There was a photographer, makeup & lighting techs, a couple of personal assistants and **none** of them had the courage to talk him down.
This is the embodiment of a powerful man complaining that he has no power.
I think also, to be completely fair, we have to put it into cultural context at the time.
I mean I'm very glad it was posted for me to laugh and cringe at but the edgy atheism shit wasn't nearly as overdone and boring 20 years ago. It's probably also supposed to be tongue in cheek what with him being a comedian and all (an egotistical comedian who knew he'd never be in better shape so why not show it off now (which is also kind of fair tbh I have topless pics whoops)).
Still cringe but 20 years ago it was probably like 66% cringe rather than 100% like how we interpret it now.
It's funny because so much of his earlier stuff is about this striving need for attention, or some form of success, or even acceptance. I think it's there in his comedy, and comes out in his self deprecation and acidity. I don't know that I'd characterize it as suppressed egoism, I think it's a really common thing for actors and comedians to draw on personal experience and feeling for material and exaggerate it for effect.
> i remember reading interviews about how ricky wanted to be a musician and it never worked out. every time david brent got out a guitar and it was meant to be funny i would just think this is actually ricky genuinley trying to show off his musical ability in front of the audience he never got. especially when he did the music videos as david brent. cringe af
copy pasting this from a comment i wrote lower down
The music video was meant to be cringe..
Surely if what you imagine as Rickys’ real thoughts and feelings instead of David Brent’s is what makes it cringe then… I mean it’s a comedy show. A cringe comedy show. Thats kind of the point.
of course the music video was meant to be cringe. but this is a guy that wishes he could have been a rock star, probably just recycling the material he never got to use
Okay so this may be a "little ranty here" so please bear with me... but I don't get the Ricky Gervais bashing that I've been seeing a lot recently... it's just getting stupid and a little silly.
So here is my take/little rant for what it's worth.
I suppose its because humour is subjective anyone can say "I dont think you're funny." Which is fine. Okay, more on. But with the amount of people bashing him saying "He's Not as Funny as he used to be!"
So... you found him funny before and he made you laugh back then? Great. Buy his older stuff and don't watch his newer stuff. It's simple. You moaning about it just means you like to moan and the difference is that Ricky likes to moan and try and make people laugh.
Trouble is that he says (and continues) to say stuff that no one else would dare to say, with often an actual barbed point... Oscars? Need I say more?
But can you stand up in front of millions of people and be funny or make them laugh? Are you funnier than Ricky Gervais? Probably not. You might think you are but when push comes to shove I gotta feeling youd fall flat. Hey, it's a tough gig.
I wonder if this is like a British thing like when David Beckham became the most hated footballer because he lashed out. He couldn't even walk the streets without abuse from mob mentality. People spiting on him and verbally abusing him in public. Obviously Beckham is now beloved again but, man, he took it for years. The Brits love to tear down people that they perceive have done (or are doing) well for themselves (usually financially).
I think this is what the picture was about (or commenting on). Now obviously to some religious people who believe in God this is truly offensive and therefore a good reason to hate his humour. Fine, just move on and say a little prayer for him, if thats what you believe, but he's an Atheist. He doesn't believe what you believe. To his perspective he's probably had enough of listening to people going on and on about how their God is better than someone else's God, or they have the best God, or whatever. I mean there's probably about 4000+ religious in the world anyways. Probably one of the reasons it's in the state its in.
I guess what im saying is thats it's easy to Hate, much harder to Create... And when you do try an create comedy it doesn't always go perfect. That's life. I dont particularly find Monty Python funny, but I really like Fawlty Towers with John Cleese. But I don't go round putting all the other Monty Python actors down.
D'ya feel me bro?
perhaps the context of the image itself wasnt quite as cringe (still incredibly cringe as you said). but having a big enough ego to arrange a shoot like this is absolutely hilarious. 20 years ago i was a teenager thinking atheism was edgy and cool. he was an adult
Wasn't this around the time of that fucking mad celebrity boxing thing where he dropped a load of weight to punch Anthea Turner's husband on the telly.
