It all went down during the opening monologue, when Gervais said … Ricky Gervais gave a somewhat restrained performance at the Golden Globes last night, but one zinger got the room talking: He pretty much outed Jodie Foster. Golden Globes 2012: Ricky Gervais falls flat Ricky Gervais aims his most vicious lines at a handful of easy targets at the 2012 Golden Globes awards. Ricky Gervais has insisted that his Golden Globes joke about Jodie Foster was not offensive. Gervais’ performance — which, like last year, had him disappearing for chunks of the show — wasn’t entirely devoid of personal jokes.

A dirty double entendre about “The Beaver” and Jodie Foster seemed crass if not harsh, and there was a sideways jab at Kate Winslet’s gushy acceptance speech. The comedian hosted the annual awards ceremony for the third time on Sunday night. Jodie Foster's sons got a good hearty laugh out of Ricky Gervais cracking a "beaver" joke about their mom at the Golden Globes -- at least Ricky thinks so. Ricky Gervais basically called Jodie Foster a lesbian at the Golden Globes tonight.. Ricky Gervais gave a somewhat restrained performance at the Golden Globes last night, but one zinger got the room talking: He pretty much outed Jodie Foster. Der Beaver – zu deutsch Biber – wurde dann doch zur Steilvorlage: «Ich habe Jodie Fosters Biber selbst noch nicht gesehen, so Gervais zweideutig. When Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globe awards in 2010 he said "It's OK folks, I won't be doing this again" on more than one occasion.