David Walliams bombshell as 'vile comments leaked' by insiders - 'C***'

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Walliams subsequently took legal action against the show's production company, Fremantle, over the disclosure of the recordings. He brought a High Court claim in 2023, accusing…

People working behind the scenes at Britain's Got Talent allegedly wanted David Walliams gone from the ITV show and deliberately leaked the offensive remarks that ultimately brought his judging career to an end, it has been claimed. The comedian and Little Britain star, 55, departed the programme in 2022 after recordings of his private conversations about contestants emerged. Walliams was caught making derogatory remarks during filming breaks at the London Palladium. In one recording, he referred to a contestant as a "c***", while speaking about another he said: "She thinks you want to f*** her, but you don't."

The circumstances surrounding the recordings were discussed on The Rest is Entertainment podcast, hosted by Marina Hyde and broadcaster Richard Osman.

Hyde suggested the leak may not have been accidental, claiming that people within the programme were looking to remove Walliams from the judging panel.

"Did we also know that people were trying to get rid of him?" she asked.

"Operatives, I don't know who and I don't know at what level... who leaked those comments? They were trying to get rid, someone at some level in Britain's Got Talent was trying to get rid of him."

Walliams subsequently took legal action against the show's production company, Fremantle, over the disclosure of the recordings.

He brought a High Court claim in 2023, accusing the company of misuse of private information and breaches of data protection laws. The dispute was settled later that year.

Reflecting on the decision to take legal action, Hyde said: "Those comments were leaked, they dropped him and rather than leave that - which you might have thought, you are a hugely bestselling author, perhaps why would you wish to excavate it? - he sued them in the High Court in 2023.

"He clearly thought they had leaked it deliberately. Eventually they settled amicably. I can assure you that would not have been at all amicable on either side."

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