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David Walliams dropped by publisher

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azuleja · 19/12/2025 17:03

Over inappropriate behaviour towards women. Anyone surprised?

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Orwellwasright2020 · 19/12/2025 22:38

justasking111 · 19/12/2025 22:24

Not just men authors. Stephen King gave me bad vibes decades ago in an early book I read. I never read another but have caught bits of interviews he gives me the willies.

There's also a female author I picked up a book on holiday once, put it down pretty fast too. She writes about Scotland and crime there. I can't recall her name just now Christmas planning has scrambled by brain. Lynne? Someone. Anyway that book felt hinky.

Looking back at some of his subject matter, the Library Policeman where a little boy is raped by an adult, that awful scene in IT (bunch of little children having a group orgy in a sewer!), the bit in The Stand where the 17 year old woman punches a baby in the face so hard its eyes swelled up, the child beaten to death in another one of his stories (can't recall which now) where his last words were "I love you daddy", Danny Torrance having his arm broken by his drunken raging writer father (back when King was doing coke and drinking heavily and his kids were young), a woman being raped so badly in The Dome that she bleeds to death through vaginal tears and so many, many more genuinely horrifying paedophilia and misogyny based violent daydreams - I am annoyed with myself for ever reading his work.

Yes, he used to be a good writer (he has lost that skill now since going insane after 2020, Holly was a boring, dreary rant about how much he hates Trump and just an endless political lecture) but there's something wrong with anyone who fixates so much on violent rape and paedophilia.

I used to think you could separate disgusting writing from being a disgusting, terrifying person. But I have learned that people really do show us who they are and that we should believe them.

Do I think that he is a paedophile rapist? I am not saying that. Just that he gives me the fucking creeps, and I do not want to be around anyone who writes about things like that for entertainment.

justasking111 · 19/12/2025 22:40

Isittimeformynapyet · 19/12/2025 22:25

Not Val McDermott?

Could be. I was on holiday was a book left in the villa. I just recalled that it was was a Scottish setting and I think the author was too.

justasking111 · 19/12/2025 22:43

Orwellwasright2020 · 19/12/2025 22:38

Looking back at some of his subject matter, the Library Policeman where a little boy is raped by an adult, that awful scene in IT (bunch of little children having a group orgy in a sewer!), the bit in The Stand where the 17 year old woman punches a baby in the face so hard its eyes swelled up, the child beaten to death in another one of his stories (can't recall which now) where his last words were "I love you daddy", Danny Torrance having his arm broken by his drunken raging writer father (back when King was doing coke and drinking heavily and his kids were young), a woman being raped so badly in The Dome that she bleeds to death through vaginal tears and so many, many more genuinely horrifying paedophilia and misogyny based violent daydreams - I am annoyed with myself for ever reading his work.

Yes, he used to be a good writer (he has lost that skill now since going insane after 2020, Holly was a boring, dreary rant about how much he hates Trump and just an endless political lecture) but there's something wrong with anyone who fixates so much on violent rape and paedophilia.

I used to think you could separate disgusting writing from being a disgusting, terrifying person. But I have learned that people really do show us who they are and that we should believe them.

Do I think that he is a paedophile rapist? I am not saying that. Just that he gives me the fucking creeps, and I do not want to be around anyone who writes about things like that for entertainment.

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This absolutely. Charles Dickens was a monster of a husband I discovered recently. There was darkness in him. God knows what he'd write today.

upinaballoon · 19/12/2025 22:46

PodMom · 19/12/2025 19:59

James Corden?

Yes, maybe. Thanks.

Hippobot · 19/12/2025 22:48

azuleja · 19/12/2025 17:03

Over inappropriate behaviour towards women. Anyone surprised?

Nope. Not in the slightest. He's an utter creep.

Pleasantsort2 · 19/12/2025 22:49

Greencroc · 19/12/2025 18:30

I was waiting to see if anyone mentioned this!

WT actual ? Really ? Ffs 🤮

ILoveLaLaLand · 19/12/2025 22:52

TFImBackIn · 19/12/2025 17:05

I'm amazed it was to do with women, tbh, but not surprised it happened at all.

My thought exactly.
I thought he preferred men.

AmateurDad · 19/12/2025 22:53

Iamthemoom · 19/12/2025 17:07

Finally! It’s been a long time coming. Everyone in publishing has known about this for years!

Known what?

AmateurDad · 19/12/2025 22:57

Olefinssoredo · 19/12/2025 22:13

I liked him originally but he’s got very creepy. What is it with men?

What...?!!?!?

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 19/12/2025 23:06

Not surprised at all.
Dreadfully unfunny, playing camp for the likes, problematic for years.
Little Britain is 1970s humour, and not in a good way.

