News about David Walliams

Streamers like Netflix , NOW TV, Britbox and the BBC have taken a stand against shows for their use of racial slurs, sexist language and blackface as 'times have changed.' These shows include the likes of Little Britain, Come Fly With Me, Fawlty Towers and Bo Selecta. Even Ant and Dec 's Saturday Night Takeaway has had episodes pulled over the presenters' use of blackface.

The former BGT judge and author, 53, was one of many a-list celebs who appeared on the popular BBC show as an expert.

David Walliams has revealed his heartbreak after being friend-zoned by former Neighbours star Natalie Imbruglia.  The Little Britain comic admitted he fell for the Torn singer 'like a ton of bricks,' but she didn't feel the same way. The pair, who were often seen together in London back in 2015, sparked romance rumours at the time. 

The comedian looked relaxed as he emerged into the Aussie sunshine in a t-shirt and baseball cap, accompanied by a female aide who pushed a heaving luggage trolley. David, 53, has been touring Australia and New Zealand for the past month, playing dates in Melbourne, Wellington, Auckland and Sydney before wrapping the live dates up in Perth this week. 

Little Britain began as a radio show before being turned into a comedy sketch TV series which aired on BBC between 2003 and 2006. And appearing on This Morning on Wednesday, co-creator Matt was quizzed on rumours of a reboot for a new generation. Matt teased the possibility of the show's return as he revealed that he and David had been working on several new ideas, both for TV and elsewhere. He said: 'Well what we're doing is we're working on a few different TV ideas, and maybe ideas in other mediums as well, to do stuff together again because it's been a long time.

A house with a bizarre mural of Prince Harry and William has gone on the market for £425,000. (left) The four-bedroom terraced home, in Brighton , looks deceptively normal from the inside but there is no ignoring the exterior - which features a towering painting of the royal siblings, spread across the façade and neighbouring house. (right) The royals dressed in green hoodies, loom above the words 'Breaking Up typed in the font of hit series Breaking Bad .

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: As one of the country's most celebrated landscape gardeners, Randle Siddeley is used to delivering perfection. But when it comes to booking holidays, he's been left infuriated that others don't share his attention to detail. Siddeley, the 4th Lord Kenilworth, bought a £2,300 all-inclusive holiday for his wife, Kayo Takauchi, and her daughter Jasmine, 32, through Lastminute.com. It turned out to be the stuff of nightmares. The package was advertised as a four-night stay in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt , but the flights were to Hurghada, on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Suez. Reaching their hotel would involve a ten-hour, 500-mile drive. When Lady Kenilworth and Jasmine realised, it was too late. 'Panic set in,' Lord Kenilworth tells me. 'They got dumped at the airport, 11 o'clock at night, two women in a foreign country where they don't speak the language.'

David Walliams left Ed Kavalee red-faced on Have You Been Paying Attention? on Monday night.  During the panel quiz show guest host Grant Denyer asked about Ed's history with the Little Britain star, 53, and it soon went horribly wrong.  'Ed you were telling me earlier that you and David have actually worked together... what was said thing, can you remember?' he asked, as poster from an event Ed hosted with the English funnyman flashed up on screen. 

David Walliams has revealed Australian comedy icon Barry Humphries was 'incredibly hurt' by the backlash he received over his alleged anti-trans comments. Barry, who died from complications from hip surgery in 2023, faced backlash from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival after making comments that were seen to be 'anti-trans.' In 2018, Humphries compared gender reassignment surgery to 'self-mutilation'

For the unassuming buyer, a three-bedroom home in Rhyll with a pleasant exterior and affordable £179k price tag, would be a dream come true. However, upon opening the door to the house in Rhyl, Elwy, North Wales, hopeful buyers with arrive at a Disney-themed fantasy land, complete with themed wall paintings and stacks of toys and collectables. One Disney-themed property has caught the attention of property shoppers after the peculiar house appeared on the market earlier today. The themed house, though modest from the outside, is covered head to toe with cartoon murals, fairytale furniture, and one princess pink bedroom.

A body has been found on the private beach in front of a row of luxury celebrity homes on the South Coast. The remains were found by a passerby off the shore of Western Esplanade, a private cul-de-sac that backs onto Shoreham Harbour, just before 4pm yesterday. Millionaire's Row in Brighton and Hove - where the average property price is £2.5million - is where Fatboy Slim and David Walliams have homes and popstar Adele used to live. Officers have been turning people away from the beach, with dozens of police, coastguard crews and paramedics at the scene.

He was invited by Queen Camilla to join her in highlighting the importance of young people reading and writing. But David Walliams has now given the Royal Family some unsolicited advice that it may not welcome. The comedian and best-selling children's author says the Monarchy 'needs' the Duke of Sussex, with whom he has been friendly since Harry pulled a vulgar stunt at a party where they were both guests. 'I do know Prince Harry, but he doesn't text me every day,' says Walliams, 53. 'The first time I met him was at a party when he pulled his trousers down, exposed his bottom and slapped it, saying, "Hey, come on Walliams, do you want a bit of this!

