In the Battle of the British Funnymen, Simon Pegg Calls Ricky Gervais a ‘Fat Idiot’
In the annals of celebrity feuds, we tend to prefer the light-hearted frivolity of a Seth Green/Shia LeBeouf dustup to the knock-down, “no one gets away unscathed” fights like Alec Baldwin on Greg Garcia. That’s why we’re so stymied by the latest and most unlikely entry in the feud genre: the war of words between Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg and Ricky Gervais, the Emmy-honored creator of Extras and The Office. So far, the battle (instigated by Pegg’s mouthy appearance on a British radio show) is one-sided, but we fear a rebuttal from Gervais could embroil both talented comedians in a zero-sum rivalry. The Telegraph has the scoop:
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Simon and Ricky are mates but he is right, Gervais slags off the British film industry and constantly talks about things he’s turned down and yet chooses to act in absolute pap.
The true genius is Stephen Merchant and anybody who has seen Gervais’ very third rate stand up knows that the Office and Extras would be nothing without him.