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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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TouchMyBumThisIsLife · 10/11/2026 21:56

@DarkAngel23

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

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.

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!!!!!

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?

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

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.

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.

Truinio · 10/11/2026 22:11

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.

I think @Netcurtainnelly meant that they don’t worry about sexual predators so much abroad. 🙄

Beryl92 · 10/11/2026 22:12

It feels like David Walliams thought he'd been oh so careful to make sure they had nothing on him - if they said no he stopped, he didn't shag em until they were 16. Him and the other predators didn't account for the fact that at some point we were all going to go, yeah, but it's still awful behaviour. He probably won't go to prison like Brand, but I can't bring myself to have much sympathy for him. There's so many of them though. I'm in an industry where a certain Hugh (not Grant or Laurie! The foodie one) is a well known sleaze.

BadBadCat · 10/11/2026 22:21

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 21:43

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

Well obviously you missed the joke- the "yeah, I know" wasn't the whole joke was it? Maybe you need to rewatch!

Grammarnut · 10/11/2026 22:22

MrsBananaman · 10/11/2026 12:28

I’m not surprised at all. Had a bad feeling about him since Little Britain. Such misogyny.

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I took my SDGD to see 'Mr Stink' many years ago and I hated it - she enjoyed it, she was 8 or so - particularly the anti-woman story-line: mum of two girls one of whom is a whingy nightmare (and played by a doll), is standing for Parliament and the whole play was about how she should not do this as it would harm her DC and family - infuriating. Bad attitude towards women.

Netcurtainnelly · 10/11/2026 22:23

BadBadCat · 10/11/2026 22:21

Well obviously you missed the joke- the "yeah, I know" wasn't the whole joke was it? Maybe you need to rewatch!

No thanks. It was crap. Toilet humour.

nomas · 10/11/2026 22:24

Truinio · 10/11/2026 22:11

I think @Netcurtainnelly meant that they don’t worry about sexual predators so much abroad. 🙄

@Netcurtainnelly is that what you meant?

nomas · 10/11/2026 22:24

BadBadCat · 10/11/2026 22:21

Well obviously you missed the joke- the "yeah, I know" wasn't the whole joke was it? Maybe you need to rewatch!

What was the joke then?

nomas · 10/11/2026 22:26

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.

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How else would it get exposed without women talking to the media?

TouchMyBumThisIsLife · 10/11/2026 22:35

nomas · 10/11/2026 22:26

How else would it get exposed without women talking to the media?

The media are not the police.

The police only act when it suits them. Not every media story makes the attention of the police. The police for the most part pick their fights.

Terrible, but true. Family is where the protection is. Not strangers in uniforms or people behind cameras and microphones.

Hummingbird233 · 10/11/2026 22:40

Bundleflower · 10/11/2026 12:43

I don’t think he’ll be able to handle the fall from grace. Too egotistical. I reckon he’ll find his own way out by the end of the week leaving his ex-wife to pick up the pieces with their son.

I remember hearing how common it is for narcissists to end their life when they experience exposure. They can’t bare the thought of owning up to their actions or people thinking anything but good things about them. Once the mask slips, they can’t cope.

Ihateai · 10/11/2026 22:41

nomas · 10/11/2026 22:26

How else would it get exposed without women talking to the media?

Yes but maybe the press should put them together to go to the police rather than this. It just seems like a witch hunt.
Do I go to the police now because John Leslie groped me in a bar in Edinburgh in the 90s? But maybe media is the only way these people get caught as I see John Leslie was acquitted twice for sexual assault.
I think it is all true about DW but sad things have to be exposed this way.

BlueTreeInn · 10/11/2026 22:41

junkoenoshima · 10/11/2026 13:06

Glad the cat is out of the bag, and if true, justice will be serviced.

Although thankfully we will not see him on the TV ever again - always made me feel uncomfortable.

His poor son - feel for him.

Justice for what?
What's he done that's actually illegal?

TeethAreImportant · 10/11/2026 22:42

The furore about Brand and Walliams this week has me wondering how Bill Wyman is sleeping at night these days? I remember him in the papers every week with his girlfriend, Mandy Smith, aged 13. 13 fucking years of age. Even back then I found that rancid. He was 47.

TeethAreImportant · 10/11/2026 22:43

Hummingbird233 · 10/11/2026 22:40

I remember hearing how common it is for narcissists to end their life when they experience exposure. They can’t bare the thought of owning up to their actions or people thinking anything but good things about them. Once the mask slips, they can’t cope.

I've been thinking I could see Russell Brand getting back on the gear in prison. He was an addict for years and is going to find prison very difficult I'd imagine.

Undahpressurah · 10/11/2026 22:45

BlueTreeInn · 10/11/2026 22:41

Justice for what?
What's he done that's actually illegal?

To be fair, ‘not illegal’ is a pretty low bar. People who groom 15 year olds for sexual relationships might not end up in prison, but they certainly shouldn’t end up on prime time tv or with multi million pound publishing contracts. I think that’s just.

Firsttimemum2023 · 10/11/2026 22:49

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.

The law has been changed and consensual sex with an under 18 isn’t necessarily legal. If the people aren’t deemed “peers” - typically similar age/status, then a typical 16 or 17 year old can still be deemed unable to consent and the act a crime.

Irridescence · 10/11/2026 22:51

I wonder why he has been taken into medical care after suicide attempts? Why has he taken the revelations so hard? Jonathan Ross alluded to him liking very young girls with that lame joke about 15 year olds at Comedy Awards. I thought he had a fit of the vapours because of shame, but he was laughing at those awards. The knowledge was out there. Probably money based, but he has plenty. He is trying to sell his £10mill house in Regents Park (been on market since June) so he knew this was going to happen.

5128gap · 10/11/2026 22:55

PinkFrogss · 10/11/2026 12:48

I’m not sure if we’re allowed to speculate on names, wouldn’t want MN getting into any legal tRouble if someone gives a Toss about what is posted here.

He always seems to be there doesn't he? Smirking like a toad. Makes me cRoss.