The genius creator of The Office made a good case for why everyone should forget about the daggers he supposedly threw at Hollywood royalty at Sunday night's glitzy ceremony.
Gervais, 49, who was hosting the prestigious awards show, has come under heavy fire after a series of barbed personal jokes aimed at celebrities in the room.
He sat down for yet another after-show postmortem with Morgan, who this week took over from legendary CNN broadcaster Larry King.
'I'm not sorry for anything I said, because I'm not going to apologise for being true to myself,” he said.
He added, 'I'm sure Johnny Depp - Johnny Depp is one of the most successful, richest, most loved, most handsome people on the planet - and I'm sure he's got a sense of humour. If he hasn't, all those things are wasted. But I'm sure he has.
'Do you really think that he hasn't seen the press about The Tourist? Do you know? Do you really think he's hurt that I didn't like The Tourist?'