London Zoo won't let Ricky Gervais be eaten by lions

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8 Jan 2021, 17:01

The comedian had been considering how he would like to leave this world, and he settled on being eaten by the lions at London Zoo to ‘give something back’ to the animals.

In an even funnier twist, London Zoo gave a scathing reason as to why his request is denied.

Kathryn England, Chief Operating Officer of ZSL London Zoo told The Sun: ‘I suspect Ricky may be a bit gristly for our lions.'

'But we are struggling financially because of lockdown so if anyone wants to “give something back” we welcome donations that will help us keep our lions fed on a more suitable diet.'

Ricky previously explained his final wish to Conan O’Brien: 'I thought it would be good to be just fed to the lions at London Zoo. That would be useful, isn’t it? We never give anything back. We take everything from this world…everything we do is for us, we’re not even food for other things.'

'At least then…I’d like the look on the tourists’ faces when they throw this dead, fat, naked, 73-year-old, maybe, if I’m lucky, to the lions, and as it lands some people go, “is that the bloke from The Office?” they go, “what, Steve Carell?” “No not Steve Carell. He’s much fatter than Steve Carell.”.'

He's been busy working on the third series of his smash-hit Netflix show After Life, so that's possibly why he's been thinking of these creative ideas for his mortality.

Sorry lions, you'll have to get your dinner elsewhere.