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Hollywood can't take a joke: Golden Globes hire Fey, Poehler as new hosts and people 'miss Ricky Gerais already’

12-1-2020 < RT 23 245 words
 

After going viral for skewering Hollywood celebrities at this year’s Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais has been replaced by two safe comedians for the 2021 ceremony


Though his opening monologue and razor sharp jokes from this year’s Golden Globes telecast went viral and were heavily celebrated online, Ricky Gervais no doubt made producers a little too uncomfortable with his takedown of Hollywood’s empty political activism, as well as shining a light on the industry turning a blind eye to the deeds of people like disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein and the late Jeffrey Epstein.


Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been announced as the hosts of the 2021 ceremony. The pair last performed the task in 2015. NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association released statements about their excitement to have the two return, but the decision isn’t going over too well with fans of Gervais’ Globes performance.


“And with that move and the exit of Ricky Gervais, with the inclusion of these two self-styled comedic wits, with all of that, the Golden Globes never again enjoyed a moment of their theretofore enjoyed popularity ever again,” wrote one Twitter user in response. 



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