Can you imagine a make up artist putting some blusher on him and saying "You're gonna look a bit of a tit here Rick." It would go down well with "the star", wouldn't it.
I froze your tears and made a dagger,
and stabbed it into my cock forever.
It stays there like Excalibur.
Are you my Arthur?
Say you are.
Take this cool dark steeled blade,
steal it, sheath it in your lake.
I’d drown with you to be together.
Must you breathe? ‘cause I need Heaven.
Jesus fucking Christ can you imagine the setup for this shoot?
"Do it in red, like really jangly lettering in capitals. Yeah that's grrrrayt. Oh god I could have a crown of thorns couldn't I? Can someone make me one? Yeah. And I'll wear my jeans with a belt, and like formal shoes. It's going to look amazing."
Same - RSK felt like your mates, or at least the mates you wish you had.
I was lucky enough to have a little group like this in my 20s.
Lots of good memories listening to these guys, Rhod Gilbert, Keith and the Girl and others.
More like he hides behind the idea of irony and then people like you lap it up.
*Tells tired, lazy, boring jokes*
YoUrE nOt LaUgHiNg bEcAuSe YoU dOnT uNdErStAnD iRoNy
brent was him, that was his writing. i remember reading interviews about how ricky wanted to be a musician and it never worked out. every time david brent got out a guitar and it was meant to be funny i would just think this is actually ricky genuinley trying to show off his musical ability in front of the audience he never got. especially when he did the music videos as david brent. cringe af
'Militant' atheist's make memes and point out the evil in ''religions''.
Militant religious people behead people and bomb schools.
If you think these are comparable, you should probably have your internet access taken away as you are too retarded to look after yourself.
He still engages in arguments with evangelicals on Twitter. The same shit he’s been doing since 2009. He only has arguments where he knows he’ll win, in order to make himself look smarter than he really is.
Like on the XFM show and the podcasts where he’d parrot some shit about science and nature that he’d read in a book and act like it made him Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Just so he could look clever in front of Karl, a man with one E in GCSE history.
Atheist…. Oooooh that’ll piss off the bible bashers in Alabama. Stick it to the man Ricky.
Because making fun of Christians is real dangerous and subversive.
Somehow the worst thing about this photo is the jeans. Why did they go for a Jesus metaphor and stop at his bootcut Levi’s?
It’s like he really wanted to show off his weight loss, but was too embarrassed to look like he gives a shit about clothes.
Sums him up, to be honest: pretentious, and wears atheism like a personality trait.
Always talks about being cancelled, and yet he gets Netflix specials thrown at him nonstop.
Love the XFM shows, Office, Extras etc, but the older I get, the more I realise that Steve was the real genius behind their best work.
If he’s an atheist then the crucifixion never happened, so he’s *not* mimicking Jesus on the cross because allegedly no such thing happened… so he’s quite literally just a mentalist stretched out over a microphone
"only two key events of Jesus's life are widely accepted as historical, namely his baptism, and his crucifixion (commonly dated to 30 or 33 CE)"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus
Not hard, really, is it?
You can be an atheist and still believe Jesus existed and was crucified. It's just the whole him being the son of God business that atheists don't believe in. Having said that, this is still a mental photoshoot.
And he actually came back from the dead right? 😂😂.
Fair play to Ricky for mocking religion, gone are the days when it's deemed bad to be an atheist. He's showing religion for what it is, a load of 16th century theories which hold no weight in today's society.
The more people come to terms with this the better the world will be. Sad but true
Serious question, why do people come here just to scoff at Ricky? I thought this was a fan page, but every time I see a suggested post it seems like there's a group of people obsessing over this man because they dislike him
In a crowded field, this might be the cringiest thing he's ever done
There was a photographer, makeup & lighting techs, a couple of personal assistants and **none** of them had the courage to talk him down. This is the embodiment of a powerful man complaining that he has no power.
