'I was on Little Britain - David Walliams acted very differently to Matt Lucas'

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The former Little Britain star spoke about her experience on set, following allegations of sexual misconduct and grooming against her co-star David Walliams, which he has strongly denied

Vanessa Feltz has opened up about her experience working with David Walliams and Matt Lucas on the set of Little Britain.The presenter appeared in a famous sketch alongside one of Matt's characters, weight-loss group leader Marjorie Dawes.

While filming the memorable scene, the 64-year-old claims David was "coldly dispassionate" when it came to discussing how Matt was going to spit in her face as part of the script.

She also claimed he was "unfriendly" and did not make her feel welcome, while saying Matt was much more friendly.

Speaking on her At Home With Vanessa podcast with guest Tom Swarbrick, the pair began by discussing allegations of sexual misconduct and grooming against David, which came to light in a joint three-year ITV News and Guardian investigation.

He has denied any wrongdoing. Opening up about working with the former Britain's Got Talent judge on the show, Vanessa shared: "I was on Little Britain and that was the famous Marjorie Dawes sketch, where Matt Lucas had to spit in my face.

"And of course he didn't literally spit in my face, there was endless discussion about how the spitting was going to occur and what exactly was going to happen, most of it orchestrated by a fairly chilling David Walliams," she added.

She continued: "He was extremely coldly dispassionate about the idea that Matt Lucas was going to spit actual spittle, saliva, right in my face and how was this going to occur."

Vanessa said that, in the end, they opted to put a plastic layer over her face to protect her, at Matt's request.

"I certainly sensed at the time that David Walliams wasn't the one who was being considerate of how I would feel about being spat upon, it was Matt Lucas who was making sure that it wasn't my actual face and David Walliams who was really forensic about saying, 'It had to be real spit, it couldn't be just some glue that looked like spit, it couldn't be simulated, it had to be real, you had to see the saliva'. I remember this so clearly."

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