Ricky Gervais on After Life, hunting, animal testing and why he loves dogs

[@ilirkastevanovic7061]

Ricky Gervais is so compassionate and clever. I agree with him on so many levels. Excellent interview.

[@ashishsainik]

Be the person your Dog thinks you are ♥️♥️

[@bonnie43uk]

Excellent interview, Ricky's cup is always half full. "Be Kind and don't hurt animals, that's my manifesto". I couldn't agree more Ricky.

[@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689]

Absolutely. Hopefully when he's dead he'll give all his dosh to animal charities.

[@soloist777]

Yes, u are absolutely right.

[@someoneelse.2252]

A dude who loves animals....... a good guy.

[@soloist777]

Yes Pat he is. When the planet's lost 2/3 of the planet's species since the 70's because of humans' greed primarily then it doesn't augur well for us.

[@bluegtturbo]

I've never met Ricky but I can tell from what he says and how he behaves that he's a wonderful human being. Same partner for 40 years and loves dogs and cares little for money...says it all..

[@jamespatrick1548]

After Life (both seasons) is one of the best things I have seen on TV in the last 10-15 years. Clever, sweet, profoundly sad and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Sometimes at the same time. Check it out, you won't regret it.

[@bazzoman510]

Dogs are the greatest things on earth,i knew i liked this guy for a reason,apart from all his great tv shows.

[@jeanmyers1787]

Anthony Webster Totally agree I’m in dog rescue & Ricky is great platform & sponsor.

[@enatp6448]

I absolutely love this guy - his sense of compassion and straightforward no bull shit honesty.

[@mattpopemusic]

honesty but not knowledge

[@tanyasellick2053]

Well said Mr Gervais,you are a true gem.Everyone needs to watch this show... phenomenal

[@cosmiccreator]

Ricky is genius! I laughed, I cried.. This show is so beautiful. Great to see so many actors from the cast of Derek.. another heartbreaker! Love you Ricky!

[@PenskyMaterial]

How can you hate on this guy? He is funny as hell and he loves animals!

I’ll hate myself a million years before I ever hate him.

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

Rants on about religion a bit much but apart from that yeh he's okay.

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

No, only dumb arse people like you are stupid and arrogant enough to think you know all the answers about the universe when you don't, ironically the people most against religion never seem to shut up about it. Hypocrisy at its finest. They don't believe so then they demand nobody else should either, Ricky is dumb as shit on that issue frankly so no surprise you agree with him. @@musicworship4520

[@emmajane96]

Optimistic Whovian hahaha no, we are much smarter than you idiots who believe in a book that’s been rewritten a hundred times and was originally in Latin....no proof whatsoever of anything in that storybook ever happening....unlike science, that’s based on facts. You sure love science in the medical sense though hey 🙄 and technology

[@emmajane96]

Optimistic Whovian oh and no, he never brings up religion, the bloody interviewer brings it up every single time. So stfu

[@TheObsessedGardener]

This comments section was so perfect. It's kind and lovely. Peace, you beautiful people.

[@sarahc561]

My dog kept me going. She was the only thing I kept going for. The part where his wife wakes up and he's bought her a puppy made me cry.

[@mw...]

he's absolutely correct about hunting and animal cruelty. The future belongs to kind people. It has to

[@eversforgeworks]

Nothing wrong with hunting for food you weakling.

[@soloist777]

@@GCKelloch Yes, I come across animals all the time, sitting up and asking to have their lives extinguished.

[@soloist777]

@@eversforgeworks People with inadequacy issues and sociopaths feel the need to take the lives of other creatures.

[@Luczadee]

@@soloist777 If you buy your meat from a supermarket you are just paying someone else to kill it for you

[@landonboomsma2594]

Lorenzo Valla you a vegan?

[@sammyj29]

I balled my eyes in the last episode.. beautifully written. Thanks Ricky for this!

[@barelyaninconvenience]

just watch 'after life' its brilliant.your welcome

[@wonderwoman5528]

Afterlife sounds great, can’t wait !