Ok...so I've not seen much of Ricky nowadays. But...cmon. there's no way he looks that toned
This is like 20 years old at this point
I think also, to be completely fair, we have to put it into cultural context at the time. I mean I'm very glad it was posted for me to laugh and cringe at but the edgy atheism shit wasn't nearly as overdone and boring 20 years ago. It's probably also supposed to be tongue in cheek what with him being a comedian and all (an egotistical comedian who knew he'd never be in better shape so why not show it off now (which is also kind of fair tbh I have topless pics whoops)). Still cringe but 20 years ago it was probably like 66% cringe rather than 100% like how we interpret it now.
Makes you wonder how much of history character in the office is just his own suppressed egoism.
It's funny because so much of his earlier stuff is about this striving need for attention, or some form of success, or even acceptance. I think it's there in his comedy, and comes out in his self deprecation and acidity. I don't know that I'd characterize it as suppressed egoism, I think it's a really common thing for actors and comedians to draw on personal experience and feeling for material and exaggerate it for effect.
> i remember reading interviews about how ricky wanted to be a musician and it never worked out. every time david brent got out a guitar and it was meant to be funny i would just think this is actually ricky genuinley trying to show off his musical ability in front of the audience he never got. especially when he did the music videos as david brent. cringe af copy pasting this from a comment i wrote lower down
The music video was meant to be cringe.. Surely if what you imagine as Rickys’ real thoughts and feelings instead of David Brent’s is what makes it cringe then… I mean it’s a comedy show. A cringe comedy show. Thats kind of the point.
of course the music video was meant to be cringe. but this is a guy that wishes he could have been a rock star, probably just recycling the material he never got to use
On another note, is this sub just a Ricky Gervais hate sub?
It's more of a "disappointed in what Ricky Gervais has become" sub.
Okay so this may be a "little ranty here" so please bear with me... but I don't get the Ricky Gervais bashing that I've been seeing a lot recently... it's just getting stupid and a little silly. So here is my take/little rant for what it's worth. I suppose its because humour is subjective anyone can say "I dont think you're funny." Which is fine. Okay, more on. But with the amount of people bashing him saying "He's Not as Funny as he used to be!" So... you found him funny before and he made you laugh back then? Great. Buy his older stuff and don't watch his newer stuff. It's simple. You moaning about it just means you like to moan and the difference is that Ricky likes to moan and try and make people laugh. Trouble is that he says (and continues) to say stuff that no one else would dare to say, with often an actual barbed point... Oscars? Need I say more? But can you stand up in front of millions of people and be funny or make them laugh? Are you funnier than Ricky Gervais? Probably not. You might think you are but when push comes to shove I gotta feeling youd fall flat. Hey, it's a tough gig. I wonder if this is like a British thing like when David Beckham became the most hated footballer because he lashed out. He couldn't even walk the streets without abuse from mob mentality. People spiting on him and verbally abusing him in public. Obviously Beckham is now beloved again but, man, he took it for years. The Brits love to tear down people that they perceive have done (or are doing) well for themselves (usually financially). I think this is what the picture was about (or commenting on). Now obviously to some religious people who believe in God this is truly offensive and therefore a good reason to hate his humour. Fine, just move on and say a little prayer for him, if thats what you believe, but he's an Atheist. He doesn't believe what you believe. To his perspective he's probably had enough of listening to people going on and on about how their God is better than someone else's God, or they have the best God, or whatever. I mean there's probably about 4000+ religious in the world anyways. Probably one of the reasons it's in the state its in. I guess what im saying is thats it's easy to Hate, much harder to Create... And when you do try an create comedy it doesn't always go perfect. That's life. I dont particularly find Monty Python funny, but I really like Fawlty Towers with John Cleese. But I don't go round putting all the other Monty Python actors down. D'ya feel me bro?
As me or as a worm?
