Ricky Gervais has joked “roll on death” after falling ailing throughout his stand-up tour.

The comic mentioned he powered by way of his present in Birmingham on Monday when he felt “a bit under the weather” – however he “could hardly walk” the next day.

“I was a bit under the weather on stage last night but I got through it,” he posted on social media on Tuesday.

“Then I didn’t sleep due to coughing, sweating, shivering. Felt even worse today. Could hardly walk.

“Also, my enamel really feel too large for my mouth. What the f****** Christ type of symptom is that? Roll on dying.”

After some individuals commented on his publish suggesting he had COVID, Gervais responded by saying he would situation masks for his subsequent viewers “only if they’re really ugly”.

In a publish at present, Gervais mentioned he was feeling “a lot better”.

“Thanks for all your ‘get well soon’ wishes,” The Office star wrote.

“They labored. I really feel so much higher at present.

“That’s the last time I eat sweet and sour bat before a gig.”

Gervais, 62, is at the moment on his worldwide Armageddon tour, which started in November final yr, and has taken him to venues in nations together with Finland, Spain and the US.

One of his tour dates on the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on 6 May smashed the file for the best grossing single stand-up efficiency ever, in keeping with Guinness World Records.

The present earned a complete of £1.4m in ticket gross sales.

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Gervais is claimed to have elevated his safety forward of the summer time leg of his UK tour after he reportedly acquired dying threats following jokes he had made.

Armageddon will stream on Netflix subsequent yr.