Ricky Gervais Gives Charitable Challenge To Twitter, Twitter Fails

Ricky Gervais is an internet troll with a heart of gold.

The comedian posted a charitable challenge to his Twitter followers this week saying that he would donate £5,000 (about $3500) to charity if they could show a little self-restraint and not retweet his message.

If no one RTs this, I will donate £5,000 to a charity of your choice.

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) April 17, 2013

A few minutes and 594 retweets later Gervais hung his head in hilarious disappointment.

Come on people. How can 594 people miss the joke?

Thankfully, the comedian posted another challenge. This time Gervais said he would give £10,000 to charity if his Twitter followers could restrain themselves from retweeting his message.

OK, concentrate now. If no one…not one person, RTs this, I will give £10,000 to a charity of your choice. Come on. You can do it! — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) April 17, 2013

That message received 672 retweets…

Gervais has more than 4 million followers and apparently some of those people are completely against charity. Either that or Ricky has a few idiots following him. Judging by the comedians recent appearance on The Daily Show, it’s safe to that Gervais believes in the idiot theory.

Gervais may think that the internet is full of idiots (who can blame him) but the comedian is a huge fan of Twitter and his followers.

Haha.You are all brilliantly entertaining and funny for so many different reasons. Thank you Twitter.

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) April 17, 2013

Now, if Gervais decides to give Twitter another chance and makes another charitable offer. Please, prove the comedian wrong and show him that you are not addicted to retweeting messages.