Ricky Gervais has announced that he is donating a total of nearly £2.5m (£2,432,451 / $3,229,853) to worldwide animal charities, taken once more from the extra profits made by the Platinum Ticket sales for his record-breaking ‘24/’25 Mortality stand-up tour.
Platinum ticket sales for Gervais’s latest global tour have raised extra profits of nearly £2.5m, which he will split across donations to 22 different worldwide animal charities. 4 charities will receive £150k, 17 charities will receive £100k, and the remaining £132k will be donated to Nowzad.
Charities receiving £150k:
Charities receiving £132k:
Charities receiving £100k:
In an effort to take action against ticket touts, Platinum Tickets for the Mortality tour went on sale to guarantee premium seats at market rates, with the extra profits from these ticket sales going to Gervais’s chosen worthwhile causes. This tour’s donation is an increase on the donation made in conjunction with Gervais’s previous tour Armageddon (£1.9m), and brings the total amount of donations made to charity across his four recent specials to over £5m.
When asked about giving away such a huge amount of money, Ricky said: ‘My mum always used to say “You can’t take it with you.” No I can’t mum. But I could’ve bought 30 speedboats and raced ‘em round the Med with my mates, off our heads on weed and Bollinger. Anyway. Too late now.’
The donations come ahead of the launch of Ricky’s upcoming Netflix special Mortality, which streams globally on the platform from Tuesday 30th December 2025.
Picture: Netflix/Matt Crockett
