Matt Lucas has stopped his daily posts to X after his longtime comedy partner David Walliams was accused of "grooming" teenage girls as young as 15. The 52-year-old comedian has yet to publicly address the allegations, despite many fans urging him to "speak out".
Daily posts stopped
Lucas had been posting daily "good morning" messages to his followers on X for a number of years. His last post was published on November 2, just over a week before a joint investigation by The Guardian and ITV emerged, revealing allegations from multiple women that the TV personality had sexually pursued them when they were teenagers.
Lucas rose to fame alongside Walliams with BBC sketch comedy Little Britain and Come Fly with Me in the early noughties and 2010s. The pair later reunited and hosted a podcast called 'Making a Scene' until earlier this year.
Fans call for statement
X users have been urging the 52-year-old to "release a statement" about Walliams. One wrote: "Any statement about David and what you did and didn't know. The world is waiting." A second added: "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?"
Lucas and Walliams first met in 1990 at the National Youth Theatre, and by 2000, they launched Little Britain as a radio show before it shot to TV success. The pair fell out in 2011 and even took to taking jabs at each other in their respective autobiographies. However, they reunited amid the death of their mutual friend, Dale Winton. By 2020, Lucas described himself and Walliams as the "best of friends".
BBC reviewing programmes
Meanwhile, the BBC has confirmed it is reviewing programmes featuring the former Britain's Got Talent judge in light of the allegations. A BBC spokesperson said: "These are serious allegations. As such, the BBC is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms. We are in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain, whilst this review is under way."
Walliams denies the allegations made against him. He sought an injunction to prevent the broadcast and publication of the investigation at the High Court, with his lawyers arguing he was a suicide risk.
In a reported letter to the Guardian and ITV News regarding the claims made against him, the comedian 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… I am not a sexual predator… I have not broken the law… I am devastated that some of the women I met ten to twenty years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me."
