Gervais accused of ‘bullying’ by co-star

Comedian Robin Ince, who antecedently toured with Ricky Gervais, has alleged the Hollywood star’s behaviour toward him was tantamount to “bullying”.

Ince, champion known for presenting his amusement The Infinite Monkey Cage with Brian Cox, opened for Gervais successful stand-up shows, including Fame, successful the 2000s.

However, successful comments made successful July, Ince claimed that the clip was not arsenic enjoyable for him arsenic it should person been.

“I look backmost now, and I deliberation it is bullying, truly it is,’ Ince alleged during an quality connected The Starting Line podcast.
“I’m precise bully astatine sometimes conscionable acclimatising to things, successful which you go, ­’actually, this is truly weird.”

He shared that aft 2 weeks of moving with Gervais, helium developed a “stress rash” and felt similar his “hair was coming out”.

“But radical who knew maine did not similar the mode that narration worked. I americium not saying it is simply a traumatic experience, but aft 2 weeks I came retired successful reddish lumps that my doc said were a accent rash. I deliberation my hairsbreadth is coming retired successful clumps,” helium claimed.

He alleged that Gervais’ behaviour toward him became truthful atrocious his co-star successful The Office Mackenzie Crook stepped successful and confronted him astir it.

News.com.au has approached Gervais’ typical for comment.

Ince announced his status successful 2015, stepping distant from drama to absorption connected his idiosyncratic life.

At the time, helium claimed helium was “starting to spell mad” and had regrets astir not being with his household much often.

Ince and Gervais appeared to stay affable until 2022, erstwhile the comedian wrote a blog station slamming the Hollywood histrion for making jokes astir transgender people.

“It is casual to hide the collateral harm of jokes,’ Ince wrote astatine the time.

“Anti-trans punchlines look to person go highly ­profitable and it ignores the dehumanising effect connected a swathe of already marginalised people. I deliberation Ricky believes it is conscionable him being a ‘naughty boy’

“I judge it makes him a pin-up and relation exemplary for the alt-Right,” added Ince.

Gervais faced backlash past twelvemonth aft helium faced backlash parents implicit a gag helium made connected 1 of his drama specials.