Deadpool star T J Miller slams Ricky Gervais over Golden Globes jokes

Deadpool actor T.J. Miller has criticised the way Ricky Gervais mocked Hollywood during his stint as Golden Globes host.

Miller, 34, said the industry should not be mocked for making films that are important to people.

Speaking during a SiriusXM radio interview, he said: "Culturally America is at the forefront and our media is globally influential and these award shows, although we can make fun of them for being empty and ridiculous, we also should say that these people worked their whole lives to make content and make movies and television that are important to people.

“You don’t have to be like ‘Hollywood sucks’ and ‘you all are whining babies.’ Everyone knows that. You don’t have to keep telling people that over and over.”

He added: "So let's celebrate them. It's OK for us all to get drunk and congratulate each other. Like, let it go. So f**k you Ricky Gervais."

Miller’s comments come weeks after he poked fun at Gervais while hosting the Critics’ Choice Awards. Referencing the comedian’s Mel Gibson roasting, he quipped: “How abrasive do you have to be to make fun of Mel Gibson?”

Explaining the remark, Miller took aim at Gervais' film career.

“I made the joke about how awful of a person do you have to be to make us all feel bad for Mel Gibson," he said. “Like that is so real. But I love the idea that nobody makes fun of him. Because what was he in? Mel Gibson was in Lethal Weapon. I know he’s f****d it up but, don’t get down on him. He’s a great American actor from the lexicon of American Cinema.

“And then Ricky Gervais (pronouncing it Gervay and sometimes Ger-vay-ees) was in Ghost Town. Yeah, really, go ahead and laugh. The only thing funny about it was that he was in it. And Ghost Town was less a movie and more a description of the theatres in which it played.”