David Walliams dropped by publisher

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Over inappropriate behaviour towards women. Anyone surprised?

@JumpingJiminy we can only hope!

@GarliceGran There have also been rumours about his behaviour so I imagine he will stay as quiet as possible lest it give anyone ideas.

Never read his books or been a fan of his . He has dead littke shark eyes .

He was often very predatory to male contestants on BGT.
If that was a male judge making those comments to a female , or even one of the female judges to a young male contestant it would be an outrage .
But David Walliams sliming across the table ? Eurgh , not acceptable .

The two things are not mutually exclusive.

There is a huge seam of misogyny in male gay culture, which radical feminists were just beginning to explore when AIDS hit and they dropped everything and stood in solidarity with their gay Brothers and by the time the AIDS crisis had passed, there were other pressing matters to attend to and that very in-depth and wide conversation has never really happened.

But anyway I think he's bisexual. And also a misogynist.

I have often wondered this myself! I literally do not understand how he has become so famous - he was a glorified panto actor in Little Britain, then somehow his shitty ghostwritten booked ended up everywhere.

I have never met anyone who says their kids like them, so who is actually buying them?

Quite rightly I imagine he’d want to distance himself from it

I was waiting to see if anyone mentioned this!

I'm surprised that it wasn't because his books are absolute dross.

He’s always been creepy, hiding in plain sight and making it all seem like a joke.

I’ve never let my DC read his books and the headteacher at their primary removed all his books from their library a few years ago due to the racism in one of them.

That’s what they do, employ a disproportionate amount of creeps, they are a disgusting organisation yet the gullible/stupid public happily throw billions at them annually

it saddens me when the issue only comes about when it's against women because this fool has done this to men even on live tv for yeaaaars

Good. He’s a creep and the books are utterly derivative shite. All share the same plot and have been churned out. I used to work in Children’s Publishing - not for Harper Collins - and there were so many talented authors and publishers who would have loved to have his profile in book sales and deserved it so much more.

He was never gay or even bi. I reckon he did the whole camp thing to detract from how predatory he is to women.
Look up 'gay baiting'.

Isn’t there part of a theme park somewhere named after him?? They’ll be regretting that decision.

in fairness you can be both

Yes, at Alton towers! It used to be Cadbury themed I think years ago, was so disappointed when I saw it there last year.
Hope they replace it with something better

Does not surprise me one bit - he's a creep.

Alton Towers. I’m surprised it hasn’t been closed already to be honest.

Victims have been silenced by lawyers and NDAs as well.

Is this actually true?! 😳

Well done - funny it happened when CEO job turned female.

Nod to Rupert Murdoch, DW made him money, but evidently Uncle Rupert’s had enough.

The only surprising thing about this is how long it took them to drop him

So glad that somebody stood up and I him and I sincerely hope his books do not sell. Creepy individual as evidenced by his comments on talent to show when accidentally recorded. I think it’s awful that he was kept in and enabled to release more work for children. Good on his publishers! Need more of this kind of courage and authenticity!

Well the things I have heard bout how his erstwhile comedy partner treats the men he meets on tinder - birds of a feather

Just seen this on the news. I'm not surprised in the slightest and wouldn't be surprised if other allegations come out in the future.

I wonder why the previous CEO of HarperCollins left sharpish.

@DanaGLyder what did he say ?