Ricky Gervais is said to have increased his personal security at his stand\u002Dup shows in the wake of the knife attack on Salman Rushdie.
The 61-year-old comedian has reportedly taken the measure as he continues to perform a series of intimate shows at London’s Leicester Square Theatre to trial new material ahead of his next tour and Netflix special ‘Armageddon’.
A source told The Sun On Sunday: “Ricky isn’t taking any chances. He has employed his own security guards for the gigs so he can have a laugh and relax in the knowledge that he’s safe. Ricky was under fire earlier this year when he joked about transgender people in his Netflix SuperNature show – with US LGBTQ rights group Glaad calling it “dangerous”.
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