The woke backlash to Ricky Gervais "transphobia" outrage dissected by comedian Leo Kearse

Ricky Gervais's new Netflix special provoked a huge backlash online, with wild accusations of transphobia coming from the Twitterati, leftwing press and other comedians such as Nish Kumar and James Acaster - even Robin Ince, who got his break from Ricky. Robin is a straight white male comedian who developed his career in the 90s when he would've actually benefited from the patriarchy and systemic racism that he now rails against. I started comedy in 2009, I missed that boat.
I think Robin should stand aside and make space.
I look at the pearl-clutching responses of Vox, Esquire and reveal how a comedy industry "insider" who condemned Ricky was actively nasty to a new act. I also explain why Ricky's material isn't hateful or transphobic and the power of comedy to expose fallacies in weak ideology.
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[@tonyracine144]

From somebody who considers himself to be "centre left" politically, this is another brilliant deconstruction of woke-ism (is that even a word?). I used to like Nish, but now I'm not so sure. From what I have seen and heard his was a pointless, misdirected, virtue signalling outburst from an angry man who doesn't seem to have an actual point to make, simply he wants to slam somebody while not offering anything intelligent to add to the debate. Keep it going Leo. Thank you.

[@jasongrundy1717]

Hardly. Deconstructing would be pointing out that we won't have the technology to trans anyone for a century and it's no different than identifying as a Martian. The very use of the word is nonsense. It's a condition very similar to anorexia and needs to be treated in the same way, not with cosmetic surgery.

[@richardskinner4198]

I know what you mean Tony, I like all kinds of comedy and there are many different opinions out there that can be funny to listen to ,but that outburst of Nish Kumar's was bordering on hysteria and not for the sake of comic effect,this woke crap is getting worrying if not down right scary.

[@robbieparker9959]

That'll be far right in today's world 🤣

[@jimmycampbell78]

Nish Kumar’s outburst sounded like a demented rant, not a comedy skit.

[@tonyracine144]

@@robbieparker9959 Scarily, I am increasingly beginning to see it that way, yes!

[@cuprashoe]

Remember people, if Nish Kumar can be a stand up comedian you can be anything you want to be

[@seanvance1933]

In the same way that choosing your pronouns won't change your biology, calling yourself a Comedian won't make you funny

[@djmattblack]

Yep, you can even get your own prime time TV show if you tick the right box

[@zzota]

Nish Kumar is a comedian? That's news to me.

[@markgrygielewicz8047]

@@zzota Yes, I've written to the Trading Standards about him as I believe he is misrepresenting the service he is claiming, comedian indeed!

[@raychambers3646]

Well to paraphrase Bob Monkhouse When said he wanted to be a comedian they all laughed , well there not laughing now !

[@alanhynd7886]

I quite fancy being a comedian, unfortunately, I have no sense of timing, no ability to formulate inciteful humour, and no capacity to develop the self-deprecating introspection that capable comedians utilise. Nish Kumar gives me hope that I still might have a chance.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

You most certainly have! PS: The only time I have laughed in the presence of Nish Kumar was when he was being heckled half to death and having bread rolls thrown at him. Brilliant!

[@lescorlett4133]

Dear Sir/Madame/Whichever pronoun wish to be called. May I offer you place on the next series of Qi?

[@winstonsmithsoul]

That’s better material than any of his.

[@____uncompetative]

insightful you don't want to incite anything these days

[@mustertherohirrim7315]

You could make an act out of bad timing.

[@Wavygravydressedinnavy354]

So Nish Kumar is criticising Ricky Gervais for only having one joke. Well that’s one more than you, Nish.

[@raychambers3646]

Harsh but fair !

[@ivegotaquestionforyou206]

Brilliant 😂

[@garyc9908]

Now that's funny

[@kyfawkes]

Nish Kumar doesn't need a joke - he only has to show up and it writes itself.

[@LordStraightBanana]

Nish is the joke

[@waynehaywood4904]

Nish Kumar accusing another comedian of not being funny is, in itself, extremely funny 😂

[@kyfawkes]

It's the pot calling the kettle a kettle of colour.

[@waynehaywood4904]

@@kyfawkes 😂

[@ultrademigod]

It's the funniest thing he's ever said.

[@newspaperface]

Pish kumar

[@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit]

Oh nish kumar. The Man that actively tries to kill comedy. The singularly most un-funny person who has ever existed. I would not miss him, at all.

[@raychambers3646]

Watch the vid of nish of being cheered ,sorry booed off stage about the funniest he's ever been .

[@danielwatson3273]

@@raychambers3646 The funniest he's never been, he's awful

[@raychambers3646]

@@danielwatson3273 totally agree with you can't understand how he got on, box ticked ?

[@ChangeBegins9661]

@@raychambers3646 don't forget the bread rolls that were thrown at him as he left the stage and worst of all......they were white bread rolls

[@billhawkins192]

Careful. You may be inciting a race-hate crime. Guns don't kill people. Words do.

[@oweng7987]

Nish Kumars entire career can be summed up as: ‘pretend that I’m funny or you’re a racist’

[@StooFras-TheFiresofHell.]

Never heard of this character,sounds very unfunny.

[@rodhunt5199]

You’ve nailed him!

[@RaveyDavey]

He's not the only one. I went to see Omid Djalili the other month and he literally put a slide up on a screen of a certificate he was "giving to the audience" that read "Congratulations you're not racist", certified by him. Seriously. I was thinking "fuck off, I don't need you to tell me if I'm racist or not you dickhead". Pretty much sums up this sort of comedy. People are going for the metaphorical certificate.

[@shaunsaunders531]

Well, we've been living under the shadow of all having white privilege for a while now. Carrying the burden of 500 years of slavery, whether your family were ever involved in that trade or not. Guess it's 'Colour Privilege' time. Where if you're 'non-white' you can say and do whatever you want. Call yourself a comedian, a creative, shit in a bucket and call it art. It's fine though, anyone who disagrees or points to the lack of clothes on the emperor is a bigot, a racist, or whatever other derogatory term they want to throw out.

[@mnbv990]

Well said OJW.

[@Phil.Goodwin]

Oh well, Ricky’s ‘Supernature’ became Netflix’s most watched stand up special of the year in about 4 seconds, so Nish Kuntmar & the rest can cry as much as they like.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Meanwhile Kumar's special rests at number ... of, wait. Maybe that's why he's upset.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

Which side do you think Netflix are on...? And Gervais for that matter...?

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@jhpfdijtuiweruot Netflix are on the side of profit. They thought woke was a money spinner and they are starting to see it is not. This does not stop them playing both sides. As to Gervais, he is one of the Good Guys.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle Wildly incorrect and out of touch on both counts. You'll see... (although this has already been clearly presented to you)

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@jhpfdijtuiweruot M'OK. Please explain.

[@Rekaert]

Heh, Nish questioning Gervais's success as a comedian ... now that's funny. )

[@brick6347]

Maybe it's because I'm an old fart, but a 6'2 bald guy called Gary running around in a frock telling everyone he's a _lady_ is funny. It's absurd.

[@jimathybindlenim6359]

Our rugby team would go out drinking in women's clothing. It was hilarious. We would get into fights pull girls sing dirty songs. Good days. Ill never forget seeing man in a frock beat the piss out of a guy for saying something shity to some goth girls.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Once knew a 6'4" rugby player, bearded, hairy as fuck (but. oddly, bald) who transitioned. He had to dress and behave as a woman for a year before he got the first op. He looked hilarious until you looked into his eyes. Poor bloke was broken. I have every sympathy for people with a level body dysmorphia that drives them that far. It must be hell for them, especially when the road to what they see a salvation just makes them a joke.

[@jimathybindlenim6359]

@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle mental illness is horrible. What i don't understand is if you feel like a woman what can't you be a woman in a t shirt and trousers. It would save allot of hassle. I can't really judge i had a goth period (talk about mental illness). Turns out i wasn't a vampire after all

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@jimathybindlenim6359 You are, of course right, but one cannot expect logic and sense from someone who is mentally ill. They need help and, sometimes, that help is rather drastic. Surgery for example.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@leodmcabre5548 Exactly. Equal rights for all, not sundry ...

[@theplayer2286]

Poor Ricky,....he must be crying all the way to the bank. The bank outside of which Nish Kumar sells copies of 'The Big Issue.'

[@garysmith3173]

Or his autobiography.........for kindling.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

Nah they both did the same deal to get their clown acts onto the Screen. These men are not your friends. Inexcusable to have still not worked this out by now

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

@@twmsioncati585 Ooh a lef-tee Maoist NPC "take meds" insult. How scary. Anything else?

[@theplayer2286]

@@jhpfdijtuiweruot Why?...WHY?...would I give a sh*t about them being me "friends" one way or other?? Relevancy?

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

@@theplayer2286 You've had two years to work that out...

[@urbanspaceman7183]

The fact that he gets under the skin of these woke tossers is only going to increase his popularity.

[@urbanspaceman7183]

How can Kumar criticize anyone for only having one joke. He only has one, and it isn't even funny. When is the last time Gervais got booed off stage?

[@TheRahsoft]

"When is the last time Gervais got booed off stage?" or had bread rolls thrown at him.....

[@urbanspaceman7183]

@@TheRahsoft Shame there wasn't anything harder to hand.

[@peter7624]

Ricky Gervais is brilliant and fearless. Kumar is a nothing, not in the least funny.

[@mrror8933]

@@TheRahsoft throwing a bread roll at him was wrong, no one should waste food on Nish Kumar.

[@miapulchritudinous9791]

As a ginger person I'm offended that we have been marginalized nay shunned by the comedic community. In by gone days, Ginger people used to be included in the rib tickling by comics. Now just because we make up only 2% of the global population, we've been cast aside. We are just as funny to laugh at as everyone else. Ginger lives matter too❤️

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Well, Catherine Tate did some funny ginger-oriented sketches a few years ago. I am ginger and I found them funny, but now we are being neglected and excluded from comedy again. It's sad and discriminatory, I know, but we have to hold our red bonces high. GLM.

[@paultapner2769]

still waiting a ginger Doctor Who, as well

[@miapulchritudinous9791]

Or a ginger James Bond. Of course he'd have to apply sunscreen as soon as he emerges from the sea but then he'll be ready

[@thisisnotoleg]

Y’all have Louis CK, and thus get no sympathy.

[@trishlangford5773]

Hell yes.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jen3189]

'He doesn't drink from the carton, the carton drinks from him' 😂 Thanks Leo for setting up my day, keep up the great work 👍

[@makara80]

Memo to Nish Kumar: It’s ok buddy, you really don’t have to try so hard in pretending to give a righteous toss about any of this as the BBC will continue to employ you just fine. Hell, you’re fashionably ethnic, religiously read the Graun and are about as funny as Schindler’s List so you’ve pretty much got a job for life with the venerable Beeb... ;)

[@hughoxford8735]

The two men who gave us the two greatest sitcoms in recent decades: The Office and Father Ted , have stepped up to speak truth to power. They are in the luxurious position of being able to do so. Feel for those who cannot.

[@patriciabyrne5089]

Graham Lenihan one of the writers of Father Ted has been cancelled by trans activists and received no support from his fellow comedy writers.

[@GazGuitarz]

@@patriciabyrne5089 Probably jealous of his fantastic achievements. Totally love Father Ted!

[@Radical_Induction]

The real tragedy of the Russia/Ukraine War is the resulting grain shortage. This means there won't be nearly enough dinner rolls to chuck at Nish Kumar.

[@philmckenna5709]

Just use an N-LAW instead 🤤

[@mrror8933]

I'd never waste good food on Nish Kumar!

[@arsenvokrug4198]

Apparently, if you’re a lefty, it’s fine to suggest a battery acid attack (see Jo Brand for details).

[@annother3350]

Ironic that Nish is London slang for 'nothing'

[@madcyclist58]

Nish Kumar is a race baiter and a collector of bread rolls, not a comedian.

[@awm1527]

Nish - the poor man who seems to think he is constantly being picked on for his skin colour (and not because he is an awful comedian), whilst seemingly non stop having a go at the same people time after time who shockingly has a different skin colour to himself. Does he even know what a racist looks like, well if he looks in the mirror he will see one looking back at him. He is lucky there is positive discrimination, as he wouldn't get a gig on tv with his comedic writing. Maybe he could go and check out how many ticket sales Gervais has had over his career and then compare that number to his own. Or how many appearances over in the US, or how many TV shows he has written that have been massively successful. Other than that though, Gervais is a one trick pony......

[@southerncomfort7490]

Yeah it must be awful being so underprivileged and all that for Nish. Only going to Durham University must have been a real handicap to him in his progress through life.

[@Otto72ish]

Two things are clear. Nish Kumar is not a comedian, but he certainly is a racist.

[@michaelwallden7261]

@@Otto72ish he is not a racist , it is called free speach

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

@@michaelwallden7261 Fair play! 🤡

[@johnmarsh2078]

When this prat told his classmates that he was going to be a comedian they all laughed at him. They're not laughing now!

[@nickdexter6939]

Best joke ever - Nish Kumar identifies as a comedian!

[@omblackwell1183]

Woke comedy doesn't want laughs. It wants applause and validation. Very different. Spot on Leo. It says more about them and their audience than about comedy.

[@Ionabrodie69]

But don’t they clap themselves on the back anyway..?🤔

[@djrychlak4443]

Bullshit. Why don't you join Jim Breuer on stage and squawk like a parrot? That's about as good as Gervais.

[@MaxSlippyFist]

Nish is not a comedian. You have to tell jokes to earn that classification. Nothing but a dinner roll target.

[@spudpud-T67]

He's just part of the equality of outcomes, just there to bring up the brown ratio. Does he have merit, that's of no concern to equality of outcome.

[@richardbrown8966]

People don't actually go out to see Nish Kumar voluntarily, do they?!

[@louiseparker1915]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@carpet6986]

That is so true, fortunately they can turn over from the BBC and Dave when they try to force him upon them....

[@AmartaProject]

They do if they live in Hackney and wear second hand clothes.

[@peteeasterman6025]

Just his extended family

[@ph8077]

Guardian readers et al go to his gigs to nod & applaud...not to laugh, obviously!

[@philiphtube]

To quote C.S.Lewis - 'Above all else, the Devil cannot stand to be mocked' - To quote Luther - 'The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn' - (not Idris Elba's version of Luther by the way) - Keep doing God's work Leo!!

[@stubear8667]

It's a religion plain and simple, and it is becoming more fanatical by the day. Ricky is a genius.

[@ExpendableRedshirt]

Wokism is an obsession of the rightwing press to distract us from real issues. For the most part, anti-wokism is just the same old "PC gone mad!" hysteria that has been screamed at us for decades about stuff that never amounted to anything significant.

[@GazGuitarz]

It's more of a extremist cult if you ask me! It doesn't offer spiritual salvation or awakening and lacks any kind of philosophical or theological framework or content whatsoever! Just a bunch of warped and twisted mentally ill, perverted people who should for the most part be locked away in asylums for the mentally ill.

[@ph8077]

No wonder Ricky is against it then

[@mikeford1273]

Nish Kumar ..the worst comedian bar none!!

[@twmsioncati585]

When I hear the left discussing 'tolerance' I am always reminded of Daleks chatting about setting up a crèche.

[@esseker6320]

Darleks?.

[@twmsioncati585]

@@esseker6320 Darleks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoq1aZmmZbd5btE

[@esseker6320]

@@twmsioncati585 Oh you mean dalek.

[@twmsioncati585]

@@esseker6320 Fair one.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

When was that? Sounds like a Spike Milligram sketch.

[@brianmurphy9877]

The best thing I can say about nish Kumar is he’s nearly as funny as Hanna Gatsby

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Or a bucket of cancer. No offence, obviously 🤡

[@bowdlerise]

Everybody should be a viable target for humor, to leave people out is discriminatory.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Spot-on! No matter what colour, caste, culture, nationality, race, creed, ethnicity, I personally treat everyone with equal contempt; it’s only fair.

[@kyfawkes]

"... that's why I include them!" - Ricky Gervais 😂

[@ginaritchie451]

let me guess. this is a conversation between 3 straight cisgender white men? enough said. funny how you never get around to ripping the piss out of yourselves. that's because your obnoxious comedy is just disrespect disguised as a joke.

[@gerrywilliams9997]

HUMOUR not Humor

[@ph8077]

Exactly doing a Jamaican or Indian caricatured voice is the same as doing a Scottish or Welsh impression...no one cares about the latter two but do the former & lefties have a faux meltdown.

[@TheRahsoft]

"vox and journalism" "nish kumar and comedy" Examples of mutually exclusive in a Sentence

[@hideouspatje]

@@leodmcabre5548 what about a woman transitioning to a man because he/she is misogynistic and hates women?

[@nerdvananorth2905]

Does it make me a bad person that I felt genuine joy hearing Nish Kumar get more angry than I ever heard him? Does it also make me a bad person that I am in no way surprised to hear a milk toast response from milk toast itself, Mr. James Acaster? Bravo Ricky! Keep pumping this out! Keep sticking it to them!

[@adamski320]

It’s Milquetoast, for future reference. Not a criticism, just some info

[@raychambers3646]

I saw James Acaster bit of stand up and the comments , I just thought maybe he wants to keep his job on the BBC .

[@mhd5826]

@@adamski320 Except it's probably funnier and, cutting out the middleman, quicker to the point than Milquetoast?

[@kolossimike]

@@adamski320 Since Caspar Milquetoast's name was derived from the foodstuff known as milk toast, what's the difference?

[@andrewhamilton37]

@@adamski320 As @kolossimike points out, your word comes from H. T. Webster's main character in his 1924 cartoon 'The Timid Soul'. The name is just a Frenchified respelling of the old American English term milk toast, an uninspiring, bland dish which was created from slices of buttered toast laid in a dish of milk, usually considered to be food for invalids. Basically, @Nerdvana North's usage is correct... You are just naming a cartoon character.

[@kerethmakura4502]

Nish Kumar IMO is about as funny as a Cancer diagnosis.

[@graham13clark]

Robin Ince didn't mind going out on tour with Ricky back in the day

[@gazclose258]

Ricky Gervais is probably the best comedian around at the moment.I have seen part of his new special and it is hilarious,definitely worth a viewing.

[@Blakmage3]

There’s serious irony in Nish Kumar calling anyone a s**t comedian. Ricky never had bread rolls thrown at him for being painfully unfunny, Nish. Can you say the same?

[@christinechin1909]

“You can’t stop yourself laughing at an obvious truth exposed by comedy.” Brilliantly put.

[@ginaritchie451]

the opposite is true. you laugh at those jokes that reinforce your bigotry. not because they are true.

[@PennysPitstop]

Rather than sitting there with their blood boiling deciding what is right and wrong, has anyone ever thought to stop and ask people like me who are the subject of trans humour if we are offended? The answer is no, simply because the humour is not directly aimed at any one person. Being trans I dont feel directly affected by Rickys humour. Nish on the other hand makes me feel very uncomfortable to walk out the door in the morning and my work collegues no longer know how to talk to me, for fear of offending me. So they dont talk to me at all. Nish has done more harm to Trans Rights than Ricky ever will.

[@LeoKearse]

This gives an interesting perspective. Sorry to hear that there's now a palpable atmosphere of fear and anxiety lest someone say the "wrong" thing. I feel it too sometimes!

[@mhd5826]

I'm really sorry your colleagues don't talk to you now. You aren't the subject, you are inconvenient collateral damage in a battle between the minority who stir division to impose control and make money from suffering and malcontent and the rest of us who are sick of being told how to think. Speak up. Take the lead and stop these people stealing YOUR voice.

[@pinballrobbie]

Well said, with all the things that frighten us or show out differences we need humor to show us how daft we can be.

[@simonclare100]

Spot on, it's time people grew up, well said

[@hermioneduplessisbellievre515]

@@LeoKearse Yes, Leo. You seem to slag off Dundonians - and especially women - and I, being a Dundonian woman, laugh out loud because you're dead funny and I can laugh at it. I especially loved the Vikings and the ugly women. That was brilliant.

[@patriotunion7211]

Kumar self identifies as a comedian. Whereas Gervais is an actual comedian!

[@Musical_Man_Guitar]

Gervais is a legend. Jealousy is a very corrosive emotion Mr Kumar. You are as funny as a German shower.......

[@DaanSnqn]

Picking your own pronouns is like picking your own nickname. "People call me Big Dick Daan and I totally didn't make that up on the spot."

[@lizparker8431]

Stating that ‘A woman is an adult human female’ makes me transphobic, apparently. Denial of reality is deranged. 🤪

[@ftroop2000]

Nish Kumar - the most overrated "comedian". Even though he is overrated, he is still considered unfunny and boring🤣 He is a racist fool, that blames racism for his poor numbers! I have been labelled as far-right by my former employers (S*uth W3stern Railway), for posting "spicy memes" (one was trans related, but not aimed at them), and rejecting BLM's narrative on my personal Fb page. I was then subsequently fired. But even I, the allegedly "far-right, straight white male, doesn't hate trans people. I disagree strongly with the activists and their views, but I don't hate them for veing confused of who they are.

[@channelnamenone]

Recovering ex-democrat here, loved your commentary, loved Ricky's material. The American so-called left is a fucking dumpster fire.

[@notabiologist9865]

Nish couldn't identify as a chair - Just to wooden.

[@buster9168]

At least it would be more believable than him trying to identify as a comedian lol

[@iainrae6159]

Rich irony when Nish claims Ricky Gervais is 'a one trick pony'

[@lillianflorence6056]

Ricky good

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Nish's biggest fear is still thrown bread rolls

[@biffbunion9997]

I wish people like Ricky would stop "punching down" at the trans community. I mean, I know trans people are very visible in the West, and enjoy days of visibility where they can wave their allotted flags freely and with pride: I know they enjoy an entire month where their community is celebrated alongside other LGBTQ+ people: I know that businesses and sporting teams regularly come out in celebration of them too, and change their social media presence to reflect that: I know the Trans community can actually alter the definition and useage of certain words within the English language in an extraordinarily short period of time: I know that Trans athletes are allowed to compete against members of the opposite sex who have a physical disadvantage because of the very nature of their sex....and win: and I know that Trans people enjoy legislation that makes them a "protected class", so it's difficult to throw criticism their way because of a social and legal retribution. But apart from all that I WISH people would stop punching down!

[@louiseparker1915]

Brilliant!

[@anyoldorion]

I would never ‘punch down’ ~ It’s easier to kick up.

[@fish37truther]

Wow did you really just imply that trans people, of all groups, have it better than you? None of that shit would exist if they weren't persecuted for literally existing. What about the 16 year old trans girl who got taken from her family BY FORCE?! What about the sexual assaults on members of the trans community worldwide? What about the fact that being trans, or LGBT+ in any way for that matter, is punishable by death in several countries? The mental gymnastics required to make you feel like a victim is hilarious. I'm sick of people like you trying to save yourselves from admitting the existence of a problem just because you feel threatened by people expressing themselves. Go educate yourself instead of descending further into your hateful spiral of misinformation and fear.

[@WeighedWilson]

If you keep insisting that you're different you can't expect to be treated as if you're the same.

[@therumpokid4217]

Chears Leo - brilliant observations, as always. What I do love about Ricky Gervaise is his studied indifference to all this kerfuffle. No, make that unstudied indifference. I doubt that he deliberately makes himself a controversialist. He simply finds the absurd funny, as we all do. The problem is that the one thing ideologues cannot STAND is to have their ideologies mocked. George Orwell was once asked why he thought the Nazis would ultimately fail if they had occupied Britain. He said "people would just have fallen about laughing at the goose step." Keep making us laugh at the 'goose step' Ricky. You imitate their 'walk' perfectly, we laugh, and they object. It is a kind of magic. Yet the best magic is this. To Gervais this is 'old news.' It's as if Kumar is criticising 'The Office.' Ricky has moved onward and upward and the left arguing the toss over it is like them wrangling over who should have one the first Boat Race.

[@Revelian1982]

I hope you're as famous as Gervais one day. You're incredibly funny and deserve it.

[@I-Dophler]

There are still some comedians who challenge the status quo, but they seem to be in the minority. Woke culture is why we see so many “cancel culture” moments and online outrage mobs. We see people becoming more and more hesitant to say anything that might be construed as offensive. Every day, someone is getting “cancelled” for something they said or did that was offensive. And it’s not just celebrities and public figures who are at risk of being cancelled - it can happen to anyone. Woke culture has created an environment where people are afraid to speak their minds. They’re fearful of saying something that might be interpreted as offensive, and they’re fearful of being “cancelled.” This problem is because it stifles creativity, open dialogue, and honest discussion. When people are afraid to speak their minds, we all lose out on the benefits of hearing different perspectives. Woke culture also leads to a lot of online echo chambers. People tend to surround themselves with others who share their same beliefs.

[@southerncomfort7490]

But the great part is when they start to devour each other. Wondeful fun to watch and completely inevitable in the race to be the Wokefather (...Mother...sorry!)

[@Steve-K.G.]

The thing that I don't understand is how can someone be 'cancelled', what actually happens? Such a pathetic thing that seems to happen so often, but what does it mean? They're still there. Surely the only people that cancel someone are the ones that are involved? What does it do? lol A totally moronic and "I will spit out my dummy until I get my own way!" act. Fucking idiots.

[@Mark_Bickerton]

This was a rant and yet Leo still managed to make me laugh. I think with Nish, I've only ever stared blankly at the screen or cringed when he laughs at his own unfunny jokes.

[@jellooowith3os]

Ricky just wanted to piss them off even more. Brilliant.

[@rosemarie575]

I have never heard of most of these comedians, I have heard of the very successful Gervais though.

[@stephenmcdonagh2795]

Nish Kunar, probably the least funny person on earth, never mind the "Comedy Circuit". Holds the record for being booed off stage- he walked on- had bread roles thrown at him- then whimpered off, probably wondering why the jokes he told the previous night at one of his metro-bot whining and cheese parties, didn't translate well when heard by actual humans.

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Kumar is so base and lowest common denominator in his humour. This shit too will pass.

[@EvilGrin]

Well spoken, Leo. Your feminin beard is an example to all of us, and so is the wisdom you share. A good joke reveals flaws in the way we see the world, and enables us to grow. This is why there are no 'woke' jokes (apart from some 'woke-ists'). If there's no difference, no flaw, no error to point out, you're trapped in an empty void of blandness.

[@jd4000]

@Malus Ex Machina, the end of your comment perfectly explains why woke comedians jokes just never hit, and the blandness all I notice.

[@martinblack5021]

They used to say there were no funny women in comedy, but Leo is proof that’s not the case! Keep on keeping on 😂

[@jayb8298]

Ricky Gervais is funny & a great writer....Kumar is not!...jealousy comes to mind...

[@stommx]

Nish obviously thinks he's punching up admitting he's inferior. Which he definitely is.

[@danguee1]

Brilliant: "[if Ricky Gervais quoting your ideology verbatim] is hilarious, then the problem isn't Ricky Gervais. The problem is that your ideology is ridiculous"

[@biccytrollox]

The fact that it makes lefties angry only makes it funnier.

[@gitfoad8032]

Nish Kumar: "I'm brown, unlike white people".

[@NRTSean]

The truth hurts... They know deep down they are wrong...

[@MadMulberry]

Disgraced geography teacher's mugshot after being arrested for fondling underage girls.

[@zo2913]

The fact that you have to defend and make a video about how comedy works in this day and age, just reinforces the data showing that western societies are getting dumber and dumber. And there is no one dumber then Will Smith.

[@jayturner3397]

The film Idiocracy was in fact a docudrama & hilarious 😂

[@jimcourt9164]

Lovin ITVs The 1% Club… were ITV fill the 100 seats with as many wokes as they can, but in the end the SW Male predominantly reaches the final round .

[@Grimlock1975]

I think Mums Net are more likely to quote The Gruffalo than Mein Kampf lol

[@chrismoon7518]

Nish kumar is not and never has been funny. Ricky Gervais however is a proven comedy legend.

[@srobbouk]

I loved this, am I an evil bastard?

[@MrMaxeemum]

Nish Kumar - Comedian? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@tamhunter4035]

As someone on the Left, I am now going to stop watching this Video, I have a Ricky Gervais Video to watch.

[@tamhunter4035]

I have now finished it, I must say they cut out all of the Offensive parts, WTF is wrong with some people. I find Politicians and Child Killers Offensive, but none of what Ricky said was that Offensive. I am Offended though of those who claim to be Left Wing claiming we should all be the same and Boycott anyone that does not hate Tories and the Rich. Tony Benn was a Member of the Lords and quite Rich, but he was also one of the most Left Wing People I came across. I have met Multi Millionaires who are also on the Left. I want someone to stop the World I need to get off, there are too many Crazies for me.

[@philmckenna5709]

What's with all the capital letters 🙄

[@tamhunter4035]

@@philmckenna5709 I like Capitals.

[@rascalap2968]

Nish Kumar is not now, nor has he ever been, funny. (Well, apart from his face of course…)

[@tomlunanhill3545]

Nish sounds like he is suffering from a classic case of toxic masculinity.

[@barrymills1196]

Nish could identify as a comedian! Oh no sorry, he couldn't because he's not funny!

[@abrahamlincoln5661]

regarding ''you can't joke about anything anymore'' I think you presented quite a good point that some things are off limits...look right under what Ricky Gervais had to say at what Count Dankula had to say.....

[@antimatta8714]

Can't stand comedians like "Nish", he'd have no carer at all if it wasn't for a combination of - dopey middle class millennial's and political correctness. He zero natural comedic talent, but what he does have is a child like superiority complex, and an extremely irritating (high pitch) squawking voice of frustration and self righteous pride, that is near unbearable to listen to. Ricky was simply pointing out the absurdity of the over sensitive and extremely sheltered minorities that we have in our society, and the issues that are created by them, I wonder why that would upset little Nish, LOL. Ricky is a billion times more funny and talented than he could ever be, and he knows it, hence his high pitch rant sounding like a little spoiled baby in pain, crying out for attention.👍

[@thetoffeedigger]

Brilliant Leo

[@chrisf9377]

I'm guessing that Ricky was too busy counting his money or admiring his awards or preparing for his world tour to care what second rate soy boy comedians like Nish Kumar say.

[@davidkelly499]

Nish Kumar trying to criticise 'other' comedians is like Joseph Fritzel giving childcare advice

[@piggypiggypig1746]

As far as Nish Kumar is concerned, there just aren't enough bread rolls.

[@peterconlondrawing8757]

Keep up the great work and truthful common sense.

[@nightowl7459]

Please don't use the Term comedian when you are talking about Kumar, that guy is as funny as a outbreak of Embola, Gervais has more humor in his left testicle than Kumar has in his entire body, Gervais doesn't have to rely on over the top swearing and faux outrage to try and raise a laugh.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

This was so funny, my hands are raw from clapping 👏😉

[@craiglightowler8922]

The angrier Kumar gets the happier I get! I nicked that from another comment on here but it sums it up perfectly.

[@Dazgul]

My assumption was incorrect. I thought nish kumar would be the human who was unpleasant to be around.

[@jayturner3397]

Ye Gods, its COMEDY, without free speech we have Nothing, all Freedom flows from this...

[@wendywebster5351]

Nish Kumar comedian - oxymoron if I ever heard one.

[@Cotictimmy]

Go get'em Leo! You Rock!

[@abel6846]

Again, he didn’t mock trans, he mocked the woke!

[@teknical100]

The reason some people are marginalised is lost on the left. It's the same reason that those in asylums have no idea they are in one.

[@bhurzumii4315]

Nish Kumar scores 6 mega-Smurthwaite's on the unfunny-o-meter - he's the comedy equivalent of a war crime!

[@LAZARUSL0NG]

1:46 Imagine if Ricky did this special just to annoy Robin. How perfect would that be? kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5-QhI2HbpKVorc

[@synchc]

Pilkington called it.

[@Make_Boxing_Great_Again]

Most comics have gone completely woke and unfunny these days. Ricky is such an hilarious refreshment.

[@karenmikalofsky5287]

I didn’t clap at all while listening, but I did laugh spontaneously several times. 🤣🤣

[@IrishStewGuitar]

maybe 'lol' will be replaced by 'clamwae' (clapping like a monkey with an erection) 🤣

[@Porkcylinder]

Nish Kuhmar is a comedian??? Now THAT is funny 😆

[@hatefuleightyseven2962]

I'm glad to finally get this video because I'd been wondering how a trans woman like Leo felt about this matter.

[@jondavey4437]

You had me up to the point of saying sis women , just women would do .

[@craigmacdonald7764]

Nish kumar is as funny as barbed wire bog roll