Ricky Gervais has broken his silence on that infamous Golden Globes speech.
Though the comedian, 59, left the world in stitches at his satire speech earlier this year, others were left unimpressed - including Tom Hanks.
Ricky threw a joke at "woke" celebrity culture, which generated some laughs in the audience during his time as the host of the awards ceremony.
But the Forrest Gump actor struggled seeing the funny part of the joke, as his cringing reaction soon became a viral meme.
As friction was caused between the pair, Ricky has now slammed Tom as "privileged" for thinking he's "above" the joke.
Speaking on Christian O'Connell's Stuff Of Legends podcast, The Office creator said: "The big meme was Tom Hanks going: 'Why is he saying that?'
"And people are going, 'Oh look he's on his high horse'. But when Leonardo DiCaprio laughed, people loved him for it.
"I could say a lot worse things about them, but I don't want it to get really nasty and for no reason."
He went on: "I think people who laugh at a joke, they get a round of applause because people go, 'Oh that's good, they can take it,' we don't want people to be above it.
"We even let people be privileged as long as they say, 'I know I'm privileged but I'm nothing really,' we don't like people to go 'Oh I deserve it, how dare you talk to me like that'.
"And we sense that, if we really think these people start believing their own hype, we want to bring them down a peg or two."
That infamous night saw Ricky poke fun at the rich actors in the room, telling them: "You say you're woke, but the companies you work for... unbelievable.
"Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ISIS started a streaming service, you'd all call your agent."
The comment saw Tom's wife Rita Wilson raise her eyebrows, as Tom pulled a gasped face before staring at the floor.
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