What is Ricky Gervais doing in his pants on a billboard in New York and why is Victoria Beckham trying to create the optical illusion that she's cupping his balls?

Yeah, obviously it's David Beckham in his pants, but according to Abbey Clancy, he looks like Ricky Gervais. He sort of does. Clancy said:

"I saw those pictures but I thought it was Ricky Gervais when I first saw it!

"He looks good, but not as good as myPete in pants."

Here's Crouchy in his pants so you can make your own mind up.