Ricky Gervais SLAMS Rich Celebs Complaining About Quarantine! – Perez Hilton
April 26, 2020Oh man, if you were a fan of Ricky Gervais taking shots at his fellow movie stars during the Golden Globes, we have good news. You don’t have to wait for the possibly-not-happening next award show for more!
Thanks to the overwhelming annoying social media behavior from some celebs during the coronavirus pandemic, the Extras creator decided to give voice to what a lot of normal folks are feeling right now.
In an interview with The New York Times on Thursday, Gervais brought some real perspective by pointing out just how little this horrible event was actually affecting many wealthy stars like him. He admitted:
“Apart from the gigs that were postponed, my life hasn’t changed much. I didn’t go out a lot, and there’s always enough booze in the house for a nuclear winter. You won’t hear me complain. Not when, every day, I see some millionaire celebrity going, ‘I’m sad that I’m not on telly tonight.’ Or, ‘I had a swim in the pool that made me feel a little bit better.’”
Ouch! That is too accurate! But he wasn’t finished!
He clarified he wasn’t annoyed by all stars, just by the ones who don’t realize how hopelessly out of touch they are with the common folk they think they’re connecting with:
“I’ve got nothing against anyone being a celebrity or being famous. I think that people are just a bit tired of being lectured to. Now celebrities think: ‘The general public needs to see my face. They can’t get to the cinema — I need to do something.’ And it’s when you look into their eyes, you know that, even if they’re doing something good, they’re sort of thinking, ‘I could weep at what a good person I am.’ Oh dear.”
He didn’t mention Gal Gadot and her parade of celebs getting together to sing Imagine, but one can’t help but think of them. Or perhaps Madonna in her bathtub calling the virus “the great equalizer.”
Ricky is aware his stance has earned him some new fans on the right wing.
After all, telling celebs to shut up because they don’t know what they’re talking about goes back decades, but it has really become a growth industry on social media over the past few years as Hollywood stars tend to be on the liberal side. (Of course, you’ll often find those same Twitter users turning around and praising Scott Baio for his opinions — you know, because they agree with them.)
So what does Ricky think of his new followers?
“I didn’t notice that on Twitter until a couple of disgruntled liberal elites suddenly said, ‘Oh, Gervais is alt-right now.’ And I went, what? What’s right-wing about taking the mickey out of the richest, most powerful corporations on the planet? But I’ve had this before. People that followed me, if they were far right, they’re probably not atheists like me. They probably don’t like some of the language that I use. They probably don’t agree with my anti-trophy hunting stance. In general, I think most normal people follow a person for a particular reason or two. If the tweets I hate outnumber the ones I like, I’ll unfollow him. No one has to be perfect to have friends. They just have to be, on balance, OK.”
It’s true, people are often held these days to the standards of being 100% liberal or 100% conservative and #canceled when they voice an opinion that falls on the other side. Which frankly is nonsense because people are individuals with their own specific mix of opinions.
But this isn’t about a political side of the aisle, it’s about rich people not understanding what poor people are going through right now. It’s hard to feel like we’re “all in this together” when we aren’t all dealing with the same problems. And those complaining about being bored while others are in harm’s way every day? Or thinking a song will fix the fact people aren’t able to pay their rent?
That’s something ALL of us can get annoyed by. Together.
[Image via BBC One/WENN/Gal Gadot/Madonna/Instagram.]
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