Ricky Gervais wants you to call him a fatty

Ricky Gervais, the comedic mastermind behind shows like The Office, has recently made an interesting plea: He wants fat people to be stigmatized and forced into healthy habits. Says Gervais: "I don't think there's enough stigma. With all the political correctness now, and the fact that food is so refined, there's no stigma any more."

That's not all -- in this article from the Telegraph, he adds, "In supermarkets, the really fattening stuff should be behind a really thin door. Shops should be full of salads but if you want to get to the pies and cakes, you've got to crawl through a little tube."

Still, you can't be too angry with him -- Gervais himself is overweight and wants the motivation to do something about it: "I laugh about being fat but I should be ashamed." he says, "I should walk down the street and have people shouting "Fatty'." In the interview, he also mentioned that he needs to buy new clothes every three months because of his ever-expending waistline.

What do you think about Gervais' comments? Would being called fat inspired you to lose weight?

(via CalorieLab)