Ricky Gervais sparked controversy at the Golden Globes, alluding to the conspiracy theory that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
The comedian made the questionable gag while speaking about season two of his series Afterlife, saying: "So in the end, he didn't kill himself - just like Jeffrey Epstein."
Guests didn't quite know how to react to the contentious issue, with Tom Hanks' tight-lipped expression illustrating the awkwardness in the room following Gervais' line.
Gervais is no stranger to making jokes that make people do that slight groan before they awkwardly laugh, but while he says he can justify any joke he makes, and is never one to offer an apology too easily, he has now admitted there is one jibe that he isn't too proud of.
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No, not the one against Caitlyn Jenner, Mel Gibson, or even the one about Jodie Foster's beaver - it was actually a tongue-in-cheek joke about Buzz Lightyear.
When asked by the Hollywood Reporter about his regrets, the 58-year-old comic said: "Yeah, Tim Allen. Because I think he took it wrong.
"The joke was him and Tom Hanks. So I came out and said, 'Our next two presenters, the first has won five Oscars, combined box office of five billion dollars. And the other, Tim Allen.'
"Right? It's a fine joke. I'm teasing Tim Allen. But anyone standing next to Tom Hanks, unless it's Dustin Hoffman or Robert Redford or Robert De Niro, that could be me. But it happened to be Tim Allen.
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"And I have nothing against Tim Allen. He's a good actor. He's probably a nice bloke. So even though there's no malice and I can justify it comedically and everyone laughed, I didn't want Tim Allen to think, 'Oh, that was written for me. Why me?' Well, because you were standing next to Tom Hanks."
