Ince, who is best known for presenting his show The Infinite Monkey Cage with Brian Cox, opened for Gervais in stand-up shows, including Fame, in the 2000s. He claimed that comments he received got so bad that Mackenzie Crook, Gervais’s co-star in BBC sitcom The Office, was forced to intervene.

Ricky Gervais has been accused of bullying fellow comedian and former friend Robin Ince when they toured together with the alleged actions resulting in 'trauma'

Robin Ince, the comedian, has claimed that he was bullied by Ricky Gervais.The performer, known for co-presenting the Infinite Monkey Cage on BBC Radio 4, toured with Gervais before the pair fell out.

He alleged Gervais’ behaviour toward him became so bad his co-star in The Office Mackenzie Crook, stepped in and confronted him about it.

Ricky Gervais has been accused of bullying by a comedian who toured with him. He also recounted an incident at a Christmas party, where, he said, Ricky, 63, read aloud from a fictionalised "diary" pretending it was Robin's,

Fellow comedian Robin Ince claims Ricky often taunted him backstage when they toured together in 2007 explaining he laughed it off at the time but had since changed his mind about what happened. Robin,