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Ricky Gervais kicks off the Golden Globes with a wild introduction that essentially told Hollywood to f--- off

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  • Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais kicked off the awards ceremony on Sunday with a series of inflammatory remarks. 
  • Gervais, who's hosted the show five times previously, insulted actors, agents, and Hollywood in general with his abrasive jokes. 
  • "If you win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech. You're in no position to lecture the public about anything," Gervais said during one of his zingers. "You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg." 
  • The host also criticized actors for their hypocrisy, and even made a joke or two about deceased and disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. 
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Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais kicked off Sunday's awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California with a series of scathing, inflammatory remarks about the hypocrisy in Hollywood, among other gripes. 

Gervais, who's hosted the Globes several times before, covered a wide range of topics in his opening monologue, but managed to insult most of Hollywood by the time he was done. 

"I came here in a limo tonight, and the license plate was made by Felicity Huffman," Gervais began. When the audience groaned in response, he added, "I dont care, it's her daughter I feel sorry for." 

In addition to his comments about Huffman, Gervais also made a quip about the streaming wars, telling audience members, "Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ISIS started a streaming service, you'd be calling your agents." 

The comedian also took issue with the amount of hypocrisy in the film and TV industry, calling out actors who work with large organizations that aren't socially responsible, but still feel the need to portray themselves as social justice warriors.

"If you win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech. You're in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg," Gervais said, adding "So if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent, and your god, and f--- off." 

During his opening remarks, he also poked fun at Leonardo DiCaprio's taste in women, and the excessive acceptance speeches of many nominees. But perhaps Gervais' biggest zinger of the night was when he made a joke about Jeffrey Epstein and his connection to Hollywood. 

"You could binge watch the entire first season of 'Afterlife' instead of watching this show," Gervais began, poking fun at the runtime of the Golden Globes. "That's a show about a man who wants to kill himself because his wife dies of cancer, and it's still more fun than this."

"Spoiler alert, season two is on the way, so in the end he obviously didn't kill himself. Just like Jeffrey Epstein," he added. When the audience groaned in response, Gervais shot back, "Shut up, I know he was your friend." 

On Twitter, some viewers were shocked by Gervais' scathing remarks about the industry. 

Others were more approving of Gervais' evisceration of Hollywood. 

 

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