Last week, Gervais discussed why he believes people find his jokes offensive. “At this point there are a few stray cheers from the naïve few in the audience who think the irony is real, but that’s nothing compared to the roar of laughter and applause when the punchline – a crass joke about gender affirmation surgery – arrives.” ‘Full disclosure,’ reveals towards the end of the show, ‘in real life, of course I support trans rights.’ In a two-star review for The Independent, Nick Hilton wrote of SuperNature: “As is all too frequent these days, the longest riff is reserved for the humiliation of trans people.