Ricky Gervais has slammed freeloading pop stars and royals for failing to pay any money to see him perform live.
The funnyman said it was “unbelievable” that Princes William and Harry and music icons Paul McCartney and Madonna got freebies despite sitting on huge fortunes.
The Office and After Life star said: “Not one of Harry, Prince William, Madonna and Paul McCartney paid at a gig I was once at. What money have they got between them – unbelievable.
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The Office star said he was regularly stopped by fans for selfies, including one fanatic who got a pic of him while at a urinal. Ricky, 63, said he always agreed to having his photo taken because he didn’t want people to think bad of him.
The After Life actor said: “Once I was at the urinal and someone asked if he could have a selfie with me.
“He put his arm around me and took the selfie – unbelievable – and I couldn’t say anything.
“I haven’t got the selfie, but it’s in his phone.”
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Ricky said the secret to the success of his much-loved series The Office was down to him only making a dozen episodes. He told Sky Bet’s Stick to Football podcast: “I put everything into it, so had nothing left, and left it there and moved on.
“I suppose I got the idea from John Cleese doing my favourite show, Fawlty Towers.
“So we did 12 episodes and a couple of specials. I didn’t think that was the way to make it last longer, but that is the secret to longevity, that you’ve only got those ones to watch.”
He added: “Some people churn them out and they can’t be good.
“Even the American ones [the US version of The Office], they did 200 episodes, but had 24 writers, 10 executive producers and millions per episode.
“Our first episode of The Office was £140,000 and we shot it with one camera because that’s all we could afford.”
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