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Ricky Gervais risks being cancelled as he announces world tour Mortality that will 'laugh at death' - after previous show featured controversial jokes about terminally ill children


The comedian, 63, previously faced backlash when his last show on the streaming service Armageddon featured controversial jokes about terminally ill children.

Despite the uproar the special won a Golden Globe and went on make history by becoming the highest ever grossing comedy show, after raking in a whopping £1.41million at the Box Office for a single gig. While hosting the 2020 Golden Globes Ricky joked about Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and Prince Andrew, and tackled topics such as MeToo and ISIS as he left his A-list audience wincing during his opening monologue Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, and Gwyneth Paltrow were left with stunned looks on their faces as Gervais mocked Felicity Huffman over the college admission scandal, branded James Corden a 'massive p****' and ripped Judi Dench for 'licking' her own private parts in his eight-minute speech.

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