John Cleese Defends Monty Python Manager After Eric Idle Called Group’s Income Disastrous; Cleese Says ‘We Always Loathed and Despised Each Other’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director John Cleese took to X (formerly Twitter) to respond to Eric Idle after the latter went viral for some heated comments related to Monty Python, the legendary British comedy troupe that Idle and Cleese co-founded in 1969 alongside Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Idle made headlines for saying he still has to “work for my living” and heavily suggesting that Monty Python funds are being mismanaged. “I don’t know why people always assume we’re loaded,” Idle posted on X. “Python is a disaster. ‘Spamalot’ made money 20 years ago.
I have to work for my living. Not easy at this age.” “We own everything we ever made in ‘Python’ and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously,” he added. “But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised.
One Gilliam is bad enough. Two can take out any company.” Holly Gilliam is Terry’s daughter and runs HDG Projects, which manages Python.
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