Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me three times?

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association have announced that they have invited controversial UK comedian, Ricky Gervais, back to host the upcoming 69th Annual Golden Globes ceremony for a third successive time, and he has accepted.

You’ll recall that Gervais caused Hollywood’s collective botox brow to quiver in outrage (while the rest of us just quivered with laughter) in January this year when he hosted the awards show for a second time, and spent the time between handing out gongs eviscerating most of the Hollywood celebs present:

Like so:

Says the HFPA:

Ricky is delighted to be coming back.

Says Ricky:

Better waterproof those seat covers because there is going to be a world of tears before bed time!

Okay, Ricky didn’t say that, but he totally would. As yet, no comment from the man devil himself. The 69th Annual Golden Globes will be held in January 2012, giving the assorted cast of potential Gervais targets a good couple of months to develop extra thick skins.

[Source: Deadline]