British comedian Ricky Gervais is standing up to the transgender mob and pushing back against criticism of his jokes about transgender people, among other topics.
In an interview with the BBC, Gervais was asked why he hasn’t “changed in parallel with the times” and is still making jokes about fat people, disabled people and transgenders.
“You’ve kind of doubled down on those issues. It’s become more important to you,” the BBC’s John Wilson asked.
“That’s probably true, but that’s because I think I’m right,” Gervais, 64, responded.
“I have a right to talk about those things,” Gervais continued. “And there are jokes I certainly stand by. I can’t look back and say, ‘Oh, sorry about that, I said that when I was only
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