Ricky Gervais is cashing in on his Twitter trolls and they don't even know it

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'That’s a six-figure source right there in 140 characters!'

Ricky Gervais has managed to come up with a pretty savvy way to deal with his Twitter trolls – by making a ton of money from them., he confessed he often ‘falls into a trap’ with Twitter rows – but has found a positive in the interactions with his 13million followers.

‘I even monetise it because some of the most ridiculous tweets are talked about, and I couldn’t work out how much that tweet is worth to me but it’s lots,’ the 57-year-old told James O’Brien.‘[The tweets] end up in your shows, yes of course,’ the host said. ‘5 minutes’ worth of material that makes a Netflix special. That’s worth six-figures. That’s a six-figure source right there in 140 characters!’‘Yeah, yeah! You could say trolls have me made hundreds of thousands of pounds each, and so I should thank them!’Ricky is back on our screens with After Life – which has been dubbed his ‘finest work since The Office’.

Seeing as David Brent is one of the most quotable characters on telly, that is quite a big compliment.who is trying to come to terms with his wife’s death – in typical Gervais formBut, while the subject matter is one most would leave well alone, Ricky dived straight into it, and prides himself on having no limits with his comedy.

 

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