The Celebrity Truth

Rumors of a fight between British funnymen Ricky Gervais and Simon Pegg have been laid to rest, with each of them taking to their blogs to clear the air.

During an interview with British radio station Heart 106.2, Pegg was asked if he, like Gervais, felt under pressure from the Los Angeles lifestyle.

“He says a lot of things, that man,” the ‘Shaun of the Dead’ star responded. “He said there’d been no good British films since 1950. What an idiot.

“If you go to LA, you can get sucked into that.  I’ve seen people go there and suddenly become rake-thin because there is a slight pressure on you to be thin. I’ve seen a lot of fat people there.”

Pegg added, “He’s one of the fat people in LA, yes.”

Gervais responded to the comments via a posting on his website saying:

“Simon is not only one of my favourite British comic actors but he is also quite astute, as according to my last medical, I am approximately 22lb over my ideal weight.”

Pegg then clarified his remarks on his own blog posting:

“So apparently I have “slammed” Ricky Gervais in the press as being a “fat idiot”. Oh dear. Ricky’s comments about the British film industry were definitely a little unfair but whatever I said on Heart FM was intended in the spirit of mutual teasing that myself Ricky have always indulged in. I am not in a position to genuinely accuse anybody of being fat, or for that matter of being an idiot. Whatever public feud is subsequently encouraged/fueled/blown out of proportion as a result of this, it is entirely the doing of those [who] gleefully stood around clapping their hands and shouting ‘fight’.”

It is true however that we used to be lovers.

Sx

p.s. Ricky and I have laughed about this, although his initial response was ‘It’s glandular you c*nt.’”

Photo courtesy of HBO.

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