Simply months earlier than he was dropped by his writer, David Walliams expressed his fears that non-public messages containing ‘dangerous style’ jokes would leak.
HarperCollins just lately suspended the comic and best-selling kids’s e-book writer over allegations of inappropriate conduct towards feminine workers. Walliams denies the claims.
Talking at a cybersecurity conference in February, the creator of Little Britain – well-known for his risque materials over time – informed a small viewers that he usually shares risqué jokes with buddies by way of WhatsApp.
Walliams, 54, added that he’s “anxious about it” realizing the mentioned messages may at some point be made public.
In an audio recording of the occasion, obtained by the Each day Mail, Walliams laughed: “Think about if all my WhatsApp messages got here out!
“Not as a result of there’s something horrible on it, however there are jokes on a regular basis, dangerous style jokes, with buddies, different comedians, very dangerous style feedback and jokes that you just share with one another.”
He informed the viewers, “Chances are you’ll discover that the sorts of stuff you share are sometimes in dangerous style.
‘I am unable to think about that it is my fault, can I?
‘As a result of it is humorous! And you recognize one or two of your pals will suppose it is humorous, and other people will ship you weird issues, and I am like, ‘Think about if that each one got here up?’
“What it says now by no means looks like a joke,” he argued. “And also you make totally different jokes with totally different individuals, do not you?
“I imply, my mother, I would not ship her the issues that sure buddies do.”
“So yeah, I am anxious about it,” he admitted.
Walliams’ feedback come after HarperCollins mentioned they’d not launch any additional titles that includes him resulting from his alleged harassment of younger girls.
The previous Britain’s Received Expertise decide has bought greater than 60 million copies worldwide with the writer, with Gangsta Granny, The Boy within the Costume and Billionaire Boy being the preferred.
However ‘after cautious consideration’ they mentioned: ‘HarperCollins takes worker welfare very critically and has processes in place for reporting and investigating issues.
“To respect the privateness of people, we don’t touch upon inside issues.”
In response, Walliams refuted the allegations on Friday, together with his assertion by way of a spokesperson studying: ‘David was by no means knowledgeable of any allegations made towards him by HarperCollins.
“He was not a celebration to any investigation and was given no alternative to reply questions.
‘David strongly denies any inappropriate conduct and is looking for authorized recommendation.’
Within the aftermath, the TV star, additionally identified for his appearances in comedy exhibits together with Come Fly With Me alongside Matt Lucas, was additionally faraway from the line-up for the Waterstones Youngsters’s E-book Competition.
He was resulting from seem on the Waterstones competition in Dundee in February 2026, however has since been faraway from the audio system listing on the web site.
As well as, award-winning author Walliams is now not an envoy for The Youngsters’s Belief.
He started working with the charity in January 2018, however the group confirmed in a press release to the Mail that ‘following a evaluate of [their] ambassador program earlier this yr,” they parted methods.
Walliams will hit screens over the Christmas interval in a pre-recorded episode of panel present Would I Lie To You.
The Boxing Day particular was filmed in June, with Walliams additionally making headlines after twice giving a Nazi salute to the studio viewers.
In accordance with The Instances, an onlooker recalled that the incidents have been “all very unusual.”
“The viewers gasped and the opposite panelists all regarded very uncomfortable,” the individual famous.
The BBC later apologised, with a spokesperson saying: ‘The usage of such an offensive gesture is totally unacceptable and we apologize to everybody on the recording for any offense induced.’
This was then echoed by Banijay UK (the proprietor of Zeppotron), who added: ‘Any try at humor in relation to this extremely offensive gesture, whether or not broadcast or not, is totally unacceptable in any context.
“It was instantly acknowledged throughout the recording that this section wouldn’t air underneath any circumstances, and we apologize to those that have been on the recording for any offence.”
Though the episode remains to be airing as deliberate, the BBC has no plans to work with Walliams once more within the close to future.
A spokesperson for the group mentioned in a press release to Metro: ‘Whereas we don’t make any modifications to occasion schedules, we now have no future tasks straight involving David Walliams.’
David Walliams’ representatives have been contacted for remark.
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