Ricky Gervias cracks joke about “sleeping in car” to unimpressed Bob Geldof on chat show

28 November, 2024

Ricky Gervais and Bob Geldof

Ricky Gervais cracked a joke about “sleeping in a car” to an unimpressed Bob Geldof on a BBC chat show.

Earlier this week, both the comedian and the musician appeared on The One Show.

When asked about pursuing comedy when he was younger, Gervais cracked a joke at Geldof’s expense when he replied: “The funniest people you know aren’t a professional comedian – they’re your grandad or your mate, because you’ve got that knowledge of them.

“And I was always mucking around. I was always cheeky at school. It was just that I didn’t think it was a possible vocation until I was about, I think about 37.”

He added: “I mean, I could be sleeping in a car now, you know what I mean? Like him.”

Gervais was met with a stony-face reaction from Geldof before he eventually smirked.

Earlier, The Office and After Life star cracked another joke when he said: “I usually get accused of being scruffy on telly but I knew Bob was on so the pressure’s off.”

Geldof then responded: “He’s hilarious eh? He’s a comedian, Grammy-nominated. By the way, some people on this couch have a Grammy already.”

Gervais then replied: “Do you really? That is annoying, that is annoying.”

Earlier this week, Gervais announced his first set of London dates for his new stand-up show Mortality, lining up six nights at the London Palladium from October 9-11 and 16-18 in 2025 along with a show at the Wembley OVO Arena on October 31.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (November 29) and can be bought here.

Gervais is currently on his first run of UK dates which kicked off at York’s Barbican on October 22. He’ll wrap up the tour at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on January 28.

Meanwhile, the new mix of the charity Christmas song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ was shared earlier this week. In the 2024 edition, all of the voices from three versions of the track –recorded in 1984, 2004 and 2014 – are intertwined.

The original 1984 version of the song was masterminded by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and sought to raise money for the Ethiopian famine – selling a million copies in its first week. At the time, it was the fastest-selling single in UK chart history and raised £8million for famine relief efforts.

The new mix has already been met with controversy after Ed Sheeran – who recorded in the 2014 version – said that he had not been asked for his permission for the 2024 edition, and if he had been, he would have respectfully declined.

Mike Stock, a co-writer for the second version of Band Aid, also recently criticised Geldof for leaving the single out of the new version.

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