[@wakingtheworld]

Watching this after Series 3. Another emotional roller coaster. Agree wholeheartedly with Ricky.

[@peterz53]

After life was great. Loved Brandy - a sweet dog

[@greebo7857]

First 5 minutes of this, June 2020. I lost my wife 29 months ago. I needed to see this interview almost more than anything else. Now I have to find the series. I know EXACTLY the pain Ricky as explaining, as do many of us I guess. more to Ricky than meets the eye. I'd never heard of him until the Golden Globe thing.

[@geesmac]

My heartfelt condolences on your loss. I hope that time is helping you come to grips with something which can at times be so overwhelming. My dad passed December 26, 2021, he was 93, I was at his side for almost a week till his passing. Then I lost the love of my life January 12, 2022. Once again I was lucky enough to be by her side for her last few days. I apologize that I really don't know what to say, all I can share is that it is just so hard, so so hard. I have waves of grief that take control of me and I'm helpless to stop them. I know they say that we are not unique in our grief, but I don't agree. I think we are all trying to figure it out in our own way. Please take care of yourself. The strength within us, comes from those around us. God bless

[@Zennofobic]

i definitely care more about animals than I do people

[@Zennofobic]

i can still care deeply about myself

[@Zennofobic]

don't worry, I won't have to do a thing... humans are going to destroy themselves - sooner the better

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

People are animals.

[@mattpopemusic]

@@Zennofobic Is there such a thing as a bad dog? Or only a bad owner?

[@stevenicol1]

So do I. Animals aren't as selfish.

[@aesfa56]

I love this guy!!!

[@seanmcquillan6190]

Love how animated he gets on the fks hunting animals! Gervais is a legend!

[@karlafremont1581]

Great interview. I now have answers to questions I was wondering about.

[@nzkiwiange]

Love from Christchurch, New Zealand...

[@wonderwoman5528]

At 17 minutes Ricky goes, ‘you’ve got me worked up again here’ and he looks so pissed off lol!

[@TheDaveph1]

4:20 "what was it about that word that we cunt say" very clever

[@robg71]

There's many reasons to like Ricky Gervais, His comedy, his realism his honesty. There's one reason to Love him, because of his love of animals.

[@chrisbyard3033]

Would love to believe Ricky still uses the bus😂..spot on about dogs though. They give love unconditionally

[@captainscarletz]

loved after life i hope theres another series

[@nickshields7258]

i think the best thing Ricky gervais has done ,he's put a lot into afterlife and has shown grievance exactly what it is and how u feel especially when its a loved partner you lose,and he's right dogs are the best and are more loyal than some humans,thanks Ricky you've helped me with grievance and you've wrote a great series ,all the best

[@aesfa56]

I finished the whole season 1 yesterday...I loved it! and I don't particularly enjoy very acid, sarcastic jokes, I find them most of the times, cruel. But, I found myself laughing out loud at some scenes, and agreeing to some incorrect things his character said, that many think, but not say. And, in spite of all, you still like him, because he is a good guy.

[@brandongutleben2222]

I've never felt so much like the character Ricky plays in this show, I've never related so much to a character, I'm only on episode 3 but so far his attitude in this show is me on a good day, it's nice to feel like someone out there . might one day understand why I am how I am , and damn I miss my lady, she died Almost ten years ago and I'm way past the point of being irritated by anyone who still gives a shit about anything and doesn't get how I can't. Carlin was my comedy idol but this show tells me Ricky could take the title, he's brilliant! -brandon Gutleben

[@kodalachswanderung5433]

I thought that there couldnt be a second season but now I‘m very hopeful! There has never been a series that made me cry and laugh so much

[@sdm12342002]

I love dogs, but cats are great too.

[@ilirkastevanovic7061]

All animals are great

[@saflynn14]

He loves cats!! And has 2 of them!

