Ricky Gervais Mocks Move to Take 'Fat' Out of Children's Books

Ricky Gervais has opinions about 86’ing the words “fat” and “ugly” from children’s books, and he concedes it’s child’s play compared to what he says onstage.

Ricky is clearly appalled by the move to cut the 2 words from Roald Dahl‘s books for kids, mocking the “fragile” and “easily offended.”

Ricky says he’s been noodling over words he uses onstage … words like f**k, fat, ugly, greedy, pathetic little stupid f**king c*** — “Stuff like that.”

Ricky followed up with a tweet where he displayed a pic of himself making a wonky face and exposing his belly, saying, “I’ve changed my mind. I think we should ban the words ‘fat’ and ‘ugly. No reason.”

Someone on Twitter took him seriously and said the comedian’s standup is different, because it’s not aimed at kids.

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Ricky’s reply — “Yeah I know … It was a joke.”

As you probably know, Dahl’s books, notably “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” have been re-issued where “fat” will no longer be used.

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