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Ricky Gervais calls Gal Gadot’s ‘Imagine’ video an ‘awful rendition’

‘They might have been doing it for good reasons, to help these normal nobodies’

Annie Lord
Friday 24 April 2020 14:42 BST
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Ricky Gervais has criticised the viral video that saw Gal Gadot lead a host of celebrities to perform a cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine”.

In a video posted to Instagram, the Wonder Woman actor began singing Lennon’s iconic track, before the likes of Will Ferrell, Jamie Dornan and Natalie Portman joined in as they attempted to lift spirits.

The video was criticised by social media users, who accused celebrities of being out of touch with normal people.

During an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, Gervais admitted he is not a fan, either.

“That ‘Imagine’ video, it’s not that bad, they’re probably very nice people,” the After Life star began.

“It was an awful rendition, but they might have been doing it for good reasons, to help these normal nobodies.”

He added: “But they’re going, ‘My film’s coming up and I’m not on telly – I need to be in the public eye’ – not all of them, but some of them.

“You can see in their eye – ‘I could cry at the beauty of my personality, I’m just so beautiful for doing this’ and everyone sees that – we get it.”

Earlier this month, Gervais criticised celebrities’ complaints about having to stay at home during lockdown from the comfort of their “mansions”.

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