Ricky Gervais Defends Caitlyn Jenner Joke, Basically Tells Haters to Suck It

Those holding their breath for a Ricky Gervais apology should probably exhale right about now.

There isn’t any sort of Mea Culpa on the way.

As usual, the comedian found himself in pretty hot water after hosting the 2016 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, mostly for jokes made during his monologue… and specifically for one joke he made about Caitlyn Jenner.

“I’ve changed. Not as much as Bruce Jenner, obviously – now Caitlyn Jenner, of course,” Gervais cracked.

“What a year she’s had. She became a role model for trans people everywhere… She didn’t do a lot for women drivers, but you can’t have everything.”

This was a quip about a fatal car accident in which Jenner was involved in early 2015, back when he still went by “Bruce.”

Gervais has faced a lot of backlash for the remark, prompting him to defend the joke on Twitter as follows:

“Suggesting a joke about Caitlin Jenner is automatically transphobic is like suggesting a joke about Bill Cosby is automatically racist.”

That’s true.

This joke was not about Caitlyn Jenner having become a woman. It was about a motorist being killed in a car crash.

You can go ahead and decide which is more offensive.

Ricky Gervais Monologue: Did He Go Too Far?

As you can see via the above video, Gervais offended quite a few people with his monologue.

But he doesn’t appear to feel very badly about it.

“In the future, everyone will be offended by me for 15 minutes,” he also Tweeted, adding: “You have every right to be offended. Just don’t cry when no one cares.”

Gervais also embarrassed Mel Gibson (below) at the event.

So even if you were offended by his Caitlyn Jenner joke, perhaps this evened everything out in the end.

Ricky Gervais Embarrasses Mel Gibson

Ricky Gervais Said WHAT to Mel Gibson at the Golden Globes?!?

Following his controversial monologue to open the 2016 Golden Globe Awards, we asked whether or not Ricky Gervais went too far.

And we can think of one person who would most definitely answer in the affirmative.

In his most awkward (and funniest!) moment as host of the Golden Globes on Sunday evening, Gervais was tasked with introducing Mel Gibson, an outcast in Hollywood after past drunken tirades against Jews and women.

He was making an appearance at the ceremony, however, to present a trailer for best drama nominee Mad Max: Fury Road because he starred in the original version of that film franchise.

Gervais, of course, tackled these famous Gibson scandals head-on, referencing the star’s wasted behavior, along with jokes he made at the actor’s expense at host in 2010.

“I wasn’t judging him, but now I find myself in the awkward position of having to introduce him,” Gervais said. “I blame NBC for this terrible situation.”

In his best quip of the night, Gervais added:

“Mel blames, we know who Mel blames.”

Ricky Gervais Embarrasses Mel Gibson

As for Gibson?

“Mel has forgotten all about it, that’s what drinking does,” continued Gervais, who then searched for something nice to say about the alleged woman beater and concluded:

“I’d rather have a drink with him than Bill Cosby.”

Once Gibson arrived on stage (to tepid applause), he got in a shot of his own, saying immediately of Gervais:

“I love seeing Ricky every three years because it reminds me to get a colonoscopy.”

But it’s safe to say the comedian had the last laugh.

Beer in hand, he returned to the stage, sidled up to Gibson and asked:

What the f-ck is sugar tits?

That would be a reference to what Gibson supposedly screamed at a female police officer after getting arrested for drunk driving in 2006.

And this would be how Alan Cumming reacted upon Gervais bringing this topic up in front of millions of people:

Simply amazing all around.

Ricky Gervais Monologue: Did He Go Too Far?

You know what you get when you hire Ricky Gervais as an awards show host.

And the Golden Globes especially knows what it is going to get, considering it has hired Ricky Gervais as host four times now.

You"re going to get a host who has no problem taking aim at pretty much anyone at Hollywood, along with someone who sometimes focuses on very easy targets with supposedly "edgy" shots and insults.

And that"s exactly what he did to open the 2016 Golden Globe Awards.

"It"s only right that NBC hosts this awards show," Gervais said early on in his monologue.

"They’re the only network that’s truly fair and impartial, and that’s because they’re the only network with zero nominations. So … nothing in it for "em tonight. They don’t care, obviously."

That was pretty funny.

But Gervais later made multiple jokes at the expense of women in Hollywood and how they are paid less than their male counterparts.

Most controversially of all, he used a woman"s death as a source of humor.

"I"ve changed," he says in the following video.

"Not as much as Bruce Jenner, obviously. Now Caitlyn Jenner, of course. What a year she"s had. She became a role model for trans people everywhere, showing great bravery in breaking down barriers and destroying stereotypes.

"She didn"t do a lot for women drivers, but you can"t have everything, can ya?"

That final quip is a reference to a fatal car accident that took place in February, when Bruce was behind the wheel in a crash that actually took a woman"s life.

Did Gervais go too far by making light of this tragedy? Or is anything fair game when you"re a comedian?

Watch the monologue below and give Gervais an overall grade now: