The 68th Annual Golden Globes were last night, and everyone’s all up in arms this morning because host Ricky Gervais dared to make fun of some of Hollywood’s elite instead of pandering with mealy-mouthed jokes and scripted ass-kissing. God forbid anybody there be forced to unclench their asscheeks and laugh at themselves. The Daily Mail says:

Ricky Gervais bit the hand that feeds once more as the Golden Globes host tore into celebrity targets at the annual awards do.

One of those was the Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor film I Love You, Phillip Morris, featuring, as he put it, ‘two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay. Sort of the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists then.’

He then made a jibe at the expense of nominated film The Tourist, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp.

‘I feel bad about that joke,’ he said after his first dig. ‘I’m jumping on the bandwagon, because I haven’t even seen The Tourist. Who has?’

Gervais also took a dig at the stars of Sex & the City 2 stars: ‘I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed [the Sex and the City 2] poster. Girls, we know how old you are. I saw one of you in an episode of Bonanza.’

Gervais [later introduced Robert Downey, Jr.] on to the stage with a list of the his many film credits, but then he said: ‘But many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as the Betty Ford Clinic and Los Angeles County Jail.’

I suppose everyone would have been happier if he had broadcast from the Beverly Hills Hilton bathroom, stopping at every toilet Vanna White-style, oohing and ahhing over how much celebrity shit doesn’t stink. It just goes to show that the best forum for insulting celebrities probably isn’t at the awards show they throw themselves. That’s the main reason* I do it from the behind the safety of a computer.

_{*For legal reasons, my lawyers insisted I also mention the whole “restraining order” thing.}

Complete list of winners and nominees, click here.

Olivia Wilde:

Nicole Kidman:

January Jones:

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