Ricky Gervais has made a few headline‑making Harvey Weinstein jokes, most famously at the Golden Globes, where he used Weinstein as a punchline to call out Hollywood’s complicity in abuse.

Key Golden Globes joke

At the 2020 Golden Globes, near the end of the show, Gervais introduced Sandra Bullock with a pointed line comparing Hollywood’s behavior to looking the other way on Weinstein.

  • He said that Bird Box was “a movie where people survive by acting like they don’t see a thing – sort of like working for Harvey Weinstein.”
  • When the crowd gasped, he followed up with, “You did it. I didn’t – you did it,” directly accusing the room of having enabled Weinstein for years.

Other Weinstein‑related lines people quote

Clips and forum discussions often mix several of his award‑show bits together, so you’ll see a couple of other lines repeatedly associated with Gervais and Weinstein.

  • One widely shared quote is: “If Harvey Weinstein invites you to a private party at the Four Seasons, don’t go.”
  • Fans frame these jokes as Gervais “exposing Hollywood,” because the humor rests on the idea that many in the room knew about Weinstein but stayed silent.

Gervais on Weinstein jokes and backlash

Gervais has also talked more generally about how to joke about topics like Weinstein and abuse in interviews.

  • Speaking about James Corden’s Weinstein jokes, he said that if you tackle a “contentious” subject, the joke has to be very smart and clearly aimed at the right target , not the victims.
  • His own Weinstein lines are framed so that the target is Hollywood hypocrisy and the powerful abuser, rather than survivors of assault.

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