Ricky Gervais, Mel Gibson win for Most Awkward Moment of the Golden Globes

Ricky Gervais and Mel Gibson.
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The most cringe-inducing part of the 2016 Golden Globes took place during the painful moments that host Ricky Gervais and Mel Gibson spent onstage together, midway through the show.

Gervais explained that a few years ago, he made fun of Gibson and some of the things he said while drinking, but added that he was ready to be nice and pay him a compliment. "I'd rather have a drink with him in his hotel room tonight than Bill Cosby," Gervais announced.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.