[@1920Janice]

Enjoyed your interview. I had dogs my entire life, as a kid and an adult. We had a beautiful puppy that was with us for 17 years. After the incredible pain of losing her I said, “No more dogs”! My husband and son brought home a Siberian Husky puppy. We named her Sky for her beautiful blue eyes. Sky was with us for 14 years. Losing her was another nightmare of pain! Now we have a Golden Retriever Maggie May. We have loved all our dogs as part of our family. We’re definitely dog people!!! Ricky, you mentioned using a flamethrower. I have always said that I wanted one. I would love to just see the reaction of just pointing it at someone!! ❤️🐶

[@davidphinn4167]

Can't wait for after life.

[@mw...]

me too . i'm suicidal

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

David Phinn Stop wishing your time away. The after life will reach you all in good time!🎩

[@stevomarsh1973]

Love you Ricky!

[@Brad_Evans92]

Can't wait for the show to come out

[@jordanburdett4979]

love this i started to cry after the second episode and not stopped yet. it struck a cord with me, i am struggling with a heroin addiction and depression. Every thing is so true what he and the guy that got him the drugs. probably the greatest part was when he gave him the money to get the heroin so he could over dose!!! it feels like what my life was like at one point. But i am getting better now but any way rant over love this series one best things iv watched but game of thrones season 8 might change that.

[@captainscarletz]

hope theres a 2nd series and it looks good if everyone likes it

[@sucat771]

I Loved "After Life"...I think very much about if I'm gone before my husband...thinking everything I have to leave written down for him to know about many things at home... ...Thank YOU Ricky...!!! ...By the way...I love EVERY animal... Really STOP Animal Cruelty.... ...Sometimes I love them more than I love some people......

[@brandongutleben2222]

You sound like a very thoughtful wife, tell your husband a random internet dude told you he should know he's lucky. All I got left of my lady is one picture and memories, of course, she didn't know she was gonna die, but I dunno what I wouldn't give for one more momento or one more minute with or memory of her, hell, if I even had a grave to sit at I'd never leave, I think it's nice you care enough to worry bout him after you're gone but I hope you live a long fulfilling life -brandon Gutleben

[@lesmatthews6684]

All good people are animal lovers great interview 👍😁😁😁😁😁

[@kimb6974]

most days my dog is my only reason for being

[@stupidhandles]

Kim B same

[@adambrant7357]

Everyday you are the reason for your dog

[@philh77]

💖

[@wonderwoman5528]

Nothing wrong with that :)

[@CAFCmatt55]

Is this the weirdest interview ever? Massive room with no one in it, Nihal and Ricky are miles away from each other and Nihal can’t seem to focus/look in one direction. Very strange.

[@kevinw712]

was this because of some kind of schedule conflict of Ricky's? or does this DJ always do segments with people in a completely different building?

[@CAFCmatt55]

Kevin W good point this

[@kevinw712]

@@CAFCmatt55 well I mean I've seen a number of different video feeds over the years on here of someone doing press on a UK radio show, but this particular guy is new to me. So I honestly wasn't sure if that's simply how he did things, as incredibly bizarre as that would be lol.. otherwise yeah that was my best guess, that Netflix really wanted Ricky to do this particular interview but he simply couldn't be in that building at that time, so they did this impromptu. And, the particularly weird thing is, I wonder if the DJ does have some kind of video feed close up with Ricky's face, because while the guy looks around a bit he does seem to mostly zero in on that one spot directly above his head. Whereas even if that was the setup, Ricky obviously didn't have one on his side.

[@CAFCmatt55]

Kevin W yeah so the interviewer Nihal, did an interview years ago for BBC R1 for the Office (might be wrong on the show) and Ricky brings it up in an interview with a later R1 DJ Greg James when promoting Idiot Abroad with Karl so they know each other. Nihal doesn’t have a big audience so imagine their history played a part in putting this together. I think you’re probably right with your conclusion though.

[@BillyHell01]

I don't even think they are in the same country, Ricky is most likely in New York doing press

[@OfficialFingazMC]

The trailer does seem amazing!