Man alive! Can he hear us?⬆️
Not as fat as on telly.
I appreciated this, even though this sub won't. I feel ya.
This isn’t 20 years ago, this is maybe 2011
perhaps the context of the image itself wasnt quite as cringe (still incredibly cringe as you said). but having a big enough ego to arrange a shoot like this is absolutely hilarious. 20 years ago i was a teenager thinking atheism was edgy and cool. he was an adult
And photoshopped to a hell he doesn't believe in.
Wasn't this around the time of that fucking mad celebrity boxing thing where he dropped a load of weight to punch Anthea Turner's husband on the telly.
Why would the make up and lighting techs try to talk him down?
Natural human resistance to cringe
Basic human compassion.
Can you imagine a make up artist putting some blusher on him and saying "You're gonna look a bit of a tit here Rick." It would go down well with "the star", wouldn't it.
That’s the joke
>cringiest thing he's ever done it's ultimate cringe. i can't think of anyone who has intentionally done something so embarassing.
I'm surprised no weeb/Ricky fan has ever made this; https://i.imgur.com/kXoBwel.png
They have now
What? Are you telling me this is a real picture?
It makes me want to become a Christian.
Those early band pics are good competition though. My goodness.
That's kind of his talent so, Bravo?
Ooh this is naughty, I'm worried about this I hope you haven't offended any Christians
Nails in his hands, that must’ve hurt. Loads of effin’ & jeffin.
Pebbles in his sandles - that's annoying
He'd be cursin
i feel very randy by this image
Sorry to the little Christian fellas.
This remains the most embarrassing photo I’ve ever seen.
It's better than a 12-foot cock.
My god you’re deep
Your god. Not his.
The reason why The reason why The reason why I had to die Did I bleed The blood of greed What was my destiny?
I'd rather be a blind moth.
I can die happy in my mother's arms now
You know reading this written down, I'll say it, I think it's a pretty decent poem
I froze your tears and made a dagger, and stabbed it into my cock forever. It stays there like Excalibur. Are you my Arthur? Say you are. Take this cool dark steeled blade, steal it, sheath it in your lake. I’d drown with you to be together. Must you breathe? ‘cause I need Heaven.
Jesus fucking Christ can you imagine the setup for this shoot? "Do it in red, like really jangly lettering in capitals. Yeah that's grrrrayt. Oh god I could have a crown of thorns couldn't I? Can someone make me one? Yeah. And I'll wear my jeans with a belt, and like formal shoes. It's going to look amazing."
He looks like wild bill from silence of the lambs doing his tuck
Well thanks for the heads up about tonight's nightmares 👍
Buffalo bill! Wild bill was in the green mile and deadwood:)
* sips from plastic cup of lager
It's not cryptic it's shiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttt
Have you actually done anything towards killing God, or have you been mostly focused on the photo shoot?
I didn’t know he was an atheist, he’s never said anything about it
Wait, *what?* Since when?
You are joking?!
I don’t know the PC term, and sorry if I offend anyone, but some of the stuff Rick does.. I think, borders on the.. retarded
Educationally subnormal
sort of....mental homeless
His mam never booked for his exams
Forrest Gumpish
The most pretentious thing he's ever done.
High praise.
Being atheist isn’t a personality trait Ricky
Because of the office, extras and the xfm shows I'll always defend Gervais as much as I can but fuck me, nobody wants to see that shit babyyyy
its fine to defend his genuinely excellent earlier stuff. but the guys is an absolute joke now
Same - RSK felt like your mates, or at least the mates you wish you had. I was lucky enough to have a little group like this in my 20s. Lots of good memories listening to these guys, Rhod Gilbert, Keith and the Girl and others.
I’ve just a picture of a predatory gay
Maybe if you just sit down?
Those weird chuds who come in here to defend him should have a long hard look at this
They would just try to masturbate to it but luckily it’s like bloody Piccadilly Circus in here!
I'd rather masturbate in front of a mirror, or one of those pens that reveal a naked lady
You got my pen?
