modesty over his success to his penchant for kissing the backsides of the rich and famous, Gervais is struggling to win back the public’s sympathy, particularly after his cringe-making Princess Di concert on-stage death. (Relive the horror here.)
Now, the millionaire star has been accused of latent greed, after tickets for his Edinburgh Fringe Festival show were priced at £37.50 a pop. It doesn’t sound very ‘fringe’ to me.
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August 7th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Nice to see that the bubble is bursting for him at last. Comedy is about more than just making people cringe.
August 7th, 2007 at 11:02 am
I knew this all along. If anyone had heard Rickys stand up from before he was famous and watched his crappy chat show on channel 4 then they would’ve seen that he IS Brent and is indeed a one trick pony. I hate comics that are racist and sexist and get away with it because people think they are being ironic and lefty. rubbish!