Ricky Gervais spendet einen atemberaubenden Betrag an Tourgeldern für wohltätige Zwecke

> Comedian Ricky Gervais has announced a substantial donation of almost £2.5 million to a range of animal welfare organisations, generated from the proceeds of his recent “Mortality” stand-up tour.

> The 64-year-old entertainer **has distributed £2.43 million among 22 charities**, including prominent groups such as the PDSA, International Animal Rescue, Celia Hammond Animal Trust, and Animals Asia. These funds were raised from the additional profits garnered through platinum seating sales during his tour, which ran from 2024 to 2025.

And not the first one:

> This latest philanthropic effort follows a similar gesture from his previous ‚Armageddon‘ tour, which earned him a Golden Globe and saw £1.9 million donated to charity.

> This brings the total **charitable contributions from his four most recent specials to over £5 million**.

> Among the other beneficiaries are Libearty Sanctuary, Pangea, Wild Futures, All Dogs Matter, Dogs On The Streets, Paws2Rescue, Edinburgh Dog And Cat Home, Saving Strays, Chaldon Animal Sanctuary, Turgwe Hippo Trust, Safe Haven For Donkeys, and Catastrophes Cat Rescue.

> Further donations will support Finding Shelter Animal Rescue, Flori’s Friends Animal Rescue, NYC Second Chance Rescue, Helping Rhinos, and Retreat Animal Rescue.

> The distribution sees four charities each receiving £150,000, 17 organisations allocated £100,000 each, and the remaining £132,000 designated for Nowzad.

Almost certain people on here will look for a reason as to why this is actually a bad thing because it’s Ricky Gervais.

He’s always made it clear the money from the expensive seats at the front rows of his shows will always go to animal charities.

I dislike his obsession with woke stuff but I can’t dislike a guy who helps animals. Credit to him for this move.

Good on him.

Charity should be rewarded and encouraged.

Philanthropy should be encouraged and congratulated.

Rich people used to give back to society.

Too much wealth is hoarded.

Fair fucking play.

He’s not my cup of tea, but credit where its due. We should absolutely all be praising and supporting this kind of thing, regardless of how you feel about the individual.

Or, „taxation“, as it would be called if the rich paid it

Good for him at-least he donated a real amount proportional to his income not like some of these donations that get headlines ie from a disney or Microsoft that donates 3 million which is like the equivalent of me donating 3 pounds

Only time I’ve ever watched any of the awards stuff was him ripping the piss out of the room in the 2020 global globes. Also the reactions as the camera panned around were something. Still on YT as well

Good. Anyone earning millions and not using it to help is selfish and doesn’t deserve it.

Good on him. He might be a tired comedian whose schtick has passed its best twenty years ago, but at least some good comes out of him being a British Dave Chappelle, overrated, and with some bizarre belief that he is a truth teller who sees something that us average folks aren’t bright enough to understand.

eyewatering.. so 3 dollars? Or is it a donation to benefit test animals?

jk. good on ya Ricky.