{"id":220417,"date":"2026-02-02T23:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/ricky-gervais-slams-grammy-winners-for-making-political-speeches\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:21:12","slug":"ricky-gervais-slams-grammy-winners-for-making-political-speeches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/ricky-gervais-slams-grammy-winners-for-making-political-speeches\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais slams Grammy winners for making political speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-02-02\" datetime=\"1770074472\" pubdate=\"\">2 February 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/ricky-gervais\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,ricky-gervais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ricky Gervais<\/a> has mocked Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Ricky Gervais has taken aim at stars making political speeches at the Grammy Awards<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old comedian took to social media on Monday (02.02.26) to post a clip from his monologue at the 2020 Golden Globes ceremony in which he told actors not to use their success as a &#8220;political platform&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Gervais said then: &#8220;If you do win an award tonight, don&#8217;t use it as a political platform to make a political speech. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The After Life star captioned the post with an accompanying laugh-crying emoji: &#8220;They&#8217;re still not listening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nRicky&#8217;s post comes after a number of stars at Sunday&#8217;s (01.02.26) Grammys called out the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following protests about the agency&#8217;s violent approach that have resulted in a number of deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\nPuerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny &#8211; who won the Album of the Year award for his record Debi Tirar Mas Fotos &#8211; said: &#8220;ICE out. We&#8217;re not savage. We&#8217;re not animals. We&#8217;re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBillie Eilish lambasted ICE as she accepted the award for Song of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;No one is illegal on stolen land. F*** ICE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, British singer Olivia Dean expressed her support for immigrants in her speech after claiming the Best New Artist gong.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Man I Need hitmaker said: &#8220;I&#8217;m up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I&#8217;m a product of bravery, and I think those people deserve to be celebrated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nSeveral stars &#8211; including Justin Bieber and Joni Mitchell &#8211; also wore &#8216;ICE out&#8217; pins to the ceremony in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\nGervais often ridiculed celebrities when he hosted the Golden Globes on five occasions between 2010 and 2020, something that he describes as the &#8220;most nerve-wracking&#8221; thing he has ever done.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Office star said: &#8220;It\u2019s the most nerve-wracking thing I\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It\u2019s the only time I ever get an adrenaline rush or get nervous about stuff because I get one shot at it.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It\u2019s like taking a penalty. I\u2019ve just got to score.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;All I care about it, \u2018I\u2019ve got to do that joke well. I don\u2019t care what they think of it. I don\u2019t care if I\u2019m hated. I don\u2019t care if I have to go into hiding. I just have to say that joke well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;If I fluffed the joke \u2013 oh my god, I\u2019d never get over it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/ricky-gervais-slams-grammy-winners-making-political-speeches-1437056.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 February 2026 Ricky Gervais has mocked Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches. 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