Ricky Gervais

Comedian Ricky Gervais is being criticized for his new stand-up special, "SuperNature," in which he mocks transgender women and the debate around bathroom ...

"Not everyone will like -- or agree with -- everything on our service," reads a statement on the company's website. Be the gender that you feel that you are," he says. From there, he clarifies: "The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs."

Ricky Gervais' "SuperNature" has only been released on Netflix for a few hours, but has already drawn criticism.

Ricky Gervais could go after the governments, banks, billionaires. — Big Red (@bigredgaymer)May 24, 2022 Ricky Gervais is a disgrace, he is going to cause hate crime and ultimately the death of Trans folk. — Paul Husband (@PaulHusband_)May 24, 2022 — martha (@moominmarxist)May 24, 2022 at this point you can’t call yourself an ally if you’re not publicly taking a stand against it. — Esme (@discount_Ripley)May 24, 2022 Toward the end of the special, Gervais offers his reasoning for trans jokes, saying, “Full disclosure: In real life of course I support trans rights. I support all human rights, and trans rights are human rights. Like, the worst thing you can say today, get you cancelled on Twitter, death threats, the worst thing you can say today is, ‘Women don’t have penises,’ right? “You don’t know who the dominant mob will be. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs.

Ricky Gervais' Netflix comedy special “SuperNature” has only been released on the streamer for a few hours, but it has already drawn criticism for a string ...

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Ricky Gervais is taking a lot of heat over his Netflix comedy special where he takes aim at the trans community.

“5 minutes in and he’s making jokes about trans women attacking & raping people in public bathrooms. Ricky Gervais could go after the governments, banks, billionaires. At the end of the special, Gervais issued a disclaimer that his jokes aimed at the trans community were solely for shock value: “Full disclosure: In real life of course I support trans rights,” Gervais explained. To him we exist only as a punchline, a threat, something less than human.” In an interview with Stephen Colbert on Late Night last week to promote the special, Gervais defended his decision to joke about “taboo” subjects, saying he wants to take “smart” audiences to a place they haven’t been before. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Following in Dave Chappelle's footsteps , Ricky Gervais ridicules transgender women in his new Netflix comedy special.

His trans mockery comes early in the “SuperNature” special, in which he also targets Asians and the Holocaust, among others. Last year, Chappelle and Netflix created a furor when his stand-up special, “The Closer,” was accused of anti-trans humor by gay rights groups and some Netflix employees. But transgender and LGBTQ defenders fired back, with GLAAD asserting that the special violates a Netflix policy against content designed to incite hate or violence. “It’s full of graphic, dangerous, anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes," along with anti-gay rhetoric and inaccurate statements on HIV. He then imagines a conversation with such a woman who objects to sharing a restroom with a trans woman. They're the ones with wombs.”

(Bloomberg) -- Less than one year after employees at Netflix, Inc. staged a walkout in response to a Dave Chappelle stand-up special, the streaming giant ...

Later in the special, Gervais says he supports trans people, and that “in real life, of course I support trans rights. Earlier this month, Netflix updated its company guidelines to include a section called “Artistic Expression,” Variety reported. Employees voiced concerns about the material prior to its debut, and Co-Chief Executive Officer Ted Sarandos later told Deadline he had failed to communicate with employees regarding the special. “While Netflix is home to some groundbreaking LGBTQ shows, it refuses to enforce its own policy in comedy.” “The one thing you should never joke about is the ‘trans issue.’ They just want to be treated equally. “The one thing you mustn’t joke about is identity politics,” Gervais said in the special.

GLAAD has responded to Ricky Gervais' new Netflix special, calling it "dangerous, anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes."

In October, Dave Chappelle’s special “The Closer” led to company walkouts and protests. Toward the end of the special, Gervais claims that he does support trans rights, but it leads to yet another punchline at the community’s expense: “Full disclosure: In real life, of course, I support trans rights. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. The statement continues, “Netflix has a policy that content ‘designed to incite hate or violence’ is not allowed on their platform, but we all know that anti-LGBTQ content does exactly that. “Attention Ricky and Netflix: people living with HIV today, when on effective treatment, lead long and healthy lives and cannot transmit HIV to others.” “We watched the Ricky Gervais ‘comedy’ special on Netflix so you don’t have to.

Netflix has reaffirmed its commitment to transphobic comedy with Ricky Gervais' latest special SuperNature. The streamer faced criticism after standing ...

The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. Perhaps most bafflingly, the comedian claims at the end of the special: “In real life of course I support trans rights. The ones with beards and cocks.