[@duyagetme]

Yes Yes and Yes! Sincerity, Kindness and Laughter :-)

[@OhThatVictoria]

Ricky taps into being human in a way that those who see and feel, embrace it immediately. I’m so thankful for his work, it’s a breath of fresh air.

[@brandongutleben2222]

Yes, completely! This show .akes me feel like someone out there gets me... His attitude so far (episode 3) is me on a good day, heh, I've never really related emotionally and logically to a character like this before

[@Country-Gal-at-Heart]

Great interview guys. Ricky your a comedy genius of or time. One of the things on my bucket list is to watch one of your live shows. ~😁~

[@Bobsbud100]

I am like the character from afterlife but female. I lost my partner in August and we had no children but 2 dogs and I am angry AF at times and can be rude as fuck. Sorry but it's the stage I'm at and I'm fearless, always have been. Need to sort myself out.

[@michaelpaulsmith4619]

I'm so sorry that you lost your partner. Things DO get better, I promise you. It's like walking in the driving rain and thinking, "When will this fucking end?" But it always does. Always. You grieve in your own way but please know that it will get better. Lots of love to you... if you'll forgive this moment of kindness from a stranger!

[@carolking6355]

It breaks my heart that I am bedridden and my home help won’t let me have a dog. My last beautiful shitshu who was only 3 months old lay beside me on the floor liking my cheek for 30 mins. While I lay unconscious on the floor. The warmth of his body and the licking brought me to occasionally until the ambulance came. 8 weeks later back home he was given away. It still breaks my heart. I will be 80 soon. Love you Ricky.

[@melaniekate3555]

So sad for you, dogs are the ultimate companions x

[@Tim1968-l9l]

Damn this guy i 1st class.

[@SilverFoxy207]

Ricky is an amazing person

[@saralomonaco7439]

I love you Ricky.

[@S7EVE_P]

Its a brilliant show. Netflix is the future, I don't watch any live TV anymore.

[@Millie15071]

Steve Powell Is it out already?!

[@sarahc561]

What a great intelligent interview. Finally.

[@borninlismore]

I don't want you to be dead soon Ricky.... You help so many people ! There's helps more people work to be done, especially now.

[@michaeldelia9048]

👍to Ricky, period. I could say more , why? If you get him theres no more to say. ❤

[@sladechimera2837]

I would've liked to be able to cry about my little boy in 15 years, he only made it to 8 😢🐈

[@rebeccam9]

Shaun W aww I’m sorry to hear that ..the pain of losing our pets is awful ..my little Mally was lucky to make it to 18 ..I think daily head massages and roast chicken (when I had beans ) helped ☺️😌

[@TheObsessedGardener]

I'm sorry to hear that, too. X

[@daveharris6979]

Great interview

[@1simonruss]

I love the passion he speaks with. I hope he's not still eating animal products; that would surely be hypocritical, given his stance on animal testing.

[@lunaalice7763]

Apparently the fish fingers in After Life that he shovels in were vegan.

[@francisjtuk]

Ricky is clearly a genius comedic writing talent and he touches on a whole load of areas that are kind of edgy in a lot of his material but as an actor I feel like every role he plays is just a variation on David Brent. He's still a great actor capable of lots of subtlety and pathos but he can only play that one character.

[@dazmorland]

francisjtuk sorry and your point?

[@francisjtuk]

@@dazmorland fairly obvious I thought Daz but if you want it spelled out - he doesn't have much versatility as an actor

[@RobinTaylorJenkins]

francisjtuk He’s a writer/comedian, that also just so happens to be a good actor. Acting isn’t his main thing, it’s the process of creation.

[@ellydavis2066]

How was Derek like David Brent or even Andy Millman for that matter?

[@francisjtuk]

@@ellydavis2066 not sure about Derek but millman has truck loads of Brent like behaviours

[@sebastianalegria3401]

I'm a huge fan of Ricky, since I watched his show HUMANITY on Netflix, what I liked most about that show was when he talked about Twitter. As a matter of fact, he said in an interview; "if you're mildly conservative on Twitter, you're Hitler". If there's something I recognize, Pets are nicer than Humans, thank you Ricky for making me open my eyes.

