David Walliams

[HappyAmericanBully]

Just wondering when it’s going to be his turn? He must absolutely fucking bricking it right now. His books are shit as well.

Yes, hysterical. I stand by the word I've used, it's ridiculous on here lately.
I'm a woman, I'm not offended by the term and it's accurate

Blokes changing the tone😂

Thank you for the weekend laugh.

I loved all the Enid Blyton books too in primary school, Famous Five, Malory Towers, St Clare's. Got them all from the local library.
Feel sad my children don't read as much, too distracted by screens although they both like Stephen King books.

Looks as though things have worked out OK for David Walliams…

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/27/david-walliams-settles-with-britains-got-talent-production-company-over-leaked-comments

Wait. What? So he's not denying saying these derogatory and sexually explicit comments? He's just suing Freemantle for blabbing about it, under the guise of breach of privacy?

So now what? He's effectively bought their silence and the silence of any other team he works with or for and he can be as creepy as he likes safe in the knowledge that nobody's going to report him because it'll cost them a fortune in lawsuits.

Ughh, that's really annoyed me.

@DatingDinosaur yes, you really saw his true colours. I assume people will still buy his stuff sadly

I don't know much about his books or his stories but why have some people banned them in their houses?

He's a creep and a sleazebag and Little Britian was not funny.

I always thought they were alright

@MrsJPinkman mine are a bit young but school sent over one title and it was really childish and just mean in terms of the characters being rude eg calling someone fat etc. I just felt it was encouraging kids in a negative way so I'd rather opt for other titles.

I’m another who read everything by Enid Blyton and all the classics for children.
i was reading my father’s books on archeology by 10 years old, I read almost anything I could get my hands on. Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki was the first of dad’s books I read!
I dislike most male comedians, they give me the creeps, and that includes Ken Dodd and Hancock.

You all knew.

Yes

hes always been very quick to push the legal nuke button even when outright caught out (BGT) so this should be interesting.

It's interesting that there's no articles stating what the allegations are against him. So many of these situations are in all the celeb news segments or gossip things, full of specifics.
Looks like his lawyers are already all over this.

Agree @Twonewcats, but I'm really glad he's been named

The decision to sever ties came after HarperCollins’ former chief executive, Charlie Redmayne, suddenly stepped down in October and was replaced on an interim basis by Kate Elton.

Interesting. I wonder what prompted Charlie Redmayne to quit unexpectedly and for his female successor to give Walliams the boot?

This was a long time coming. A couple of people in publishing were collecting information on him from victims (there were Twitter posts) and an exposé was imminent.

There was a lot of non-stories about DW in the press recently, repeated and rehashed stories which often mean something big is coming. Or it is a sign they can’t publish about X because of a super injunction, so they will go on and publish about Y.

What did the Twitter posts say?