Ricky Gervais Makes Gay Scientologist Joke At Golden Globes (Incl.Vid That'll Prob. Be Pulled Soon)

[Turborama]

Ricky Gervais promised he wouldn't get invited back to host the Golden Globes, and in his opening monologue Sunday night he did his best to court controversy.

"Also not nominated was 'I Love You Philip Morris,' Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. Two heterosexual characters pretending to be gay," he said. "So the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists, then."

When the crowd started booing gasping, Ricky hedged his words.

"Probably," he said. "My lawyers helped me with the wording of that joke. They're not here."

When The Advocate recently asked Carrie Fisher whether John Travolta had legal reason to demand Gawker remove a post suggesting he's gay, she said, "Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don't care. Look, I'm sorry that he's uncomfortable with it, and that's all I can say. It only draws more attention to it when you make that kind of legal fuss. Just leave it be."

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hltptAG_wM

From: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/16/ricky-gervais-makes-gay-s_n_809786.html

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Video: Ricky Gervais’ Best Jokes From The Golden Globes
(This compliation doesn't contain the "best jokes", the clip above has some funnier ones. This doesn't work in Google Chrome for some reason. On edit, this was the original OP before I found the HuffPo article.)

Just as we'd hoped, Ricky Gervais's second turn as host of the Golden Globes brought the gleeful, uncomfortable-making evisceration of pretty much everybody in the Beverly Hilton Hotel tonight. For your viewing pleasure, we've collected Gervais's best, most stinging material all in one video. If you don't enjoy this, then you must be Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Charlie Sheen, Tim Allen, Sandra Bullock, Mel Gibson, the head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, God, or a closeted Scientologist. Click to watch!
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/01/ricky_gervaiss_best_jokes_from.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Funny! What was his Scientology joke?... They didn't include it..

[Turborama]

2. I just had a look for it and found it in a HuffPo article

I've edited the OP to add it.

[hlthe2b]

3. Thanks! Wow... he didn't hold back! LOL

I'm guessing the two in question were not there...?

[Turborama]

4. That's the 1st time I've ever heard suggestions of Travolta being gay

I don't follow Hollywood gossip so it's a new one on me.

[hlthe2b]

5. Who knows... rumours...

I think Travolta is a good guy. His life is his business. I have a bit less sympathy for Cruise, admittedly, since he comes off as a bit of an ass. Whatever rocks their boat, I guess...

[Turborama]

8. Yeah, I like Travolta

And have misgivings about Cruise, too. Especially when he goes on rants about psychology.

I saw a really good BBC Panorama show about uncovering the secrets of Scientology on BBC World News last night. It was an update from John Sweeney.

There's an article about it and a clip here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9032000/9032278.stm

UPDATE: Found the Panorama show, part 1 is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx3rveU2rc8

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeRNj3w3vfw

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLxi4O35Mmc

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmGKTGwYJlI

[hlthe2b]

23. Thanks! Bookmarked for later!

[Monk06]

6. Because of this pic and old rumors. Tabloid stuff, possibly shopped. If so nice work

[Tunkamerica]

9. what's gay about that?

that's obviously kelly preston's girlfriend

[Monk06]

10. Do you mean Kelly Kamalelehua Smith-Palzis-Gage-Preston-Travolta?

who was married to actor Kevin Gage from 1985 to 1987,and married Travolta in 1991 and who also had a relationship with George Clooney, who gave her Max, a pet pig that he kept after the couple split up,and was briefly engaged to Charlie Sheen in 1990, which she relationship she ended shortly after he accidentally shot her in the arm?

That Kelly Kamalelehua Smith-Palzis-Preston-Travolta?

That's not gay that's Absolutely Fabulous !!!!

[Tunkamerica]

11. did not realize that was the nanny. he found travolta's son's body.

[Monk06]

12. Well you know guys kissing guys without having a sexual relationship is just not that uncommon these

days. Hell I kiss by BIL on the mouth and hug him too.

It's called affection, something invented by the French I heard
tell.

[Tunkamerica]

13. Well, it's not all that common here and that's why the picture made the cover.

I don't know that I've seen 2 straight males kiss on the mouth in person. It may be common where you are, but it's not everywhere. I'm not weirded out by it or anything, just haven't seen it.

[Monk06]

14. Well that's Canada I guess. Mind you I'm talking about my BIL not casual aquaintence

[Tunkamerica]

15. I wouldn't kiss my SIL on the lips either, though.

[Monk06]

16. Well I don't have a son in law so I can't speak to that. Depends how close you are, age etc

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. I follow an online rag.

Lainey. The girl has an acid tongue, but she's spot on with the gossip.

[Monk06]

7. Ricky is not about to be outdone by Russell Brand. Gervais has a reputation for going over the line

He's very clever at it. His cartoon show is a scream.
He gets away with murder on that.

[xchrom]

17. are straight people always the last to know?

that bit was hysterical. probably.

[Violet_Crumble]

18. LOL! That was so funny!

He was awesome and his audience was us guys, not the awkard laughers in the audience who were shit-scared they were next to get the piss taken out of them :)

[JI7]

19. i thought this was going to be something offensive

[patricia92243]

20. I assumed he was talking about Tom Cruise. There have been rumors of his being gay forever. South

Park did a bit on the subject, and I thought Cruise tried to stop it. Travolta never entered my mind as the one Gervais was talking about.

[gatorboy]

24. Me neither. I assumed it was Tom Cruise as well.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

26. I'm guessing it was a shot at both, (n/m)

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. I was far more uncomfortable during DeNiro's monologue

WTF was that all about?

[gatorboy]

25. Haha! I know. I thought he was doing another Rupert Pupkin impression.