Entertainment Awards Shows and Events Golden Globes Ricky Gervais Says He Wants to Host the Golden Globes Again – and Reveals Which Celebs Got Mad About His Zingers "At the moment, there's something in the news every day that makes me go, 'I wish I was doing the Globes tonight,' " Ricky Gervais tells PEOPLE's Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle in the latest episode of The Jess Cagle Interview By Jess Cagle Jess Cagle Jess Cagle is the former editor-in-chief at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2019. People Editorial Guidelines and Dana Rose Falcone Dana Rose Falcone Dana Rose Falcone is a Staff Writer covering TV at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for seven years. Dana Rose's work has previously appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Men's Fitness and Us Weekly. People Editorial Guidelines Published on November 1, 2017 03:14PM EDT The Golden Globes‘ longest-tenured host is eager to return to the gig. “At the moment, there’s something in the news every day that makes me go, ‘I wish I was doing the Globes tonight,'” Ricky Gervais tells PEOPLE’s Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle in the latest episode of The Jess Cagle Interview (streaming now on People TV). “It would be too easy. Oh my God, how easy would it be? Bullseye.” The comedian — who hosted from 2009-11 and again in 2016 — knows his jokes haven’t always been a hit with everyone. Paul Drinkwater/NBC “By the end of my run, people were getting it,” the British actor, now on his Humanity comedy tour, says. “The first time, they said, ‘Why is he saying these awful things to these lovely rich people?’ I’m calling them scum. Now everyone knows I was right.” Watch the full episode of The Jess Cagle Interview with Ricky Gervaison the People TV app! Download the People TV app on your favorite device or go toPEOPLE.com/peopletv. Sometimes, the celebrities were the ones to take offense. During the 2016 show, Gervais referenced some sexist and anti-Semitic comments Mel Gibson allegedly made to a female cop when he got arrested for DUI in 2006. “I heard that he didn’t like it,” Gervais says of the Hacksaw Ridge director. “But then no one likes to be the butt of a joke.” RELATED VIDEO: Golden Globes 2016: Mel Gibson and Ricky Gervais Another star who supposedly wasn’t a fan of his approach: Sex and the City actress Kim Cattrall, now 61. “I remember a famous one where I teased — I said the Globe Special Effects should go to the team that air brushed the Sex and the City 2 poster. I said, ‘Girls, we know how old you are. [We] saw one of you in an episode of Bonanza,'” the Emmy winner recalls. “I heard that Kim Cattrall thought that was ageist. Actually it was the opposite. I was saying, ‘Why airbrush? What’s wrong with being 50?’ … It’s misunderstood. I think that’s the problem.” Gervais thinks Globes audiences simply need to lighten up. “This isn’t a room full of wounded soldiers,” he says. “They’re rich people winning an award. I’m trying to make it a spectator sport.” And though The Office creator has no plans to return as the ceremony’s host just yet (should he be asked), “I will one day,” he says. “It would be fun.” Gervais can currently be heard on his new SiriusXM show “Ricky Gervais Is Deadly Sirius,” a one-hour program that airs weekly on Comedy Greats channel 94.