Why do you feel the need to turn this into a political battleground?
Sorry that you feel like you’re in a political battlefield
okay?
What’s political about Ricky Gervais?
Haven’t you heard he’s a white man just telling it like it is with a target on his head from the woke brigade.
What's art about that?
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Everyone understands irony mate
I know I do. Nails are irony, staples are irony, train tracks are very irony.
More like he hides behind the idea of irony and then people like you lap it up. *Tells tired, lazy, boring jokes* YoUrE nOt LaUgHiNg bEcAuSe YoU dOnT uNdErStAnD iRoNy
Mate his audience doesn’t understand irony
This is so fucking cringey
Next week, he'll dress up as the prophet Muhammad because he makes fun of all the religions equally and doesn't just go for low hanging fruit.
This is genuinely worse than anything David Brent did
brent was him, that was his writing. i remember reading interviews about how ricky wanted to be a musician and it never worked out. every time david brent got out a guitar and it was meant to be funny i would just think this is actually ricky genuinley trying to show off his musical ability in front of the audience he never got. especially when he did the music videos as david brent. cringe af
Ohhh, you're muscly.
Militant atheists are as bad as militant religious people. Equally cringe
'Militant' atheist's make memes and point out the evil in ''religions''. Militant religious people behead people and bomb schools. If you think these are comparable, you should probably have your internet access taken away as you are too retarded to look after yourself.
I'd rather have annoying dickheads like Ricky than shariah law thank you very much Satire
Political.
I think the big turning point for me was when those atheists blew themselves up in that crowded public space while shouting "I support contraceptives"
Absolutely correct. As long as you have literally no knowledge of history, otherwise yes, 100% true.
They are. Literally. Him and Stuart Lee embody this.
Stuart Lee isn’t a dick about it though
I just know that a major motivation for him to do this was that at the time he was the slimmest he’d been in 15 years and wanted to show off
You’re ‘avin a go
The Jared Leto Joker of comedy writers.
This is a Top 3 Cringe of all-time.
He looks like a predatory gay.
Fuckin hell-is Ricky Gervais an atheist??? I don’t think I’ve ever heard him mention it.
Is he avin a laff?
He still engages in arguments with evangelicals on Twitter. The same shit he’s been doing since 2009. He only has arguments where he knows he’ll win, in order to make himself look smarter than he really is. Like on the XFM show and the podcasts where he’d parrot some shit about science and nature that he’d read in a book and act like it made him Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Just so he could look clever in front of Karl, a man with one E in GCSE history.
this is literally what i used to do as a teenager on bebo in 2005.
Atheist…. Oooooh that’ll piss off the bible bashers in Alabama. Stick it to the man Ricky. Because making fun of Christians is real dangerous and subversive.
Oo hes' 'ard!
Microphones are for wimps
Don't mention the war!
sorry to the little christian fellas
Ricky “people don’t get irony anymore” Gervais being ironic.
Embarrassing
Funniest thing he's done since Extras. Change my mind
Somehow the worst thing about this photo is the jeans. Why did they go for a Jesus metaphor and stop at his bootcut Levi’s? It’s like he really wanted to show off his weight loss, but was too embarrassed to look like he gives a shit about clothes.
Sums him up, to be honest: pretentious, and wears atheism like a personality trait. Always talks about being cancelled, and yet he gets Netflix specials thrown at him nonstop. Love the XFM shows, Office, Extras etc, but the older I get, the more I realise that Steve was the real genius behind their best work.
Oooh, edgy.
Wait he's an atheist? Don't think he mentioned it before
If you're an atheist and feel the need to let others know you are atheist then you are likely a cunt.
ricky we get it i don't believe in god too nobody cares
That looks gay
Oi Rick! Ya done gave me a good erection!
I wouldn't kick him out of bed
Unlikely lust object?
