Ricky Gervais has given a video message at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles – but he says he wasn’t allowed to do it in person.
"Sorry I can't be there live, in person. Not allowed," Gervais says, joking about his hosting of the Golden Globes ceremony.
Earlier this year Gervais' presentation of the Golden Globes split the opinions of Hollywood's rich and famous after making jokes about Charlie Sheen and Robert Downey Jr.
Gervais was told he would never work in Hollywood again as certain sections of the US media tore into the British comic. However, Gervais had the last laugh when NBC asked him to host the awards again next year.
In the pre-recorded and obviously heavily edited video message at the Emmys, Gervais appears to be censored several times.
However, he does stick his middle finger up at the camera and say: "You can suck my [Twinkie]".
The full speech:
"Hello. Firstly, sorry I can't be there live in person. Not allowed. Not after the Golden Globes. In fact now, during any awards ceremony, I'm not even allowed on American soil. This is pre-recorded and the Emmy bosses have warned me if I say anything rude or controversial, they will edit it out and you won't know the difference. What a bunch of cowardly [cut] countrymen like Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan. We're proud of you. I've won a few Emmys myself. I've lost a few too. I was up for five last year and I lost them all to other shows that in my opinion were absolute [cut] 'Schindler's List' but then went on to do TV with 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific' for HBO, which in my opinion is the greatest channel in the world [cut] apart from [cut] FOX [cut] that is, [cut] obviously. Anyway, I've been rattling on for about 10 minutes. I hope I didnt' say anything that you found offensive. Though if I did, I don't care. You can suck my [Twinkie]. Thanks for listening. And finally, thanks to God for making me an [cut] absolute idiot. There I said it. Again."
Watch the video.
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