[@OfficialSituation]

Is it me or does Ricky say the same thing in every interview over the past few years? I love him and consume anything with him involved but he just keeps talking about and saying the same things. Just listen to the serius xm shows.

[@douchebag2019]

I was thinking the exact same he uses the same anecdotes and reference points every interview

[@marcuscross8051]

The same is true for anyone who has things they are really enthusiastic about, they will say the same things to everyone they have conversations with. The difference is, with most people you're not following them around and witnessing each individual conversation they are having. If you listen to every interview Ricky does over the course of a year, of course there is going to be a lot of repetition because these are opinions he really wants to get across to people.

[@douchebag2019]

Marcus Cross true and to be fair I do watch basically every interview he does

[@taz454]

Also, he’s asked many of the same questions.

[@OfficialSituation]

@@marcuscross8051 Yeah but for someone who does a regular show like serius for example, you find yourself listening to the same things over and over. He should be conscious of this if he's doing a show. Im sounding like Im hating on him but no i love him and do listen to his stuff like I said, its just something i've noticed.

[@soulsinnervoice]

Loved it..great comedy and thought provoking..

[@OdditiesandRarities]

could rickys new show be called "grievance studies"?

[@paranormalgambler2814]

After life was brilliant

[@daveydumpling]

Just keep saying humanity all the time, you’ll be fine

[@carolineblunt3544]

This man isn't just funny... He's wise.

[@IngoVogelmann]

Amazing interview!

[@markcrawfy7790]

i cant wait to watch..

[@lizxxx5543]

Thank you Ricky for speaking up for animals getting hurt!!!!! Its senseless. Ive been using cruelty-free products for over a decade. My skin is healthy still. You dont have to like animals- just dont hurt them. thats it.

[@theklaus7436]

Fine wisdom. Frankly it’s quite simply , be towards other people like you wish they treat you. So that will never happen, but do your best then I’m pretty sure we will have a better society. It’s a good story, but I’m as old as he is. I don’t know if it works for young people. I do hope

[@BernicePanders]

One problem, those who say life IS WORTH LIVING tend to be mostly healthy, happy & well-off. Try writing/filming the story or perspective of someone who's terminally ill & has been disabled & a medical lab rat their whole lives, who have a large family that's healthy & well-off, but are as utterly unsupportive, unloving & uncaring as they can be. Nobody ever cares about those lives or how bad it was until after they're no longer around to tell their story...

[@SilverFoxy207]

So the writing isn't from wealth or poverty. The point is you need to take every moment with someone you love in your life a cherish it because they could be gone in a split second and its 100% truth i have lost so many i have loved too many. The prospective of his wife in the show is her knowing she's going to die but still being more worried about him because she loves him & him reflecting on the good times with her and how much he misses her & want to be with her again Coz he has no one else. Until he realises something I won't say anything elseabout the show. u can't tell a storie of someone in pain sick and alone being a ginni pig & have that have a out come with humour in it you can make a show about it of course but its not what this is about. For someone to be terminally ill for most their life & have absolutely no one who cares or loves them has to have some reason to continue going & being injected with test drugs to live even if its your dog,cat plants ect. They Must have someone or somthing they are fighting to live for. If u are this person I will be here for you even tho u don't know me. I can become that one person in the world that cares for you. 100% truth maybe not in a physical sense but if u need to talk cry laugh u can talk to me. That's the amazing part of the internet u can have someone anywhere in the world who cares. ❤

[@jtaylor9562]

My God, Ray Romano has got to ease up on the Sunbeds!!!

[@chrisgibbon5736]

Looks more like an Asian version of Ross from friends

[@suzannereilman4516]

Jordan Taylor ....hehehehehe....;)!!!

