Honolulu, HI – Only weeks after the comedians controversial Golden Globes hosting appearance, the NFL decided to stay the course and let Gervais host the Pro Bowl’s Saturday night dinner gala. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell felt that Gervais learned a lesson after the Globes fallout and wouldn’t perform any risqué material, but it turned out that the commissioner was utterly wrong. The players, their families, friends, and media in attendance were completely blindsided
Gervais started the evening rather innocuously by calling out Peyton Manning for being, “one of the NFL’s all time great quarterbacks and the world’s ugliest commercial spokesman.” Gervais stayed on quarterbacks, but cut deeper when he said, “Drew Brees has brought hope to the people of New Orleans. And if he could only bring jobs, money, education, adequate health care, and take down local corruption he would actually be making fucking difference.”
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