Ricky Gervais has come under fire over controversial jokes about transgender people in SuperNature. This comes after a clip resurfaced on social media of James Acaster taking aim at the comedian.
The After Life creator, 60, has caused a huge backlash with his comments about transgender people in his new Netflix comedy special, the mirror reports. Gervais dedicated a significant chunk of the show commenting on the trans community, joking that ‘old-fashioned women’ are ‘the ones with wombs’ and that he’s transitioning to become ‘Vicky Gervais’.
The routine has been widely blasted, with many turning to Acaster’s criticism in a 2019 stand-up show to encapsulate the harms of Gervais’ comments. One person sharing the clip of Acaster wrote on Twitter : "Nothing to say about Ricky Gervais that James Acaster hasn’t already said."
