{"id":859200,"date":"2026-08-18T04:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859200\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T04:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:04:14","slug":"ricky-gervais-comedian-finally-vows-to-marry-long-term-partner-but-not-for-the-reason-youd-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859200\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais: Comedian finally vows to marry long-term partner – but not for the reason you\u2019d think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ricky Gervais<\/a> has vowed to finally marry his partner of 44 years, Jane Fallon<\/a>, \u201cbefore he dies,\u201d but not for any romantic reason. <\/p>\n

The millionaire comedian, 65, said he eventually wants to marry<\/a> author Fallon, 65, to ensure the pair don\u2019t get hit by inheritance tax when one of them passes away. <\/p>\n

\"Ricky<\/p>\n

Ricky Gervais and Jane have been together for four decades.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

In the UK<\/a>, assets left to your spouse are exempt from inheritance tax. <\/p>\n

The comedian said that was a good enough reason to marry Fallon after over four decades years together. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat will be the reason I marry. We haven\u2019t done it yet,\u201d he told Saga Magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBut if it wasn\u2019t for [tax]\u2026 why? It\u2019s mad. How more married can you be? We share all our money, we\u2019ve been living together for 40 years. Some marriages don\u2019t last a year. It\u2019s horrible isn\u2019t it? I\u2019ve got to get around to marrying, before I die.\u201c\u2032<\/p>\n

The creator of The Office<\/a> first met Fallon at University when they were both 21. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do everything together: go for a walk every day, eat every meal, watch telly on the couch,\u201d he told the outlet. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have our favourite 15 places in Europe \u2013 my tour is around: \u2018Is there an arena in a wonderful city with a lovely five-star hotel?\u2019 The night before the gig, we go out for a meal, then the next day we explore, I do the gig and we go home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fallon revealed in March that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. <\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I should post something as I\u2019ve had a few people notice I\u2019ve been a bit quiet on here lately,\u201d she began on an Instagram post labelled, \u201cbit of news\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Ricky<\/p>\n

The creator of The Office first met Fallon at University when they were both 21.\u00a0Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout a month ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer \u2013 very early stage thankfully and the prognosis is excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fallon said the disease was picked up during a \u201croutine mammogram a week before Christmas\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no symptoms but the brilliant radiographer spotted something iffy and sent me for further tests, and eventually a biopsy,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince then, I\u2019ve had more mammograms, more biopsies and an MRI, so they can pinpoint the problem area precisely.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a lot, I\u2019m not going to lie. But, my surgery is scheduled for the week after next and I just want to get it over with now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"British<\/p>\n

Fallon revealed in March that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. \u00a0Instagram\/@janefallon2<\/p>\n

Fallon ended the post by thanking her team for the incredible care she was receiving and hinted she would be staying out of the spotlight for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll will be fine, but I\u2019m not engaging with much beyond audiobooks and jigsaws [to be honest].\u201d<\/p>\n

The following month, she underwent two surgeries, telling fans that they had \u201cgone well.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais has vowed to finally marry his partner of 44 years, Jane Fallon, \u201cbefore he dies,\u201d but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-859200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}