Gervais laughs off career jeopardy claim

Ricky Gervias has laughed off claims that his career is in jeopardy after being criticised for his performance at the Concert for Diana last month.

The Extras comedian was forced to fill in time when Elton John was delayed at the gig, and one review alleged that the funnyman got booed by the crowd.

Gervais denied the claims he was jeered by the audience, telling Heart FM: "After the Diana concert there was one guy - who works for a tabloid - and he wrote that the crowd booed... they didn't boo, they loved it. People love it when something goes wrong and I was standing there and they demanded I do 'the robot dance' and it was funny."

He added: "But this guy wrote , 'He's rubbish, everything he's ever done is rubbish and it's all over for him.' That week I got nominated for four Emmy Awards, sold 100,000 DVDs of Extras and signed up for two Hollywood movies. So bring on the backlash...I want him writing about me every day."