Ricky Gervais Explains Why He Didn't Mention Stephen Merchant in The Office Anniversary Special

Fans of The Office wrote their own stories about what's happening behind the scenes after watching Ricky Gervais' YouTube special. They were a bit confused.

Ricky mentioned other cast members, but not Stephen Merchant, who co-created the show and wrote funny scenes with Ricky. Stephen was on set every day.

Fans are upset that Ricky seemed to leave Stephen out of the show. I've met Ricky, and he's usually nice to his co-stars and crew. I remember him talking about other stars on the set of After Life.

I talked to Ricky's team, and they said they're surprised this is a big story. Ricky and Stephen aren't close friends anymore, but there's no bad feeling between them.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant worked together on Life's Too Short.

Ricky's special was from his perspective, so he mostly talked about his character. This is why Stephen wasn't mentioned much.

Ricky spoke for hours, but the show was cut down to one hour with many clips from The Office. A friend of Ricky's said it's safer to talk about yourself, but you can't always win.

Ricky is confused that this has become a big issue on social media. I think he should add Stephen's name to the YouTube video description to stop the backlash.

It wasn't always like this. In 2010, Ricky thanked Stephen and said working with him was his favorite job.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant made The Office together.

They appeared on a talk show, and Ricky said Stephen kept him on track.

Ricky said Stephen was the sensible one, and he was a bit lazy. Stephen would call Ricky to work on The Office scripts.

But over time, Ricky might have changed his mind about working with others. He said he likes to get his own way when working on projects.

Ricky said you should work on something together and agree on it. If you don't like it, you don't use it.

Stephen had a small role in The Office with Ricky and Mackenzie Crook.

Ricky said the fun part is coming up with his own ideas, and he admitted he's a bit selfish.

Ricky created After Life and Derek by himself and writes his own stand-up shows.

Stephen said they both felt it was the right time to stop working together after many years.

Stephen said they worked together for over ten years and felt pulled in different directions creatively.

People are upset that Ricky and Stephen didn't do anything for the BBC's The Office anniversary. Stephen posted a short clip on Instagram.

Stephen said The Office was a joint effort and talked about the fun times they had coming up with ideas.

Ricky had already planned his YouTube special before the BBC asked him to do an anniversary program.

Unfortunately, there won't be a happy ending for The Office with a reunion, but maybe for the 50th anniversary.

Maybe then we can get Ricky and Stephen back together to stop the conspiracy theories.

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