Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross is a television and radio presenter and film critic. Over the past several years, he and Ricky have become good friends. Their real-life relationship was spoofed in the final episode of Extras Series 2, in which Gervais's character Andy Millman and Ross were shown to be the best of friends after a fictional appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
In November of 2003, Jonathan gave Ricky a kitten after Gervais's previous cat Colin had died. The cat's name is Ollie and this incident was the topic of great mocking by Stephen Merchant shortly thereafter.