Ricky Gervais was accused of creating a “shameless” plug for his co-owned vodka brand after he jokingly implied Justin Timberlake could have been enjoying it, just hours after news of his drink driving arrest broke. Tagging the 43-year-old singer, he publicly quizzed: “Did you get the bottle of Dutch Barn Vodka I sent you the other day?”

The drink, which carries a carbon-neutral status due to the recycled bottles used and the company’s deforestation efforts, got a huge publicity boost when…