The next comedy special from Ricky Gervais just might be his last. The famous comedian, who's never been one to hold back on stage, opened up about his next special in a chat with Heat magazine. Perhaps appropriately called Armageddon, the special will have Gervais pushing the boundaries of what can be joked about to such an extent that he's not only expecting to generate tremendous backlash, he's embracing it.

“One thing I’ve decided to definitely do, and can’t wait to start on, is my new stand-up show,” Gervais explained, per the New York Post. “I’m treating it like it’s my last one ever. It won’t be, but I want to put everything into it. I want to try and get canceled. No, I just want to go all out there.”

He adds, “[Armageddon] is about the end of the world and how we’re going to destroy ourselves for lots of reasons, whether it’s media stupidity, or the actual end of the world... There’s no subject you shouldn’t joke about. It depends on the joke. As a journalist, there’s nothing you wouldn’t write about. It depends on your angle, right? I think a lot of this pious offense comes from people mistaking the target of the joke with the subject.”

“You can joke about anything, but it depends on what the actual target is. If you use irony and people see that at face value and think you’re saying one thing but you’re actually saying the opposite," Gervais also notes.

In the interview, Gervais also commented on the controversy he generated as the host of the Golden Globes, refuting the suggestion that he "killed" the awards show with his material. He has hosted the program five times over the years, most recently in 2020, when he had particularly ruffled many feathers, perhaps with comedians' material getting put under the microscope more often in recent years. But Gervais says he only cares about delivering his jokes properly and pays no attention to those who say they were offended by them.

"The worst thing that happened was me insulting actors," Gervais said. "All I care about it, ‘I’ve got to do that joke well. I don’t care what they think of it. I don’t care if I’m hated. I don’t care if I have to go into hiding. I just have to say that joke well.’ If I fluffed the joke – oh my god, I’d never get over it.”

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Stand-up comedy has changed in many ways over the past several years. Many comics have found that venturing into certain topics for material can bring about major consequences. One of the most famous recent examples would be Dave Chappelle, who has outright refused to tone down his style in his Netflix comedy specials. His last special, The Closer, had many critics on social media demanding for it to be pulled from Netflix, though the streamer ultimately stood by Chappelle.

Also on Netflix, fans of Ricky Gervais can see him in the third and final season of After Life, which recently hit the streaming service in January.