Gervais warned Americans not to go to London to see in 2011 as he joked about how little fun they would have in the city.
'I will be hiding in my house in London. People outside, drunk, dancing in Trafalgar Square in minus five, it is the worst,' Gervais said as he appeared on Live With Regis and Kelly.
'The thing with Brits is they don't think they have had a night out unless they have got arrested. It is the worst type of forced fun.
'People that you would normally try and avoid hugging you, and you think 'Well I can feel the knife.'
'Hide inside and don't go out. You get charged to go into a pub on New Year's Eve, it is terrible. People spend a week's wages to go out and have fun. Stay in.
'I am inside with the shutters closed, it is like a large panic room my home.'