Keith Urban was left blushing when asked if has seen his wife Nicole Kidman's new erotic thriller Babygirl. Urban appeared on The Sunday Project this weekend where comedian and guest panelist David Walliams was keen to hear the singer's thoughts on the racy flick.  'Have you seen Nicole's new movie, Babygirl? It's meant to be an erotic thriller,' he asked. 

The ITV show's viewers can prepare for the 2025 series to show up to four months of episodes. It will begin in February, rather than its normal start date of April, with episodes airing each Saturday night, according to The Sun. And the live semi-finals - which usually air nightly over the course of one week - will now be shown weekly on Saturdays also. As well as the format change, a 'large chunk' of the show's auditions will be filmed in Blackpool - the seaside town best associated with rival Strictly Come Dancing.

Famed U.K. comedian David Walliams has slammed 'cancel culture'. Speaking ahead of a series of live shows Down Under next month, the 53-year-old author and co-creator of the cheeky satirical TV series Little Britain said that comedy needs to have an 'edge' for it to be 'explosively' funny.  'The whole thing is exhausting isn't it?,' he said of the 'woke' trend that has seen shows removed from broadcast and comedians cancelled.

Britain's Got Talent star Will Read has died at the age of 51. The musician died at his home in Macclesfield on August 7 with his friend and brother by his side following a battle with Will famously performed alongside judge David Walliams in the ITV show's final in 2012, as part of the comedy act The Showbears.

A television star looked unrecoginsable as he took to Instagram to promote his new tour. The comedian and sitcom actor announced his new tour with a video in the style of one of his most famous characters.  The stand-up and author revealed to his 2million Instagram followers that he would soon be setting off for Australia and New Zealand for a 14-date series of shows. 

England fans were limbering up on the beach in Benidorm today ahead of the nation's historical European Cup final with Spain. Supporters young and old were practising their moves - from celebration cheers, to marching briskly along the beachfront, to racing each other in mobility scooters, and keeping the ball in the air. Followers of the Three Lions predicted a tight match, with many nail-biting moments, but with an ultimate England victory. Among them were Charisse Gennings, 31, a NHS worker from London , who was keeping herself cool by paddling in the sea. She said: 'I can't wait! It's going to be a tough match but I'm sure England can do it.'

Britain's Got Talent's next series will reportedly film a 'large chunk' of it's audition's in Blackpool, the seaside town best associated with rival Strictly Come Dancing. The ITV show may even encroach on the BBC series further and set up camp in the iconic Tower Ballroom in 'yet another move' to be the king of Saturday night telly.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: William Cash's private life has in the past been tumultuous, so friends were delighted when he finally settled down with his third wife, the society milliner Lady Laura Cathcart. The 40-year-old daughter of the 7th Earl Cathcart appears, however, to find life with publisher Cash, 57, something of a challenge. So much so that she took to social media to berate her husband publicly for gallivanting around Europe with pals while she is left running the family home, Upton Cressett Hall in Shropshire. When Cash, who has two children with Laura, posted a photo of him enjoying a beer and strudel while hiking in the mountains in Austria, his wife responded with a very un-ladylike comment. Calling him a 'p****', Laura wrote: 'Missing his children's sports day and forgot his daughter's birthday.' She added: 'Have a great time with your ego.'

David Walliams dressed to the nines on Sunday evening as he joined a glamorous Sarah Rafferty at the Mediterrane Film Festival Awards Ceremony in Fort Manoel, Malta. The comedian, 52, pulled out all the stops to look his best in a cream tuxedo jacket and large black bowtie. David added a collared white shirt underneath and a pair of black trousers, completing his smart outfit with shiny dress shoes.

Britain's Got Talent boss Simon Cowell may reportedly be forced to axe Bruno Tonioli from the show after two series by ITV, despite him wanting his pal to stay.  The former Strictly judge, 68, who replaced David Walliams on the panel last year, is said to been branded by an executive at the broadcaster as 'one tone and hysterical'.  According to The Sun producers now plan to take advantage of Bruno's scheduling conflict for the next series due to his commitments across the pond filming Dancing With the Stars.

Fiercely private David Walliams has made rare comments about his son Alfred and explained how the youngster recently left him weeping after doing the 'sweetest thing'. The Little Britain star, 52, who shares the 11-year-old with ex-wife Lara Stone, gushed over the lad during an appearance on Chris Evan's Virgin Radio Show on Friday.  Telling the host: 'I think back to the day he was born. And I always say to him, "The day you were born was the happiest day of my life, and every day after that has got happier and happier"'.

Former Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist Emma Jones has tragically died at the age of 32 following a battle with cancer.  The singer blew the judges away with her pitch-perfect rendition of Opera classic Ave Maria when she appeared on the talent show back in 2015 at just 23 years-old.  However Emma, who was from Wigton in Cumbria, sadly passed away in February of this year after a post on her Facebook page shared the heartbreaking news.