Ricky Gervais has said that he doesn’t want want celebs David and Victoria Beckham to feature in future episodes of his hit TV show Extras.
The reason for this bizarre claim is because the couple worked with Sacha Baron Cohen for an Ali G sketch on Comic Relief and he feels it would be a copycat idea.
“The Beckhams would be huge and we could do loads with them but I think Ali G got in first,” he told The Sun.
“At risk of sounding like an egomaniac, working with the Beckhams would only interest me if it was my idea. It wouldn’t feel particularly exclusive.
“They are great but there is not a magazine that you open up and they’ve not been in.”
Ricky isn’t too beat up about it though because he is planning to book such Hollywood stars like Al Pacino, Danny DeVito or Michael Douglas for one-off episodes of the comedy series.