Eesha · 19/12/2025 23:07

I complained about his books very early on at my school and flagged the bullying style so they pulled it off the reading lists. What i always found weird was Lara Stone walking in on him and filing for divorce. I thought she must have seen something pretty bad.

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 19/12/2025 23:25

Eesha · 19/12/2025 23:07

I complained about his books very early on at my school and flagged the bullying style so they pulled it off the reading lists. What i always found weird was Lara Stone walking in on him and filing for divorce. I thought she must have seen something pretty bad.

She saw his scripts...

YourLoyalPlumOP · 19/12/2025 23:35

azuleja · 19/12/2025 17:03

Over inappropriate behaviour towards women. Anyone surprised?

I worked in the music industry and even I had heard as things about him and girls

Addictedtohotbaths · 19/12/2025 23:52

TFImBackIn · 19/12/2025 17:05

I'm amazed it was to do with women, tbh, but not surprised it happened at all.

That’s what I was going to say. I’ve heard things from someone that had worked with him

venus7 · 19/12/2025 23:53

Eesha · 19/12/2025 23:07

I complained about his books very early on at my school and flagged the bullying style so they pulled it off the reading lists. What i always found weird was Lara Stone walking in on him and filing for divorce. I thought she must have seen something pretty bad.

I found it weird she married him! I saw her the day the divorce was final; she looked thoughtful...and free.

Sentientbean · 19/12/2025 23:56

About time. Why he was invited onto bbc 2 Radio (Claudia) and other prominent tv/radio shows long after the vile misogynist comments he made about a contestant on the X factor, leaked by one of the production team. His books are awful. A temu Roald Dahl. Hateful. I had to tell my 6 year old, ‘if someone, another child, is eating the food off your plate in school, please tell me, they are not greedy; they are desperately hungry, speak to a teacher and tell me’. The man is evidently disturbed. Why does the bbc and tv land continue to promote him? Months on months of going into supermarkets and his hateful nasty toxic children’s books filling shelves top to bottom. I despair. WTF are the BBC, Waitrose etc doing in promoting the likes of him?

WonderfulSmith · 19/12/2025 23:57

Assuming this is true it’s very like Saville with everyone saying that they knew, but unable to do anything. It’s like when you explain Saville to people and say that everyone found him creepy they ask why he was allowed to carry on when we all ‘knew’.

shuggles · 20/12/2025 00:10

@Sentientbean I had to tell my 6 year old, ‘if someone, another child, is eating the food off your plate in school, please tell me, they are not greedy; they are desperately hungry, speak to a teacher and tell me’.

Did you copy and paste that into the middle of your comment by mistake? Seems to belong in a different thread.

IMissTheLittleBluePackets · 20/12/2025 00:13

There has been a slew of weird stories about him in the press these last few weeks. I got the sense that something was coming.

JumpingJiminy · 20/12/2025 00:20

shuggles · 20/12/2025 00:10

@Sentientbean I had to tell my 6 year old, ‘if someone, another child, is eating the food off your plate in school, please tell me, they are not greedy; they are desperately hungry, speak to a teacher and tell me’.

Did you copy and paste that into the middle of your comment by mistake? Seems to belong in a different thread.

It is probably from one of his books. A child eating from another's plate being called greedy in it, when more likely to be hungry.

Daygloboo · 20/12/2025 00:22

Sinittaadancers · 19/12/2025 21:31

If you scroll to 3:12 in this video of the pet shop boys on top of the pops in 1994 you will see David Williams camping it up big style well before he was famous, and at a time when you just didn’t do that unless you were actually gay.

i think he’s either bisexual or so far in the closet he has to treat women as total sex objects to try and keep up the pretence

sorry, link:

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I just wonder if maybe he was just always a bit of a weirdo and he tried to cover it up by being either smutty or by camping it up. Maybe he thought if people were drawn to the fact he was being camp or near the mark then maybe they wouldnt notice he was actually just weird and awkward.

JazzyBBBG · 20/12/2025 00:26

The only surprise to me in this is that it's a woman. I suspect others will come forward of all ages and sexes. Always thought he had a touch of Jimmy Saville about him.

Daygloboo · 20/12/2025 00:28

Returnedforthefudge · 19/12/2025 19:57

I'm now starting my own personal sweepstake of who will be the next famous (male) creep to finally lose their protection and the silence of those they've abused.

Call me stupid but i was surprised about rolf harris. Savile no. He was so obviously a vile creep. Was a bit surprised by hugh( huw ? ) edwards as well.

Mumwithbaggage · 20/12/2025 00:39

His books are so vile I could never have them in my book corner as a teacher. Dreadfully written too. Then I heard a strong rumour he had "dated" a local girl the same age as my daughter. Even more yuck!

Negroany · 20/12/2025 00:40

Not remotely surprised. He's always come across as quite odd.