EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Ricky Gervais is accused of bullying by fellow comedian Robin Ince when they toured together By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 01:15 BST, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 01:20 BST, 18 September 2024 e-mail 11 shares 3 View comments From savaging Hollywood stars at the Golden Globe awards ceremony to mocking eco-activist Greta Thunberg in his stand-up act, Ricky Gervais has never shied away from provoking the rich and famous. But a fellow comedian, Robin Ince, claims Gervais's backstage jeers at him took a physical toll on his health when they toured together. 'I look back now, and I think it is bullying, really it is,' Ince claims.
'I'm very good at sometimes just acclimatising to things, in which you go, 'actually, this is really weird'. 'But people who knew me did not like the way that relationship worked. I am not saying it is a traumatic experience, but after two weeks I came out in red lumps that my doctor said were a stress rash.
I think my hair is coming out in clumps.' Speaking on The Starting Line podcast, Ince, 55, claims that Gervais's 'bullying' became so bad his co-star in The Office Mackenzie Crook stepped in and confronted him about it. A fellow comedian has claimed Gervais' backstage jeers at him took a physical toll on his health when they toured together Ince announced his retirement in 2015, saying he was 'starting to go mad' with self-doubt, insomnia and regret over not spending enough time with his family.
He remained fri.