Ricky Gervais branded 'worthless talking head' by hunters after supporting animal rights
HUNTERS have hit back at animal rights activist Ricky Gervais in a soon-to-be released documentary, according to reports.
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Prominent lion-slayer Aaron Nielson has reportedly slammed the comedian as a "worthless talking head" in a new show about big-game hunting entitled, King of Beasts.
The 54-year-old has been vocal in condemning "killing for fun" and last year he tweeted a snap of a woman lying next to a dead giraffe.
However, Aaron has spoken out claiming hunters actually protect wildlife.
"You guys can scream from the mountaintops about how they all want to protect wildlife - the Ricky Gervais's of the world," he is believed to have said.
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Aaron continued: "The worthless talking heads like Ricky Gervais, who tells us how bad we are, but yet you never put your money where your mouth is - you just put your mouth where you're a** is," New York Daily News claimed.
His remarks came on the same day that Golden Globes host Ricky shared an upsetting image of a monkey with a chain around his neck on Twitter.
The Office star captioned it: "The greatest privilege that comes with freedom of speech is using your voice for those who don't have one."
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When a fellow user questioned how he'd react to a joke about animal cruelty, Ricky couldn't hold his tongue.
"Joke about it all you want. Just don't actually carry out any animal cruelty. Jokes don't kill. Actions do," he posted.
Ricky then added: "I just hope your tasteless animal jokes don't cross the lion."