James Franco Says Ricky Gervais Golden Globes Gags Were Not Funny

Academy Awards co-host James Franco has revealed, in an interview with USA Today, that he didn’t find Ricky Gervais performance hosting the Golden Globes funny at all and even said that some of Gervais’s gags were uninspired… “I haven’t really read about the fallout of Ricky Gervais. I was there and I didn’t think he was that funny. The jokes were kind of – gay Scientology jokes? South Park did that like five years ago. So I don’t really want to do Ricky Gervais style [jokes].” Franco promised that he won’t be following Gervais lead when he hosts the Oscars…