Ricky Gervais says ‘taboo’ jokes ‘don’t mean anything’ amid Netflix backlash

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Comic’s latest special has been branded as ‘dangerous, anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes’ by LGBTQ+ rights organisation GLAAD

, a clip resurfaced online from stand up James Acaster’s 2019 specialwho spend large chunks of their sets “slagging off transgender people”.

 

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