Simon and Ricky BOTH talk about those “fat idiot” comments

Posted by heatworld on Wednesday 01 Oct 2008

Filed under: Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg

As we reported yesterday, Simon Pegg caused quite a stir during a radio interview in which he called Ricky Gervais “one of the fat people in LA” and branded him an “idiot” for remarks he’d made about the British film industry. Well, now both comedians have commented on the resulting stir – and, naturally, what they’ve written in their blogs is very funny. Ricky’s response was brief – he simply said “Simon is not only one of my favourite British comic actors, but he is also quite astute, as according to my last medical, I am approximately 22lbs over my ideal weight.” Simon, on the other hand, is a bit peeved about the impact his comments have had. “Oh dear,” he wrote on his MySpace blog. “Ricky's comments about the British film industry were definitely a little unfair, but whatever I said on Heart FM was intended in the spirit of mutual teasing that myself and Ricky have always indulged in. I am not in a position to genuinely accuse anybody of being fat, or for that matter of being an idiot. Whatever public feud is subsequently encouraged/fueled/blown out of proportion as a result of this, it is entirely the doing of those gleefully stood around clapping their hands and shouting "fight". It is true however that we used to be lovers. PS. Ricky and I have laughed about this, although his initial response was "It's glandular, you c**t." Tee and indeed hee hee. Still, Simon should know better than to slag off a big star like Ricky on the radio – of course it was going to cause a fuss, albeit a very amusing one…