David Walliams Claims Channel 4 Canceled Travel Show After His Leaked ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Barbs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: David Walliams‘ lawsuit against the producer of Britain’s Got Talent has detailed work, including a Channel 4 show, he claims to have lost after his derogatory remarks about contestants were leaked to the press.
Walliams is suing Fremantle for allegedly breaking data protection laws and breaching his privacy after The Guardian published what he argues were private remarks about people auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent.
The Guardian saw a transcript of comments made by Walliams in 2020. The newspaper said he made the remarks while sitting at the Britain’s Got Talent judges’ table and they included him referring to a pensioner as a “c***.” In a High Court legal filing seen by Deadline, Walliams claimed that his “reputation and earnings have been severely damaged” as a result of The Guardian’s story.
The legal document listed offers of work that had been “withdrawn,” including a “travelogue across India on Channel 4.” The project was said to have been canceled “entirely.” Channel 4 declined to comment, though it is understood that the early-stage development was not taken forward for reasons unconnected to Walliams’ Britain’s Got Talent remarks.
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