Ricky Gervais was not singing the praises of those who opted to make political statements at the Grammy Awards.
The comedian took to Instagram in the wake of Sunday night’s (Feb. 1) awards ceremony, sharing a post featuring a quote of his from his monologue as host of the Golden Globes in 2020.
“If you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech,” he said at the time. “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.”
Alongside his post, Gervais wrote, “They’re still not listening 😂.”
Several artists made headlines for comments made during their acceptance speeches on Sunday night, including Bad Bunny, who according to NBC News, called out ICE while accepting the award for Best Música Urbana Album.
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say, ‘ICE out,’” he said. “We’re not savage. We’re not animals. We’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.”
The Puerto Rican rapper, who also took home Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Global Music Performance on Sunday night, is set to headline this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, enraging conservative critics.
Per Variety, Billie Eilish was censored as she said “Fuck ICE” while accepting the Grammy for Song of the Year alongside her brother, Finneas.
“I feel so honored every time I get to be in this room,” she said, in part. “As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land. And, yeah, it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter, and fuck ICE. That’s all I’m going to say. Sorry. Thank you so much.”
According to Entertainment Weekly, others who condemned ICE during their acceptance speeches included Shaboozey and Kehlani.
Trevor Noah, who marked his sixth and final time hosting the Grammys last night, caught Donald Trump‘s attention after he made jokes at the president’s expense in relation to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
“That is a Grammy that every artist wants… almost as much as Trump wants Greenland,” Noah teased following Eilish’s Song of the Year win. “Which makes sense, I mean, because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.”
In a TruthSocial post shared on Monday, Trump threatened to sue Noah for his comments, calling the comedian a “poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C.”
As for Gervais, Wanda Sykestook a jab at the comedian—who has caught backlash for anti-trans jokes in the past— while accepting a Golden Globe on his behalf last month, thanking “God and the trans community.”
The 68th Grammy Awards are now streaming on Paramount+.
