{"id":143907,"date":"2025-05-31T12:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/ricky-gervais-receives-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:13:24","slug":"ricky-gervais-receives-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/ricky-gervais-receives-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais Receives Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBritish actor and comic <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ricky-gervais\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ricky-gervais\" data-tag=\"ricky-gervais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ricky Gervais<\/a> celebrated Friday, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/BBC%20News%20reports%20that,%20receiving%20his%20star,%20Gervais%20said%20he%20was%20%22humbled%22\" target=\"_blank\">BBC News reviews that Gervais mentioned he was \u201chumbled\u201d <\/a>to have his star in a spot that \u201ccelebrates the dreamers and doers of the industry,\u201d and that his success was a mixture of \u201cluck, persistence, and a little bit of pushing against the tide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGervais mentioned he was initially nervous about receiving the accolade, believing he\u2019d need to get down on all fours and put his fingers in concrete: \u201cI thought, I won\u2019t get back up and that will be embarrassing. But I don\u2019t have to do that. Me standing her now is as embarrassing and awkward as it gets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez mentioned: \u201cFinally, a star that will give snarky commentary every time someone walks by\u2026 I always knew we needed a comedian\u2019s touch on our famed sidewalk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGervais has loved big success each within the UK and the US. His unique BBC comedy <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-office\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-office\" data-tag=\"the-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Office<\/a><\/em> which he co-wrote and starred in was tailored into an extended working US model starring Steve Carell, and he additionally created the Netflix hit comedy drama <em>After Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe is equally well-known for his string of stand-up comedy specials, and for his ruthless barbs at A-list company whereas internet hosting the Golden Globe Awards on 5 events.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] British actor and comic Ricky Gervais celebrated Friday, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. BBC News reviews that Gervais mentioned he was \u201chumbled\u201d to have his star in a spot that \u201ccelebrates the dreamers and doers of the industry,\u201d and that his success was a mixture of \u201cluck, persistence, and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1880,6129,60,3372,7964,250,292],"class_list":{"0":"post-143907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood","8":"tag-fame","9":"tag-gervais","10":"tag-hollywood","11":"tag-receives","12":"tag-ricky","13":"tag-star","14":"tag-walk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}