Ricky Gervais has reportedly hired his own security guards for performances in the wake of author Sir Salman Rushdie being stabbed whilst he was on stage last week.
The comedian, 61, has been performing a series of intimate "work-in progress" shows at Leicester Square Theatre in London recently to try out new material on live audiences.
He's said to have "beefed up" his security team for such events though following the attack of Rushdie, 75 - who was stabbed at a venue in New York state earlier this month.
