John Cleese responds to Eric Idle criticism: “We always loathed and despised each other”
nme.commade comments on social media which criticised manager Holly Gilliam – also the daughter of Python co-founder Terry Gilliam – for the decreasing finances of the comedy troupe, formed in 1969.Idle wrote on X/Twitter on Saturday: “We own everything we ever made in Python and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously.”“But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised,” he continued. “One Gilliam is bad enough.
Two can take out any company.”He added: “I don’t know why people always assume we’re loaded. 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.
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.
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