[@rebeccam9]

Chris Gibbon lol

[@jackeelove3144]

❤

[@CelticStone]

wants to be cruel to people who are cruel, seems legit

[@80skid63]

Top Man.

[@MarkFarm]

What sort of person, and what are they going through, that dislikes this interview?

[@checkeredflagfilms]

the positioning of Ricky and his interviewer is strange

[@EscapeFromDaSystem]

wheres karl, ricky? answer me!

[@testingtimes7924]

That dog could not care less about Ricky. It might not do him any harm, but the dog was totally focussed on it's handler.

[@TheInsideVideo]

Anybody else come out of this thinking they should probably salt their dishwasher? Who knew it was a thing?

[@sunshinebreeze1]

Dogs love them too. Love other people's as haven't got my own .

[@johnowen1000]

Good interview but why does Nihal have to keep touching his face all the time?

[@peterdisgusting]

Ricky, after life and Derek made me cry. You prick😄 .

[@markorollo.]

RICKY FOR PM!!!

[@jakhaughton6675]

Sounds like a 21st century Victor Meldrew

[@greenfirecats303]

"Your head shrinks when you get old, your brain shrinks... That's when you turn racist and say awful things on the bus" lol

[@UnbelievablyGauche]

Nihal, please stop doing radio....you always bring the mood down

[@Sash_Window]

What is the swear word they refer to?

[@roathripper]

i'll give you odds on 'mong'.

[@Millie15071]

Steve Powell hey where did you watch it?!

[@JohnSmith-qk6pd]

Was there any doubt about it being c#=t ???

[@voodoochile333]

Sound like a barrel of laughs

[@samanthab1923]

I thought he was a big cat guy

[@cawfeedawg]

Great stuff. Series 2 could be his wifes dysfunctional and estranged Sibling moves in with ricky. Played by karl pilkington or snoop dog 🤣

[@Mohawkmonkey360]

Just gonna accuse people you’ve never met and a system you know nothing about and call it corrupt without any proof to save you the time and hassle of thinking.

[@jasonpatterson8091]

There is a major difference between trophy hunting some endangered big game species in an unregulated part of the world and the more typical hunting (that goes on in the US at least). Deer are by far the biggest targets, and their natural predators have been reduced in number or eliminated all across the continent. Irresponsible hunting led to their extirpation (local extinction) in much of the eastern US, but since ~1900 their numbers have been increasing and there are more deer in North America now than there likely have ever been. There are too many - their major predator is automobiles. In places with no hunting they quickly overpopulate and diseases like tuberculosis run rampant. Letting "nature take its course" results in widespread starvation and disease, as well as a large increase in property damage and injuries/deaths from auto accidents. Though there are idiots who ruin everything, the vast majority of hunters are ethical about which animals and shots they take, and they are vital for use as a population control device. Even the most "buck fever" ridden idiot who just wants antlers on the wall will donate the carcass to a food bank, and all across the country, deer processors (not all, but a substantial fraction) accept such donations free of charge as a public service. Finally, in the US, people who hunt and fish provide the largest source of conservation money, period, there's nothing that even comes a close second. Why not just give the money away instead of attaching it to hunting and fishing? Well, it's only about 10% of the country that hunts, and the other 90% do a pretty terrible job of financing conservation, so why would that 10% do any better if they quit hunting?

[@lexmaslennikov4415]

Remember when Louis CK was still around?😭

[@GP-dp4mr]

It baffles me how someone who believes that the meaning of life and the bond we build over the years with a loved one is ultimately just chemical reactions in our brain and has no objective beauty and meaning can live life like the total opposite to what he preaches. Its obvious he believes in objective truth and morality but such a shame he's not honest with his "chemical reactions"

[@dinniebeattie4679]

If your bored move on, you are free to lol

[@cockbroker]

but i take it he vaccinates his animals? even with implementing the 3 R's animal trials still need to go ahead to create vaccines for that species. maybe he understands that and just hates testing for other things

[@03817]

Omg that character sounds like me, fuck.