He may have gone out with a relative whimper, but comedian Ricky Gervais says he has no problem hanging up his hosting hat for the Golden Globes.

He took to his blog today to announce that the third time truly was the charm for him, but he's ready to move on. He wrote:

Phew! Thank (expletive) that's over. I had a blast actually. It was by far my favourite of the three hosting stints. I've told my agent to never let me be persuaded to do it again though. It's like a parachute jump. You can only really enjoy it in retrospect when you realise you didn't die and it was quite an amazing thing to do.

He added that this year's crowd seemed to take his jokes in stride and that he's planning to take some time off.

The crowd were great this year too. I think they finally worked out that my gags only seemed rude and nasty but were actually not too scary at all. Or they were just drunker. Either way, it was fun but I'm glad to say I'm off to New York to chill out a bit. Ahhhhhh. And relax.

What do you make of Gervais' decision to end his run as Golden Globes host?