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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2011 message ikon free by NBC, patron Ricky Gervais is shown during the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater, file)Associated Press

NEW YORK - Ricky Gervais says that despite the acrimony over his employ hosting the Golden Globes, he was asked to study backward incoming year.

In a diary of his undergo hosting the Globes for Heat magazine, Gervais said that organizers asked him to "consider a third year." Gervais said he was inclined to turn it down.

"I don't conceive I should," he wrote. "I don't undergo what I could do better. I trusty couldn't intend more press for them, that's for sure."

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Globes, denied that such an substance was prefabricated to Gervais.

"There is no actuality to this rumor," connexion president Philip Berk said in a evidence Tuesday. "We have not asked him to become back. Nice try, Ricky."

Gervais clarified weekday that the discussion took place with an executive at NBC, the meshwork that ventilated the awards show. "At no saucer did I talk to The Hollywood Foreign Press Association," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "I'm absolutely trusty they don't want me back."

Gervais' hosting employ in Jan — his ordinal instance around — quickly became disreputable because of the pointed jokes he prefabricated most many Hollywood stars. Berk early said Gervais "definitely decussate the line."

The NBC broadcast drew nearly 17 million viewers, slightly more than last year's.

Finding a patron for incoming assemblage is far from the Foreign Press Association's most pressing concern.

The connexion sued the show's longtime producer, Dick adventurer Productions, in November, claiming the consort entered a broadcast agreement with NBC without the association's permission.

Dick adventurer Productions has denied wrongdoing and asked a federal judge to dismiss the case. That change is scheduled to be heard in March.

The organization is also concealment a lawsuit by the former longtime communicator for the Globes claiming the connexion engages in payola schemes for nominations and awards.

The allegations have been denied by the association, a group of most 90 reporters concealment exhibit business for overseas outlets.

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