Where is Matt Lucas?

I would not be in anyway surprised if his harddrive is being inspected as we type! Lucas always seems a bit like that odd uncle you don't really talk about.

Two things can be true. Teaching children and young people about the risks around them doesn’t absolve anyone of bad behaviour, it helps children mitigate risks. We teach them how to cross the road safely, that doesn’t mean drivers shouldn’t be careful. This kind of awareness should be taught as part of online safety education. We hammer home how difficult it is to know who you are speaking to online and to be aware of that, the risks of meeting strangers. Making it clear to them that the celebrity they see on TV all the time, who they follow on social media, those they have parasocial relationships with, are still strangers. If Walliams had been A.N Other approaching a 15 year old online and pretending to be their friend, offering them help with their comedy writing, most would never have responded. Helping young people navigate these issues is a good thing.

I’m a 52 year old woman who avoids walking in isolated places, particularly at night. I know this will keep me safe. That doesn’t mean I (or any other woman) bears any responsibility if they are attacked, and it sure as hell doesn’t mean men don’t need to stop attacking women.

Journalists choose who they give a platform to. Morgan chooses the most controversial figures because it gets him clicks. He has an interesting set of friends, ranging from Donald Trump to Gary Lineaker. This makes me think he is a chameleon who changes to be whatever people want him to be. I’m not sure even Morgan himself knows who he really is. I’d file him under “surprised but not shocked” if something came out.

All of them it would seem.

I've often wondered whether Matt Lucas witnessed a much darker side to David Walliams than the public ever saw. We don't know what went on behind closed doors, but sometimes intimidation, fear and years of complicated personal dynamics can make it incredibly difficult for someone to speak openly or challenge another person's behaviour. Silence doesn't necessarily mean approval; sometimes it means there are things the public will never fully understand.

It's threads like this that fuel the accusations of two tier justice in the Brand case; part of which I agree with. I have NO doubt about his guilt, however. You're leading a witch hunt OP, that's doing naff all to help women against sexual assault.

Leave him alone. He dosent have to say anything. Mumsnet is a cesspit at times.
Give your brain a rest and start a fun or a nice thread.

Hear hear. It's awful. I've come here to escape the shit on social media - much of it coming from women - on how Brand is innocent. People are using this case for their own entertainment.

'It's all the drama Mick, I just love it!'
You're not doing anyone any favours flinging half baked, rightous indignation bollocks about people you've never met online. If you've got genuine information about a crime why not refer it to that well known law enforcement organisation known as The Police?

That poster is a MAGA fan on her other threads.

Many powerful and powerless men AND women knew. It is distinctly depressing that the powerless men and women were the ones that spoke up.

Matt Lucas knew, and did nothing. Powerful women would have done the same. There's no individual blame without collective blame.

Exactly. All nice threads are being ignored. They will be saying where's David Walliams mum next.

ML certainly knew enough to find JR'S 'joke' highly amusing.

I've heard rumours that Lucas is appalling to work with. Well not rumours, I know one of his regular colleagues. There's no kids on that show so idk about now but both him and DW must have done stuff together or covered for each other back in the LB days.

Pitch 🍴 🧙‍♂️ hunt.

Just vile.

Oh yes Op they must have. Let's put them both in.prison with no evidence shall we?

Matt Lucas is appalling to work with more hearsay. Name the person who said it then and what does appaulling mean.

What did Matt Lucas think of them?
😔

Doesn't ML have autism?

Do you?

Yep, we could all say we know somebody who works with celebs!

Private eye published the truth about Al Fayed¹ for literally decades
They weren't listed to either

¹ And Cressida Dick, Sonia Sutcliffe, Max Clifford, Ghislaine Maxwell (and Robert Maxwell), Cyril Smith ...

A close friend worked with Lucas for years on LesMis. She said he was lovely, got on well with him and so did everyone else. I’m not sure that means anything!

I see the usual victim blamer / rape apologists are out in force.

Rather than ask what these ‘groupies’ - who in a lot of cases were CHILDREN - hoped to gain, maybe ask why DW consistently targeted 14/15 year olds not known for being worldly wise or sensible.

Lucy Beaumont has done an interview with Cathy Newman where she talks about a young man who worked with Walliams being told to bring young girls to his dressing room. He went to Lucy for help because he knew what was happening was wrong. She reached out to the victims.

In almost every case the girls were described as ‘very working class’, not from London and generally quite naive or vulnerable.

Any one with half a brain can put together why a millionaire tv star would be approaching young girls with no money, from unglamorous backgrounds, with little to no life experience who might find navigating a big city to find help if they found themselves in trouble daunting.

Many of the incidences predate social media / digital saviness. Same with Brand’s offending. As young people became more online and arguably savvier or at least less naive about finding help or being able to document things that are now less tolerated, the opportunity for these predators diminished.

But having half a brain would be more than most rape apologists could aspire to, I suppose.

Why should I name them? It's a cameraman so would mean nothing to you anyway. I'm not risking my friend's career to try and convince you.

I didn't say he should go to prison just that he must have seen some of what DW did and either did similar or turned away.

Appalling (spelt correctly) in this case means that he was unfunny, rude, stopped the take so he could go to the toilet for up to 45 minutes at a time, was moody, stuck up, and crew all hated him.

No I don;t, Do you?

Strange question

Yes on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.its on youtube