Ballsy Ricky Gervais takes aim at Yaniv

What does 'double down' mean? I just can't work it out. It seems to either mean redouble efforts to do something, or to make a lot of effort to pretend that you didn't do what you actually did and were witnessed doing?

I love how he’s doubled down on it.

Which is what a lot of women have been saying. It's not illegal to criticise trans ideology, misgender, deadname. It's not illegal to take the piss.

Double down is just maintaining a viewpoint. The bullying can't dent Gervais.

I love how he’s doubled down on it.

If Joan Rivers were still alive, I'd love to hear her thoughts on our current climate. She usually didn't hold back or care if she offended.

Ricky is very cleverly using comedy to a)highlight how ridiculous the pronoun obsessives are and b)to raise a laugh. There's a serious side to it though for him, I think. He doesn't buy into it and thinks it's silly.

He has over 13 million followers. This is astounding. He's untouchable too. Because he's male. And this whole thing is about male privilege isn't it. They're scared of him but they'll come after us.

The one featuring his observations re Caitlyn Jenner is my favourite

Do you have a link?

Ricky gets it.

Ricky was a bit of a New Romantic and a Bowie fan so part of the era of 1970s/80s 'gender bending' that Marilyn, Annie Lennox, Prince and co. did so effectively.

. Plus, a huge part of his brand is being offensive, so he isn't going to start apologising for it now.

Exactly. His reputation would suffer more damage for saying sorry than offending a few flakes.

The one featuring his observations re Caitlyn Jenner is my favourite.
May need to watch it again.

I. Am. Loving this.
Me too Bemore, and I'm gonna watch one of his show tonight on Netflix for the first time.

I. Am. Loving this.

Glinner is a decent sort, has been relatively successful, but he's not a frontman. Gervais has built a career on not giving a fuck, is, despite not being my cuppa, clever writer and performer and has a huge fanbase that love him for it.

Do the anime creeps really think they can bludgeon him into tearful submission? I think they might have met their match here. He's magnificently misanthropic, so he's not falling for the tedious wokescoldery or respect-my-inner-identity shite.

The unbelievably irritating anime avatar TRAs and assorted woke people piling on are being trolled by him quite effectively but they're not clever enough to get it.

Thing is, they can pile on all they like, he will just laugh at them. He is very, very rich and successful. He is very, very good at what he does. He - crucially - makes other people very, very rich. Netflix paid him something like $40million for his stand up show, which means they will have made a fortune off it. They aren't going to turn him loose because he took the piss out of JY on twitter. Plus, a huge part of his brand is being offensive, so he isn't going to start apologising for it now.

Great line, Ricky.

He he.

A small but perfectly formed line.

He has changed his bio to "I identify as a comedian so my pronouns are he he.".

Let's just think about this and marvel. Gervais made a joke at the expense of a racist sexual predator who harasses immigrant women to wax his genitals and tries to hold pool parties for adolescent girls without their parents present.

And somehow people imagine the progressive thing to do is to stand up for the sexual predator?

Well exactly. And while we're at it, let's not forget he wanted to help 10-year-olds with their tampons.

Picking a side is very revealing.

'My pronouns are he he'

Ok, Gervais, that is definitely the first unforced, not motivated by cringing embarrassment laugh I've had from you. And I am loving it so much I might share it.

Ricky Gervais is a legend

She's still banging on about him this morning! Lots of huffing and puffing for somebody who doesn't care

That woman is a monumental bore...

He has changed his bio to "I identify as a comedian so my pronouns are he he.".
He's not letting this go and he's not bowing down to the mob.

He made a Yaniv halloween joke on twitter.

Let's just think about this and marvel. Gervais made a joke at the expense of a racist sexual predator who harasses immigrant women to wax his genitals and tries to hold pool parties for adolescent girls without their parents present.

And somehow people imagine the progressive thing to do is to stand up for the sexual predator?