Ricky Gervais Says He’d Host the Oscars for Free If They Let Him Say Whatever He Wants
thewrap.comRicky Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes five times, but he doesn’t think he’ll ever host the Oscars — mostly because he’s pretty sure he’s a little too freewheeling for the Academy.
But, if they were to give him the freedom to be himself, Gervais says he’d happily take the job, and for free at that.Gervais stopped by “The View” on Thursday, in support of the third and final season of his Netflix series “Afterlife,” which released on the streamer last Friday.
During his interview, host Sunny Hostin asked him why exactly he thinks he wouldn’t be allowed to host the Oscars.“Well, I might be allowed to host it if I did what I was told,” Gervais said. “But there’s the rub.
You know, the great thing about the Globes was they said I could write my own jokes, say what I want, and not rehearse. And that is just too good for a comedian to turn down.
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