Like millions of other people around the world, British comedian Ricky Gervais is in quarantine right now due to the coronavirus pandemic, and he is speaking out this week to say that he has been keeping himself entertained at home with his essentials: wine and beer!
“The first thing I did in the lockdown was go down to the wine cellar and we were fine for six months,” Gervais, 58, told The Hollywood Reporter. “I saw all these people panic-buying toilet rolls?! I’d hand over my last toilet roll for a bottle of wine. I’d use books, honestly! I can’t believe people were going with toilet rolls.”
“Get the beer, mate, get the wine stocked!” he added.
Of course, Gervais is not only consuming alcohol, as he added that he has been enjoying healthier meals as well.
“[I’ve been eating] pasta with vegan meatballs. We have tofu stir fry with noodles. Vegan lasagna. Basically everything that was fattening but with meat substitute,” he revealed. “I’ve been snacking less because I’m worried about not doing as much exercise. As it turns out, I’m probably doing slightly more exercise because I’m panicked about not doing enough exercise so I’m doing more exercise.”
Even though he’s fully stocked up on wine, Gervais said that he has actually been drinking less than usual.
“I’m eating better, I’m drinking slightly less because I’m going to bed earlier and I’m getting up early,” he said. “If anything, this improves my lifestyle.”
The comedian added that life actually hasn’t changed that much for him in quarantine, with the only tangible difference for him being that he is writing season three of his Netflix show “After Life” from home rather than in an office.
“That’s much worse for my girlfriend than me because she’s a novelist and she usually has the house to herself for a few hours,” Gervais said. “But now it’s like she’s got a toddler at home who wants to keep making her play badminton and table tennis. And I keep hearing this, ‘OK, shush, let me just finish this sentence, I’ll play with you in a minute.'”
He went on to say that though being at home all the time feels like retirement, “still producing as much work” as before the pandemic.
“You realize how little work you do when you’re still doing as much in the lockdown,” Gervais said. “I’ve probably done twice as many interviews for ‘After Life’ than I usually do because they’re on Zoom and I don’t have to get dressed or go to a studio. I’m lucky that I delivered ‘After Life’ about a week before lockdown.”
Like everyone else, Gervais is looking forward to the day that this pandemic is over.
“…I want to pop around the shops. I’ve never done that but I want to. I want to sit outside cafes, which I didn’t do,” he said. “Maybe I’ll have a soiree again. We usually have one a year and maybe I’ll have an extra one this year just to meet up with our closest friends.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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