Thread by @MJInnocentUK

This evening, @rickygervais took to the #PleasanceTheatre in London to test new material for his upcoming tour ‘Armageddon’ & told one of the most lamest jokes of his career to date. Yes you guessed it, a boring #MichaelJackson joke & here is the gist of it below -

#RickyGervais starts talking about “peadaphiles back in my day” & references how they used to have bucked teeth with certain appearances blah blah blah. He talked about how they would offer sweets to kids blah blah. He then says that nowadays peadaphiles could look like anyone.

He cites how attractive Michael Jackson was & that he had been accused of such a thing. He does the Moonwalk (it’s worth noting @rickygervais claims to be an MJ fan & paid homage to him on his cover art for his previous ‘Animals’ TV stand up) & other signature MJ movements.

@rickygervais then ends the ‘joke’ with the punchline, or rather more of a statement in fact, by admitting that he didn’t know if MJ was actually a peadaphile, nor do anyone that he might have paid off.

@rickygervais if you’re reading. You’ve made all the crappy predictable MJ jokes throughout your career & in fact the ones in #Afterlife totally spoiled the series for us which is a shame as we are big fans of you generally (#Humanity is a masterpiece)….

You made an MJ joke when testing material during the stand up for the Humanity tour we recall (like we mentioned, we are fans). Ricky, come on, your nods to MJ are iconic, but leave out the jokes targeting him - it’s crass, hurtful to his kids & undermines your comedic abilities.