When Ricky Gervais hung up his Golden Globes hosting shoesย in 2012, it felt like he had grown tired of the gig and the controversy it inspired, especially given the increasing pressure he was under to offend, yet simultaneously charm, Tinseltown.
Whether he returned this year to outdo outgoing hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey or because he felt armed with a new bag of punches isn’t clear. But he was funny and mean enough to enliven a pretty dull night.
He tackled everything from Sean Penn‘s El Chapo interview and Caitlyn Jenner to the inequality of women in Hollywood and Jeffrey Tambor in a dress.