""Ricky Gervais, I love you ... for not being here," she said while presenting the award. "I love you, Ricky, but if you win, and I get to accept the award on your behalf, you are going to thank God." The audience then laughed heartily, but she wasn't done. " And the trans community!" she added. Gervais has made transphobic jokes in specials and transphobic comments online. "We need to protect the rights of women," he wrote in 2022, continuing, "Not erode them because some men have found a new cunning way to dominate and demonise an entire sex." Sykes, meanwhile, is a queer woman who has spoken out in support of the trans community."
"When Gervais won the award, Sykes followed up on her promise of shade. She read the name, then asked " Teyana, can I borrow your speech, please?" before announcing Gervais's win. "He would like to thank God and the trans community," she said. Then, she actually read the teleprompter and added that "he could not be here, so we'll accept this on his behalf." Gervais should have Sykes do all his speeches from here on out - and maybe his stand-up and his tweets, too ..."
Wanda Sykes presented the Golden Globe for Best Standup Comedy Performance while Ricky Gervais did not attend. Sykes joked that she loved Gervais for not being there and said that if she accepted the award on his behalf he would thank God and the trans community. Gervais has previously made transphobic jokes and posted comments arguing for protecting women's rights and warning against men dominating and demonising a sex. Sykes is a queer woman who supports the trans community. When Gervais won she read his name, borrowed a line, read the teleprompter, and accepted on his behalf.
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