Ricky Gervais Gets in Hot Water for Tweet About Hacked Nude Celebrity Photos
Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais had a different take on the hacked nude celebrity photos today. While he made it absolutely clear he finds the release of such photos horrible, he did make a joke about how no one would be able to obtain naked photos of celebrities if said celebrities didn’t take naked photos of themselves in the first place.
Here’s the tweet in question, which has since been deleted:
That didn’t exactly go over well. And while Gervais did take down that tweet, he continued to defend himself on Twitter, arguing that it’s really not worth it to be outraged by a joke:
Anyone who retweets this leaked erotic photo of me should be ashamed of themselves. pic.twitter.com/p2KBa6serK
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) August 31, 2014
Making a joke about a thing doesn't mean you condone that thing.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 1, 2014
Of course the hackers are 100% to blame but you can still makes jokes about it. Jokes don't portray your true serious feelings on a subject
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 1, 2014
It's more important to spend your energy trying to stop actual bad things than to run around trying to stop jokes about bad things.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 1, 2014
And, of course, he got quite a lot of backlash:
If you don't want your nude pictures passed around on the internet, look like Ricky Gervais.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 1, 2014
I might not agree with everything Ricky Gervais says, but I will fight to the death not to have to hear it.
— Jon Macqueen (@jonmacqueen) September 1, 2014
Make it harder for hackers to steal your credit card # by not owning a credit card #rickygervaislogic http://t.co/2mjLBjGlZW @EndRevengePorn
— Mary Anne Franks (@ma_franks) September 1, 2014
Dear Ricky Gervais, it's easier for ppl not to screen shot your sexist tweets, if you don't write sexist things on twitter.
— back to stephen (@kingbagcarrier) September 1, 2014
Fuck Ricky Gervais, also. #becauseofreasons
— Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) September 1, 2014
[h/t Daily Dot]
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