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Golden Globes 2016: What Did Ricky Gervais Whisper To Mel Gibson During Their Awkward Encounter?

Ricky Gervais was back being rude to Hollywood royalty during his fourth stint hosting the Golden globes - and once again Mel Gibson was in his sights.

“A few years ago on this show, I made a joke about Mel Gibson getting a bit drunk and saying a few unsavory things,” Gervais said, reminding the audience of his 2010 crack about Gibson’s alcoholism (quipped Gervais, “I like a drink as much as the next man … unless the next man is Mel Gibson” — an intro Gibson was apparently ready for at the time). “We have all done it. I wasn’t judging him. But now I find myself in the awkward position of having to introduce him again.”

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Gervais then made it even more awkward. First, he made another joke about Gibson’s penchant for anti-Semitic remarks, noting that while it would make sense to blame NBC for the situation they found themselves in, “we know who Mel blames.” Then, in trying to say something “nice” about the actor, Gervais dished out the most backhanded compliment of all time: “I’d rather have a drink with him in his hotel room tonight than Bill Cosby. Please welcome Mel Gibson!”

Gibson embraced Gervais and then delivered a jab of his own: “I love seeing Ricky every three years, because it reminds me to get a colonoscopy.”

Gervais then emerged from backstage, clutching his glass of beer, another nod to Gibson’s alcoholism.

Then, in a moment that was bleeped for the TV audience, Gervais ambled up to the microphone and asked, “What the f**k does sugar t*ts mean?” a reference to Gibson’s drunken tirade against a female L.A. sheriff’s sergeant who arrested him for DUI in 2006. (“What do you think you’re looking at, sugar t*ts?” he said, according to the incident report.)

And Gervais got the last word in, too, by closing the show with one more dig: “From myself and Mel Gibson, shalom.”

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