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David Walliams

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mrpenny · 10/11/2026 12:16

To Think it could not have been DW??

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DarkAngel23 · 10/11/2026 22:05

TouchMyBumThisIsLife · 10/11/2026 21:56

@DarkAngel23

If someone did that to you, you must report them.

Sadly was seen as my fault 20+ yrs ago. I naively thought having sex with a 20 plus male at 15 must be a good thing and I was just ‘irresistible’. I dont like posting too much details online but fallout was horrendous and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Took me around 10 years and a really good counsellor to realise it wasn’t my fault.

Ihateai · 10/11/2026 22:03

Trial by media is unfair. Why not encourage the women to go to the police. DM have a live ticker as if they are waiting for him to kill himself. It’s a bit sick.
I believe what happened is true, I am not accepting what he has done. But still it is wrong for it being exposed this way.

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:58

likelysuspect · 10/11/2026 21:57

What about. I thought he was in hospital or something?

About the death of news and how to turn it around, Wales etc

likelysuspect · 10/11/2026 21:57

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:51

He has started blogging.

What about. I thought he was in hospital or something?

Sunworshipper72 · 10/11/2026 21:56

nicepotoftea · 10/11/2026 18:22

In the case of 'Alex' he knew she was still at school when he contacted her. She thought he was helping her with work experience.

This is not 'men just being men'.

Totally fucking rapey btw!!!!!

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:56

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:54

You don't know why ..

So if you think money is the important factor here, why would he get an injunction? That costs money, it doesn’t get him anymore.

TouchMyBumThisIsLife · 10/11/2026 21:56

@DarkAngel23

If someone did that to you, you must report them.

VanCleefArpels · 10/11/2026 21:55

BrickMaker · 10/11/2026 21:37

I don't agree and laws are arbitrary and could change. I was essentially groomed and harrassed as a 17 yr old by a 40 year old man, very similar ages to here. The whole experience almost derailed me. As an adult I realise how wrong and how damaging it was. No man age over 18 should be anywhere near a child (which is a person under 18). The age of consent really needs to change and in fact in many states in America this would be considered Stat Rape.

Seriously? So two sixth formers one of whom is 18 and the other 17 shouldn’t have a sexual relationship?

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:54

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:53

They do worry. To be out of the media luvvy world is devastating for them. Hence the suicidal attempts.

He wasn’t attempting suicide due to shame. He was doing it because he knows he is being cast out of his rarefied world.

You don't know why ..

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:53

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:51

He could go abroad and do stuff. They don't worry about things so much.

They do worry. To be out of the media luvvy world is devastating for them. Hence the suicidal attempts.

He wasn’t attempting suicide due to shame. He was doing it because he knows he is being cast out of his rarefied world.

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:51

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:45

It does matter. To be out of the public eye is a near death for this type of celebrity.

Look at Huw Edwards, he can’t let go.

He could go abroad and do stuff. They don't worry about things so much.

colouringindoors · 10/11/2026 21:51

colouringindoors · 10/11/2026 21:17

https://www.youtube.com/live/9UwfKUGeALM?is=Gah9QT0AahaZF0Yo

Cathy Newman interviewing Lucy Beaumont - one of the whistleblowers.

Highly recommend. She talks a lot about Safeguarding which is 100%

She also says one of the teenage girls who visited Walliams' dressing room signed an NDA preventing her from speaking to Anyone inc family, GP, therapist. Disgusting.

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:51

likelysuspect · 10/11/2026 21:50

What is Hew Edwards doing?

He has started blogging.

likelysuspect · 10/11/2026 21:50

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:45

It does matter. To be out of the public eye is a near death for this type of celebrity.

Look at Huw Edwards, he can’t let go.

What is Hew Edwards doing?

TouchMyBumThisIsLife · 10/11/2026 21:47

Stowickthevast · 10/11/2026 19:14

How close would make it acceptable? I think you're missing the point!

The point is the age of consent.

That IS the point.

Scarcityvarcity · 10/11/2026 21:46

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:44

It dosent matter financially he's made enough money to live on forever.

It's probably not just the money that's important to him.

