<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ricky Gervais has attacked Transport for London after he says they rejected a series of dark-humoured billboards for his vodka brand.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The comedian posted to social media mock-ups of himself with a glass in hand alongside slogans like "Welcome to London. Don't forget your stab vest", "One day you'll be underground for good", "Your tube driver's favourite drink in the morning" and "Drugs this good are usually illegal" for a Dutch Barn vodka billboard at the London Underground.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He claims these were all rejected, causing him to go on an expletive-laden rant on social media in which he called Transport for London "cowardly".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/skincare-products-pulled-from-shelves-over-banned-ingredient/09a8de53-14bc-4425-aefb-54ac1c8c0e92" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Aussie skincare products pulled from shelves over banned ingredient</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I am f------ sick and tired of the powers that be banning my f------ billboards and adverts," he said in a video.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's satire. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Sometimes there's just nothing wrong with them."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/ricky-gervais-clashes-with-transport-for-london-over-rejected-billboards-in-expletiveladen-video/bc6564f5-ca66-461f-8da0-fa998f9150d2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gervais claimed Transport for London said the "one day you'll be underground for good" mock-up implied that life was short, so people should drink more. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Who's f------ thinking that?" he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A large majority of social media users were in support of the proposed billboards, with some noting the timeliness of his "Welcome to London. Don't forget your stab vest" ad after a mass stabbing on the weekend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anthony Williams, 32, was charged with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a train from Doncaster to London that wounded 11 people over the weekend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/paul-keating-gave-anthony-albanese-fighting-words-ahead-of-meeting-with-donald-trump/ce96a166-9275-4c31-8a59-5f270b4a3104" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Former PM gave Albanese 'fighting words' in case Trump 'turned nasty'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This aged well," one user wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Should count as a public safety announcement right?" another said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Transport for London has disputed Gervais' claims, saying they were never submitted for consideration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These adverts were never referred to TfL or their advertising partners for consideration," the organisation said in a statement to local media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Transport for London added that it was running other Dutch Barn ads on the network.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9news.com.au has contacted Transport for London for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gervais has promised to sell directly to customers instead via a website.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank" title=""><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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