Golden Globes 2020: Ricky Gervais’s best jokes and other highlights

From the moment Ricky Gervais walked on stage at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, it was clear he was taking no prisoners. “If you win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech,” he advised the stars during his opening monologue.

“You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything, you know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.” Several winners ignored his advice completely (more on their speeches in a sec), but that didn’t stop the British comedian going all out as he fronted the ceremony for the fifth and apparently final time. Here are a few of his best jokes, along with five other highlights from this year’s ceremony.(BBC)…[+]