Ricky Gervais facing backlash for transphobic tweets he claims were jokes

Variety

Gervais, who hosts the Golden Globes two weeks from today, has been accused of transphobia yet again after sticking up for J.K. Rowling on Twitter in response to her transphobia controversy. “Those awful biological women can never understand what it must be like for you becoming a lovely lady so late in life,” Gervais wrote in one of his tweets. “They take their girly privileges for granted. Winning at female sports and having their own toilets. Well, enough is enough.” Gervais has a history of transphobic jokes that was brought up again last month when he was selected to host the Globes for the fifth time. NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have yet to comment on Gervais' tweets.