After Life creator Ricky Gervais has been accused of making a former support act's life "hellish" in bullying claims. Comedian Robin Ince has claimed that Ricky's behaviour backstage had an impact on his health when he toured with him as he accused him of bullying. Robin said: "I look back now, and I think it is bullying, really it is.
I'm very good at sometimes just acclimatising to things, in which you go, 'Actually, this is really weird '." He went on to recall: "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 was coming out in clumps." READ MORE: Ricky Gervais loses planning row to demolish his flood-hit mansion with €5.9m home READ MORE: Inside Ricky Gervais' massive multi-million-euro mansion complete with trophy wall Speaking on The Starting Line podcast Robin also said he was being "bullied" so badly that The Office star Mackenzie Crook stepped in and confronted Ricky about it.
After announcing his retirement in 2015 when he said he was "starting to go mad" experiencing insomnia, self-doubt and regret over not spending time with his family, Robin remained friends with Ricky until 2022. However, at that point he drew a line under their friendship when he wrote a blog post slamming Ricky for mocking transgender people in his Netflix comedy special SuperNature. He wrote: "It is easy to forget the .