Comedian Ricky Gervais slammed celebrities who are complaining about having to be locked up in their mansions during the coronavirus outbreak, saying he doesn’t want to hear people “moaning” and that coming from humble beginnings taught him to be thankful for everything he has.
Gervais made the remarks in an interview with The Sun, saying that he never wants to “hear people moaning about nurses again.”
“These people are doing 14-hour shifts and not complaining,” Gervais continued. “Wearing masks, and being left with sores, after risking their own health and their families’ health selflessly. But then I see someone complaining about being in a mansion with a swimming pool. And, you know, honestly, I just don’t want to hear it.”
“I was born in the beginning of the Sixties in Battle Hospital in Reading. And that should have been an omen. Having gone by the title, I should have known life was going to be a struggle. And it was — I was the fourth child of an immigrant labourer. My dad worked on building sites all his life, until he was 70. He got up every day at 5.30am,” Gervais continued. “Men worked hard, but women worked miracles. Because when my dad finished his work that was his own time. But my mum didn’t stop working, women didn’t stop working. Carers didn’t stop working, all the women in my family were carers in some respect.”
“I had no money growing up, I didn’t have any until I was 40,” he said. “But I still had everything. My mum, she gardened, she grew, she cooked, she sewed, she knitted, she decorated, she did everything she could. And she gave me everything I wanted except money. I also realized growing up that all the best things were free — friends, nature, learning and healthcare. And that’s why I gladly pay my taxes. And that’s why I clap the NHS.”
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04.25.2024