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Ricky Gervais to Host 2012 Golden Globes

Truth rating: 10

4:38 pm, November 16th, 2011

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Ricky Gervais will return to host the Golden Globes in 2012, Gossip Cop confirms with a source involved with the show.

The comedian sparked controversy with his monologue jokes during last year’s ceremony, during which he targeted many of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards are set to take place on January 15, 2012.

Immediately after his lightning rod performance as host last year, Gervais was criticized by for making “totally unacceptable” jokes by Philip Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group responsible for the telecast.

Gervais defended his style as just doing his job, stressing, “I don’t think I did anything wrong.”

Always ready to stir the pot, Gervais just tweeted a photo with Billy Crystal in which he jokes, “Just told Billy Crystal he’d better not use any of my holocaust or pedophile material at The Oscars.”

Last week, Crystal was announced as Eddie Murphy‘s replacement as host of the 2012 Academy Awards.

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  • Courtney

    nobody watches these award shows for the hosts it’s to see what the stars are wearing who wins who makes a fool of themselves and who is passed over in the in memoraim montage

  • sparkys nemesis

    I watch all the awards shows but yeah, some of them can be a bit lame. Still, soooo happy for Gervais, a genuinely funny guy!

  • Regina1180

    What I like about Ricky is that his humor doesn’t seem forced. He seems like a genuinely funny dude. I love that. I think the producers got nervous that he was gonna piss off all of the celebs that we are suppose to cherish. Any celeb that’s worth anything knows you NEED to make fun of yourself every now and then.

  • FCP

    Ricky Gervais has already picked out his outfit for the 2012 Golden Globes here http://www.funny-celebrity-pictures.com/2012/01/ricky-gervais-is-ready-to-host-2012.html :)

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