RICKY GERVAIS - GERVAIS DENIES DUBBING BRITISH VIEWERS 'IDIOTS'

GERVAIS DENIES DUBBING BRITISH VIEWERS 'IDIOTS'

RICKY GERVAIS has hit back at claims he dubbed British viewers who don't find his show EXTRAS funny "idiots". A British newspaper today (15JAN07) quoted the comedian defending American TV audiences' grasp of British irony and attacking Brits who disliked Extras, the follow-up to his hit THE OFFICE. Gervais reportedly said, "That's idiots not getting it in England. THE SIMPSONS, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM - Americans get irony." But his publicist claims Gervais has been misquoted. She says, "Ricky would never say British viewers are idiots."