Unsurprisingly, Gervais has produced headlines (just not all supportive). (Also, he's been telling these jokes onstage since 2019.) Despite repeatedly telling audiences during the recording that “that won’t make the special!”, Gervais’ pop at the hypocrisy of trans activists (who preach the politics of kindness while calling women who disagree dinosaurs) has proven to be one of the best gags in the show.Įven journalists like me who are somewhat tired of the daily Terf-trans punch-up on social media had to chuckle at Gervais’ observation about the bigotry of making accusations of rape while using the wrong pronouns. No one knows this better than Netflix bosses, who have yet again hit the headlines for streaming Ricky Gervais’ latest comedy special, SuperNature.Īnyone with a Twitter account knows that Gervais is no stranger to stirring the pot of political outrage - and so his jokes about trans ideology and pronouns were hardly a shock. Today, political controversy has taken over nudity in the push to drive up numbers. ‘Sex sells” used to be the motto of anyone in the entertainment business.