Scarcityvarcity · 10/11/2026 21:45

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:44

Yep and he was checking in with these girls until they turned of age.

He had his own personal The Sun countdown calendar going.

Yes. He was very careful to make sure he couldn't be prosecuted.

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:45

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:44

It dosent matter financially he's made enough money to live on forever.

It does matter. To be out of the public eye is a near death for this type of celebrity.

Look at Huw Edwards, he can’t let go.

nomas · 10/11/2026 21:44

TouchMyBumThisIsLife · 10/11/2026 21:40

I only asked that question because 16 is the age of consent. 15 isn't.

There is a line in the sand at 16.

15 is a child. It does matter.

Yep and he was checking in with these girls until they turned of age.

He had his own personal The Sun countdown calendar going.

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:44

Scarcityvarcity · 10/11/2026 21:43

He is obviously a sleeze. It sounds like he has been careful not to do anything illegal but hopefully his career is over

It dosent matter financially he's made enough money to live on forever.

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:43

likelysuspect · 10/11/2026 21:41

Me too. I loved LB then and I enjoy clips of it now. There were some sketches that were not to my taste but thats personal taste

Comedy is stereotypical, offensive, puerile, pathos, slapstick, ironic, sarcastic and a whole lot more.

I actually always felt Matt Lucas was quite uncomfortable to watch and look at, that started for me when he was on Shooting Stars.

What the hell was funny about a man in a wheelchair constantly saying yer I know and people being sick.

Scarcityvarcity · 10/11/2026 21:43

He is obviously a sleeze. It sounds like he has been careful not to do anything illegal but hopefully his career is over

likelysuspect · 10/11/2026 21:41

DoNotWalkInTheRain · 10/11/2026 17:33

So have many things 'aged badly' - comedy, films, literature - both classic and popular. Just because something doesn't fit the exact set of moral and cultural values that are deemed 'right' and 'acceptable' in 2026, doesn't mean they have no value.

I really dislike the need to view everything through the lens of the present. In twenty years' time, there will be things that are popular now that people will say have 'aged badly'. Does that mean we should be wary of enjoying anything at all, in case by 2046 we are no longer allowed to enjoy it?

I do not need people to censor my entertainment for me. I am an adult, I understand historical context and changing values, I can apply my own filters where it's needed.

Me too. I loved LB then and I enjoy clips of it now. There were some sketches that were not to my taste but thats personal taste

Comedy is stereotypical, offensive, puerile, pathos, slapstick, ironic, sarcastic and a whole lot more.

I actually always felt Matt Lucas was quite uncomfortable to watch and look at, that started for me when he was on Shooting Stars.

TouchMyBumThisIsLife · 10/11/2026 21:40

DarkAngel23 · 10/11/2026 19:35

Does that really matter? He was a grown man, who positioned himself as a trusted adult to groom and sexually assaulted a minor. He wasn’t a 16 yr old boy having a sexual encounter with his close in age girlfriend.

It’s comments like these that make me know that I can never report the older man who drugged and manipulated me into sex at the same age.

I only asked that question because 16 is the age of consent. 15 isn't.

There is a line in the sand at 16.

15 is a child. It does matter.

BrickMaker · 10/11/2026 21:37

ohyesiseethatnow · 10/11/2026 20:50

No, you haven’t read what I wrote.

The 15 year old is different. I said that above in black and white. Please don’t try and make out that I’m excusing that, please just read what I actually wrote.

The girl who stayed for the weekend with her friend and went to the spa. She was how old? 17? 18? So above the age of consent. And you can’t say he was going to rape her, that’s pure conjecture. He didn’t actually do anything.

The girl is looking back with hindsight and realising she had been niave in going there. It doesn’t make him a criminal.

I don't agree and laws are arbitrary and could change. I was essentially groomed and harrassed as a 17 yr old by a 40 year old man, very similar ages to here. The whole experience almost derailed me. As an adult I realise how wrong and how damaging it was. No man age over 18 should be anywhere near a child (which is a person under 18). The age of consent really needs to change and in fact in many states in America this would be considered Stat Rape.