It’s a strong possibility this one is true. However, it is far too early to give a solid yes or no to the return of the comedian. Ricky Gervais Fired! rumors followed starting on Twitter after her took an hour long break during the Golden Globes. He returned to finish the awards and continued in the face of a slew pissed off Hollywood elite. (Click HERE for a video of Ricky Gervais’ opening monologue…)
The real question as to whether or not Ricky will return as host for the Golden Globes, or any award shows for that matter, is probably all in the numbers. The show enjoyed one of its highest audience numbers with nearly 17 million tuning it. The critics are also largely on his side…
New York Magazine – “Debates are breaking out all over Twitter right now about whether Gervais’s delightfully caustic, Armond White–esque return to the Globes will be panned tomorrow. Well, certainly not by us! The Scientologists and stars of The Tourist in the room might not have enjoyed Gervais’s bruising one-liners tonight, but screw ‘em. They’re rich and they can take it.”
Hollywood Reporter – “And yet, it made for compelling – if sometimes wince-inducing – television. Given the staid lameness of most awards shows – hello Emmys – at least he kept those who are not in the industry laughing uproariously.”
EW – “First of all, thanks once again to Ricky Gervais for bringing the sort of funny rudeness and effrontery — or as Robert Downey, Jr., phrased it, “mean-spirited [with] a sinister undertone” — that make an awards show such as the Golden Globes engaging to watch.”
As far as an answer from the HFPA President, Philip Berk….he responded to the return of Ricky with a simple “No comment.”
