Has David Walliams finally wrecked what was left of his career?

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He was part of the taping of the xmas special of WILTY yesterday and did a Nazi salute twice, as "comedy"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg59q1xgv8o

At least the show immediately told him that it was utterly unacceptable and the BBC and production have also condemed him immediately, rather than this coming to light in a few years time.

Combined with this and also being booted off BGT for the way he spoke to contestants, surely there's no way back for him now on telly?

He's a creep. Those awful stetches take the mick out of disabled people.

On The Rest is Entertainment last week Richard Osman was saying that they’re all filmed in June! He’d just finished filming one and was due to start the House of Games one.

Exactly, The Fawlty towers episode actually has a whole set up where basil has a concussion and should be hospitalised but escapes.

He's trying NOT to mention the war to German guests, but due to the concussion repeatedly does, getting increasingly confused and panicked, eventually building to the goose-stepping scene.

The joke is built around tripping over your words not to offend taken to the extreme, not the fact he goosesteps. On its own without context it isn't funny.

It was always complete shite that people pretended was funny so that they could show off that they weren’t a ‘dull, humourless virtue signaller’. See also the Book of Mormon.

You pretty much encapsulate what I said.

I’m glad I don’t live in your world.

Unless it's Bob Mortimer, Victoria C-M or a couple of select stand ups then guests are futile on WILTY, all the show needs to be great is Rob, David and Lee.

As for Walliams, I doubt it'll have ruined him as the man seems to be teflon. I've never felt fully comfortable around him, even when he did that charity swim years ago and have never been able to decide if he is odd or unwell. As time goes on I lean more towards the former.

Little Britain was taking the piss out of everyone.. it was all fair game!

I’ve always wondered about the claims he is vile. Anyone know the background?

@JasmineAllen Xmas specials are always filmed in summer. If you ever watch the Christmas special of Live at the Apollo then look closely at the audience, they'll are being wearing t shirts and sun tops!

I saw him post about this on his Instagram page. Cannot wait, bloody love HOG.

How was he mocking the Nazi salute?

YABU.

I don't really know what a "Nazi salute" is but I do have a qualification in business management and managerial experience. Walliams should have been reprimanded, told not to do it again and the editors carefully remove that segment from the broadcast edit.

If we keep "cancelling" everyone who says or does something that we don't like, we will end up with no entertainers left.

No one has actually laid out the details, but to be honest, libel laws are a thing.

People make these atrocious claims 🙄

Me too.

Good grief, were you clutching at a pearl necklace as you wrote that (no sexual pun intended) 😂

We barely have any entertainment as it is….

How have you became a presumably adult woman without knowing what a Nazi salute is?

This made me giggle. Thank you!

I completely agree. What a shame that humour has to be so heavily moderated these days.

I wasn't alive during World War 2.

That's hilarious! Reminds me of the time my DS 6 decorated his friends birthday card with swastikas 😁 I thankfully caught it on time.

And also never went to school…?

Pathetic answer.

Absolutley everyone virtue signals, including Donald Trump, Jim Davidson, Tommy Robinson, Andrew Tate or just someone putting up a St Georges Cross or an old golliwog on their pub, they just signal different "virtues".

So when someone like you bemoans virtue signallers, I know it's not the virtue signalling you have a problem with just the virtues signalled.

I can't stand the man.

I put on of his audio books on and had to run in after 10 minutes to turn it off - and I'm not a snowflake.

Nasty content.