TAKING THE RICK Inside Ricky Gervais’ feud with ‘privileged’ Tom Hanks after string

TAKING THE RICK Inside Ricky Gervais’ feud with ‘privileged’ Tom Hanks after string of jokes about star ‘on his high horse’ fall flat

He's taken swipes at the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Mel Gibson and many more over the years.

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Some took it well, though, with Titanic star Leo laughing off

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the comedian's jibe about his penchant for younger women.

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But sometimes the comic comes up against an industry

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giant who isn't too impressed with his words.

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Tom Hanks became a reaction meme back in 2020,

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when a photographer caught the Oscar winner looked not-best-pleased.

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It came after Ricky's stream of controversial gags while

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he sitting in the audience at the Golden Globes.

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