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Ricky Gervais says he's not 'horrible, nasty, uncaring' person

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He's an outspoken comedian by trade but Ricky Gervais doesn't want people to think he's a jerk. The 58-year-old comic is known for telling jokes that most would be too afraid to say aloud.

Most recently, the comic bashed the rich and famous for complaining about self-isolating inside of their multi-million dollar homes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

But in a candid chat with Conan O'Brien, Gervais opened up about the public's perception of him, stressing that his jokes are often taken too seriously. "I think that I've got a reputation that's sort of like a shock jock or I don't care what I say, or I don't care about people's feelings, which is, that's totally untrue," Gervais said on the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast this week.

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