6 Ways To Make Watching Ricky Gervais Host The Golden Globes Less Uncomfortable

The mute button on your remote control exists for a reason. Granted, it was invented long before any of us knew who Ricky Gervais was, but whoever did come up with concept probably had someone like Ricky in mind.

It's also less painful when the words are on the screen to see instead of in your ears to hear.

What's an award show without friends? Not very fun. If you can scrounge up at least a friend or two, then when the camera pans the faces of angry celebrities you can immediately engage in a conversation.

There's no better time to ask a friend about the intimate details of her sex than when you want to distract yourself from the chaos on the television.

Not only are bags of chips noisy, but when you're munching on them they do this lovely thing where they block out a lot of what you don't want to hear.

When Ricky starts in on some sensitive subjects, just reach for something out of your noisy snack pile. Doritos and jawbreakers are also good for this.

Uh-oh. Did Ricky just knock "serious" actor Kenneth Branagh? Quick start singing now! "La la la la la..."

When the camera pans over someone who actually has a sense of humor, then you can cease your singing and get back into the show.

There's no better way to block out an uncomfortable situation than smothering yourself with your pillow. This is actually quite a common practice in case you were unaware.

First you're here and now you're not! Why? Because now you're Ryan Gosling or whatever mask you've fashioned yourself for the evening.

Things get rocky on the set of the Golden Globes then just pull on your mask and watch it through the eyes of someone else. When you remove the mask, whatever went down is not your memory, because you weren't there!