{"id":404368,"date":"2026-01-12T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404368\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:52:09","slug":"wanda-sykes-thanks-trans-community-for-ricky-gervais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404368\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanda Sykes Thanks Trans Community for Ricky Gervais"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRicky Gervais<\/a> just learned what happens when you skip out on the Golden Globes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the 2026 ceremony on Sunday, the comedian was nominated for best performance in stand-up comedy<\/a> on TV for\u00a0Ricky Gervais: Mortality and ultimately won. However, he wasn\u2019t in attendance to accept the award, so presenter Wanda Sykes<\/a> accepted it on his behalf.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut that also meant Sykes had the microphone all to herself, and she definitely didn\u2019t waste the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRicky Gervais, I love you \u2026 for not being here,\u201d she said, drawing laughter from the A-lister-filled room. \u201cNo, I love you Ricky, but if you win, I get to accept the award on your behalf. And you\u2019re going to thank God and the trans community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOnce Sykes eventually announced Gervais as the winner, she added, \u201cTeyana [Taylor], can I borrow your speech?<\/a> Because he would like to thank God and the trans community,\u201d drawing cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n

\n\tGervais, a self-proclaimed atheist, has been regularly criticized for his jokes about the transgender community in his stand-up specials, as his comments have been labeled anti-trans. He\u2019s also frequently mocked religious beliefs. Despite the backlash, he\u2019s previously defended his jokes.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther nominees in the best performance in stand-up comedy on TV category were Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?), Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life), Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age), Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts) and Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem).<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier in her speech, Sykes also teased some of the nominees who were in attendance. \u201cBill Maher, you give us so much, but I would love a little less. Just try less,\u201d she quipped. \u201cThe thing, Kevin is the richest guy in this category, and yet I know he wants it the most. You\u2019re a true American, Kevin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 Golden Globes<\/a>, hosted by Nikki Glaser, were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday evening. Find the full list of winners here<\/a>, and check out the night\u2019s red carpet looks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tGolden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge that also owns\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais just learned what happens when you skip out on the Golden Globes. During the 2026 ceremony…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3042,49,48,5864,75,30770,105274,146310,63547,168815],"class_list":{"0":"post-404368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-comedy","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-golden-globe-awards","14":"tag-golden-globes","15":"tag-golden-globes-2026","16":"tag-ricky-gervais","17":"tag-wanda-sykes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}