{"id":3780,"date":"2011-01-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2011\/01\/gervias-speaks-up-about-golden.html"},"modified":"2011-01-21T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T10:00:00","slug":"gervias-speaks-up-about-golden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2011\/01\/gervias-speaks-up-about-golden.html","title":{"rendered":"Gervais Speaks up about Golden Globes and God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky Gervais has been taking a lot of heat for his many searing comments as he hosted the Golden Globes last weekend. Well, last night Gervias joined fellow Brit Piers Morgan on CNN to explain his behavior, in particular his final comment of the award show  when he thanked God for making him an atheist.Gervais has published on his website as well as other venues about his turn from a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/10\/ricky-gervais.html\"target=\"_blank\" >Christian upbringing to atheism<\/a>, but it is stil interesting to see Morgan, a professed Catholic, pepper Gervais with questions about the afterlife and spirituality,Watch the clip below. <iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CpsR1FEInK8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky Gervais and Piers Moran discuss the 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