Ricky Gervais may have been dating his partner for 27 years, but you won’t be hearing the pitter patter of tiny feet any time soon.

The ‘Office’ star has revealed that he and girlfriend Jane Fallon, agreed that they would never have children back in their early student days.

“We never wanted to be parents, with all that entails: the loss of freedom, total dependency,” he told Red magazine.

“I didn’t have a work ethic for such a long time. Imagine if I had a child like me? I didn’t start earning until I was 36,” he said.

“I’m the sort of person who has to check three times that I’ve shut the door, so I’d probably stare at a kid all day to check it was breathing.”