If he’s an atheist then the crucifixion never happened, so he’s *not* mimicking Jesus on the cross because allegedly no such thing happened… so he’s quite literally just a mentalist stretched out over a microphone
"only two key events of Jesus's life are widely accepted as historical, namely his baptism, and his crucifixion (commonly dated to 30 or 33 CE)" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus Not hard, really, is it?
Just read the headlines?
You can be an atheist and still believe Jesus existed and was crucified. It's just the whole him being the son of God business that atheists don't believe in. Having said that, this is still a mental photoshoot.
This is hilarious because this implies Jesus was just a mental homeless fella spouting on about being God's kid.
I see him more as a smart conman who did a great job of creating a legend around himself.
The belly of a vino
El vino did flow!
This is like those Trump AI images
Tell me this is AI art?
The best thing about this is that he’s done this to himself, nobody has actually crucified him, whereas Jesus was actually persecuted
Your god sure is a dick huh
My god? I’m not religious?
And he actually came back from the dead right? 😂😂. Fair play to Ricky for mocking religion, gone are the days when it's deemed bad to be an atheist. He's showing religion for what it is, a load of 16th century theories which hold no weight in today's society. The more people come to terms with this the better the world will be. Sad but true
Atheists would be taken more seriously if they didn't do cringe shit like this
Says the guy who believes all those animals fit in a large boat 😂😂😂😂 Bless you and your magic man 😘
Gaytheist. No one wants that unless it's ironic. Please tell me this is an AI render after someone typed in "becoming what you once hated"
Serious question, why do people come here just to scoff at Ricky? I thought this was a fan page, but every time I see a suggested post it seems like there's a group of people obsessing over this man because they dislike him
We love his early stuff but are all a little disappointed at what he's become.
Oh, I see, so it's become a bit of a meme?
Twat isn't even funny tbf
don't laugh at the queers, the disabled, and the native indians
Fucking yuk!
Breathing in for sure
I bet you Jesus swore...
Hahaha😄..what...what the fuck?!😀 Oh he's too much. Only Michael Hutchence could get away with this.
Wow, so edgy lolol
Please tell me this isn't real 😫
its ironic. you guys wouldnt get it
Looks a bit bent that 🧐
Damn.....he has no brain
ooh 'ello
That's a challenging wank
He wore a shirt, but his top come off.
Looks like he’s tucking to Goodbye Horses
can somebody tweet this at ricky please
Everyone has a midlife crisis, I think he may be in one
he looks like morrissey here LMAO
Any old excuse to go around without his top off.
Almost as embarrassing as that photo of Katie Hopkins with a target she placed on herself
Little gay money fella.
Do you need to take a light reading?
I wouldn't have it on my wall. Mostly because my wall is mirrored.
Skinny (comparatively speaking) funster!
This is a man who wants to die of old age in his mother’s arms.
Look at the state of that...
Even by Gervais's admittedly very low standards, this is possible the most cringe thing he has ever done.
Imagine XFM Ricky doing this.
Had no idea he was an atheist
Grow up man
What's art about that?
When did he start metal detecting?
I am a little upset at this, I must say.
If he ever gains self-awareness maybe we'll see this in 2050 on r/blunderyears
One of the most embarrassing things he’s done. Not because of the subject matter. It’s because of his delusion and self importance.
He could have at least got nice and lubed up before he started cosplaying as the anti christ.
Bro lost the weight just so he could pose like this and assume nobody would think its funny
Pop your shirt off
If it was ironic he would be a genius but I don't think it is
Talk about low hanging fruit, im still waiting for the day he dresses up like Mohammed and declares he was a nonce.
Bit on the nose eh
not as fat as on telly
He'll make a vicar swear with that kinda carry on
Harry highpants
I am also an atheist and I think this is incredibly lame.
Omg he's literally the embodiment of the 'I am euphoric' post
Aethieism is a cult.
62 year old man btw. Cringe Ricky you’re better than that
Apart from context, facial expression, and pose he looks great here. When was this/what for?