The comedian will host the 77th edition of the TV and film awards, adding that organisers had made him ‘an offer I can’t refuse’
Ricky Gervais will host the
Golden Globes for a record fifth time in 2020 – despite previously claiming he wouldn’t present the awards show again. The comedian, who hosted the show between 2010 and 2012 and again in 2016, will reprise his role for next year’s 77th edition, once again stating that this will be his final year as host. In a statement, Gervais said that the organisers the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association had “made me an offer I can’t refuse. But this is the very last time I’m doing this, which could make for a fun evening”.
The Office creator, director and standup comic has previously used the gig to make typically off-colour jokes about stars including Bruce Willis,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Angelina Jolie and Jodie Foster. In 2016, he sent up the awards themselves, telling attendees that “[A Golden Globe] is, no offence, worthless.” He also took aim at the head of the HFPA, Lorenzo Soria, joking that “the Golden Globes doesn’t have an ‘in memoriam’ section to get you all depressed, instead we let the president say a few words”). There was room too for a reference to Donald Trump’s anti–migrant stance: “Eva Longoria and America Ferrera aren’t just two beautiful, talented actresses. They’re two people your next president,
Donald Trump, can’t wait to deport.”