Ricky Gervais's Thoughts on Ricky Gervais's Golden Globes Performance
By Julie Miller
The critics may be undivided on Ricky Gervais's third tour of Golden Globes hosting duty—calling him disappointing, [subdued](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16578905 Phew! Thank fuck that's over. I had a blast actually. It was by far my favourite of the three hosting stints. I've told my agent to never let me be persuaded to do it again though. It's like a parachute jump. You can only really enjoy it in retrospect when you realise you didn't die and it was quite an amazing thing to do.
The crowd were great this year too. I think they finally worked out that my gags only seemed rude and nasty but were actually not too scary at all. Or they were just drunker. Either way, it was fun but I'm glad to say I'm off to New York to chill out a bit. Ahhhhhh. And relax.
Or perhaps the crowd was simply bored. In his previous Globes stints, the gags were indeed rude and nasty, but they were also hilarious, and kept the audience on its toes. Nothing to worry about this year, however: Gervais restricted himself to such easily digestible rim shots as jokes about the length of James Cameron's acceptance speeches. Regardless, at least one person feels good about Sunday night's Golden Globes.
Julie Miller is a senior feature writer at Vanity Fair.