Ricky Gervais roasts Joaquin Phoenix's Oscars speech for lecturing 'everyday, hard-working people'

4:42am PST - February 10th, 2020    joaquin phoenix - The Washington Times

British comedian Ricky Gervais said Monday that while he agreed with much of what Joaquin Phoenix said during his Oscars acceptance speech from a humanitarian perspective, celebrities who lecture "everyday, hard working people" from their "privileged" platfor…