The working class is the only group of people comedians can safely make jokes about, Ricky Gervais claims. Jokes about other demographics are often considered to be controversial but the working class is one exception to this rule, according to the creator of The Office.

Ricky Gervais has claimed that working-class people are the only group that comedians can make jokes about without facing backlash. The star, who created seminal sitcom The Office, also revealed he no longer makes quips at the expense of disadvantaged people – and would do things differently if he could go back in time.

Ricky Gervais has claimed that working-class people are the only group comedians can make jokes about without facing significant backlash. The comedian said he would now avoid making quips at the expense of disadvantaged people, acknowledging that times have changed, but expressed no regrets about his past work.

Gervais, 64, who is best known as the co-creator and star of the British TV sitcom The Office, recently spoke out in a new interview and said that the working classes are the only people that comedians can safely mock because other demographics are so controversial.

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