{"id":202843,"date":"2025-12-21T02:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/202843\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T02:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:19:21","slug":"walliams-strongly-denies-inappropriate-behaviour-allegations-after-he-is-dropped-by-publisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/202843\/","title":{"rendered":"Walliams \u2018strongly denies\u2019 inappropriate behaviour allegations after he is dropped by publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walliams (54), known for appearing in comedy shows including Come Fly With Me and Little Britain alongside Matt Lucas, was dropped by HarperCollins who said \u201cafter careful consideration\u201d they would not be publishing any new titles from the award-winning children\u2019s author.<\/p>\n

The decision to drop him was made following an investigation into allegations he had \u201charassed\u201d young women, the Telegraph reported.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Walliams said: \u201cDavid has never been informed of any allegations raised against him by HarperCollins.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was not party to any investigation or given any opportunity to answer questions. David strongly denies that he has behaved inappropriately and is taking legal advice\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, HarperCollins said: \u201cAfter careful consideration, and under the leadership of its new CEO, HarperCollins UK has decided not to publish any new titles by David Walliams. The author is aware of this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cHarperCollins takes employee wellbeing extremely seriously and has processes in place for reporting and investigating concerns. To respect the privacy of individuals we do not comment on internal matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Walliams has written a series of books published by HarperCollins (PA)<\/p>\n

Walliams has written books including The Boy In The Dress, Fing, and Gangsta Granny, the latter of which was turned into a one-hour BBC special in 2013, followed by a sequel starring Sheridan Smith in 2022.<\/p>\n

He has sold more than 60 million books, which have been translated into dozens of languages.<\/p>\n

The TV star, real name David Edward Williams, was a judge on Britain\u2019s Got Talent, but left the role in 2022 after he apologised for making \u201cdisrespectful comments\u201d about auditioning contestants during filming breaks at the London Palladium in January 2020.<\/p>\n

In 2023 Britain\u2019s Got Talent producer Fremantle apologised and reached an \u201camicable resolution\u201d with Walliams after the remarks he made while on the show were leaked.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Walliams. Photo: PA<\/p>\n

Today’s News in 90 Seconds – Saturday, December 20. <\/p>\n

Walliams, who appeared on the ITV talent show between 2012 and 2022, was suing the company for misuse of private information and for breaching UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.<\/p>\n

The comedian, actor and presenter was made an OBE in 2017 for services to the arts and charity, having raised \u00a32 million for Sport Relief by completing a 140-mile swim down the River Thames.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the year it was reported that he had made Nazi salutes while recording BBC panel show Would I Lie To You?.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walliams (54), known for appearing in comedy shows including Come Fly With Me and Little Britain alongside Matt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,898],"class_list":{"0":"post-202843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-latest-news-ticker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}