Ricky Gervais is known for spurring controversies every now and then, with his comic comments. He recently told how he would have handled Will Smith-Chris Rock saga at the Oscars. Upon being asked about the Jada Pinkett Smith joke that triggered the Smith, Gervais called that joke “like, the tamest joke I would’ve ever have told.”

He told that Will Smith would have never become violent if Gervais had been the host. “Nothing would happen to me because I wouldn’t have told a joke about his wife’s hair. I’d have told a joke about her boyfriend,” he said.

Gervais shrugged off the autoimmune disorder’s severity. “Someone said it was joking about her disability,” he said on Twitter. “Well, I’m going a bit thin, so I’m disabled. That means that I can park right up next to Tesco’s now. And I’m fat. That’s a disease. I’m fat and balding. I should get fucking benefit.”

Gervais previously shared on Twitter about his suppositious Oscar monologue before the ceremony. “I’d start with ‘Hello. I hope this show helps cheer up the ordinary people watching at home,” he wrote. “If you’re unemployed for example, take some comfort in the fact that even if you had a job, your salary probably wouldn’t be as much as the goody bag all the actors have just been given.’” Gervais continued, “I’m proud to announce that this is the most diverse and progressive Oscars ever. Looking out I see people from all walks of life. Every demographic under the sun. Except poor people, obviously. Fuck them.”