Matt Lucas has not commented publicly on allegations made against David Walliams, with some social media users urging the comedian to address claims levelled against his former comedy partner.
Walliams has been accused of behaving inappropriately by several women, including allegations he contacted some of them when they were as young as 15. He strongly denies any wrongdoing. Lucas created and starred in the sketch shows Little Britain and Come Fly With Me alongside Walliams until the pair stopped working together. They later reunited and hosted a podcast until earlier this year.
Fans Call for a Statement
The comedian, 52, is yet to address the accusations shrouding Walliams, despite many fans urging him to “speak out”. He has, however, stopped posting his daily posts wishing his followers a “good morning” on X, something he had been doing for several years. He paused the posts last Tuesday - a week before the Walliams allegations were made public.
Users have been calling for him to “release a statement” about Walliams, with one writing on his last post: “Any statement about David and what you did and didn’t know. The world is waiting.” Another said: “Anyone else find it odd how it's been almost 24 hours since the news broke and there's been no official statement from Matt Lucas?” Others suggested he might be “keeping a dignified silence” on the situation.
History of the Comedy Partnership
Lucas and Walliams met in 1990 at the National Youth Theatre and bonded over being the “funny ones” in their groups, before launching Little Britain between 2003 and 2006. Their friendship became strained during the Little Britain Live tour in 2005 and their tour of Australia in 2007, with minor arguments sometimes escalating to shouting matches, according to Lucas.
The duo ended their professional partnership in 2011 after Come Fly With Me and were not in contact for several years. Lucas alluded to Walliams’ success as an author, writing in his memoir: “Walliams has now sold so many children's books he can probably buy his own private jet, all decked out in pink, with a river inside it for him to swim up.”
Reunion and Recent Allegations
They came to a truce in 2018 when their mutual friend Dale Winton died and a year later they appeared in the Little Britain spin-off, Little Brexit. Last year, they launched the twice-weekly podcast Making A Scene, in which they interview their comedian friends.
Walliams was named on Tuesday in a sexual misconduct investigation by the Guardian and ITV News after trying to obtain an injunction to prevent the reporting of allegations against him. The former Britain’s Got Talent judge said: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with. I realise I did not always take people’s feelings properly into account. That is something I regret. And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did.” He added: “I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken the law, but I am devastated that some of the women I met 10 to 20 years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
