Ricky Gervais has hailed "lioness" mums who never stop grafting even when their husbands clock off. The After Life comic says his whole life has revolved around female leaders, including his late mother Eva.
Ricky, 58, said: "Men worked hard, but women worked miracles because when my dad finished work his time was his own... my mum carried on. "She couldn't afford to stop.
She kept everything together and she could do anything - plant veg so we didn't go hungry, sew, even wallpaper. "And she gave me everything I needed except money.
And I learned the best things were free." He added: "I have always thought of women as lionesses, nurturers, protectors and teachers." Discussing mental health, Ricky said his dad Lawrence's post-war