Ricky Gervais Removes Posts Roasting Emmys Speeches, Including Hannah Einbinder’s “Free Palestine” Demand

If Ricky Gervais‘ time hosting the Golden Globes taught us anything, it’s that The Office creator is no fan of off-topic acceptance speeches.

Gervais warmed to his theme again on Monday after the 2025 Emmy Awards, during which Hacks star Hannah Einbinder said “f**k ICE and free Palestine” after collecting her prize for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

In the hours after Einbinder’s remarks went viral, and other stars like Javier Bardem made comments about Gaza on the Emmys red carpet, Gervais posted a throwback to his 2020 Golden Globes monologue on X/Twitter.

“They’re still not listening,” Gervais wrote alongside a laugh cry emoji and a quote from the Globes, in which he said: “If you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a political platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.”

The post was later removed from Gervais’ X/Twitter account, with critics claiming that he had rethought his intervention in the context of the war in Gaza. Gervais also un-shared a post directly commenting on Einbinder’s remarks.

During a backstage Emmys press conference, Einbinder said she had an “obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel.” Responding to a video of the comments posted by Variety, one X/Twitter cited another quote from Gervais’ Globes monologue in which he said: “If ISIS started a streaming service, you’d call your agent, wouldn’t you?”

Gervais retweeted the comment from @bronzieonx, but on Tuesday morning, removed the retweet. He has, however, shared other old posts about his Globes monologue, including a video clip posted in August that contains the “don’t use it as a political platform to make a political speech” rant.