Ricky Gervais Rejects Fan Request to Host Oscars: ‘F— That!’

Ricky Gervais may have hosted the Golden Globe Awards five times, but he’s in no rush to take on Oscar hosting duties.

Hours before the Oscars are set to take place on March 15, the British comedian took to X to respond to a fan account named The Ricky Gervais Clips, which posted, “Repost if you wish @rickygervais was hosting the #Oscars tonight.” Gervais himself quote responded, writing, “Fuck that! 😂”

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Gervais hosted the Globes in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2020. His duties were remembered for mocking celebrities to their face, and swinging much more aggressively at Hollywood stars than many of his contemporaries.

Last year, Gervais spoke with Variety about his times hosting the ceremony, and said that his image as a brutal truth-teller was as much a marketing tactic as reality.

“The marketing thing is that, ‘It’s live. He could say anything. Oh, my God. He’s brutal. Oh, he doesn’t care about anything.’ All those are untrue,” he says. “I write those jokes. I look at them from every angle. I make sure they’re bulletproof. I go out with a beer, I pretend to be a loose cannon, but I’m not. I’m never drunk. I have like a sip. And I can justify anything. I’m never that brutal. It just seems like it.”

Gervais’ most recent comedy special, “Ricky Gervais: Mortality,” won best stand-up comedy performance at this year’s Globes. He won the same award last year, too, for “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon.”

See Gervais’ social media message below.