David Walliams has been named as the male celebrity at the centre of sexual misconduct allegations after his bid for a High Court injunction was rejected. The Little Britain star was married to Dutch model Lara Stone from 2010 until 2015, having tied the knot in a lavish ceremony at London’s Claridge’s Hotel and later welcoming a son together.
By March 2015 the couple had begun a trial separation after “drifting apart”, and in September that year Walliams filed for divorce over “unreasonable behaviour”. However, it was later claimed Lara had ended the marriage because of Walliams’ crossdressing, with a source claiming to The Sun that she “didn’t really understand the humour of it”.
Claims about 'camp' behaviour
The source alleged: “There were obviously lots of issues within their relationship. But it had become clear Lara didn’t like the constant talk about David being camp. She got tired of it being referenced all the time, especially when David seemed to play up to it in various photoshoots or TV sketches — or by flirting with Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent.”
The pair originally met at a Chelsea football match in 2009, bonding over their “very mean sense of humour”.
Lara's 'terrifying' ordeal
Lara later confessed to Dutch Vogue that she suffered a “terrifying” encounter that led to the breakdown of their marriage. She told the publication: “I’d been at his house and was walking back to the Tube and this car was driving next to me and they were taking pictures the whole time. It was just so bewildering and terrifying.”
Lara went on to marry property developer David Grievson after meeting on Tinder, with the couple tying the knot in 2021.
Walliams on fatherhood
As for Walliams, he said becoming a father was “the happiest day” of his life, telling Chris Evans on his Virgin Radio show that thinking back to his son Alfred’s birth made him happy. He said: “I always say to him, ‘The day you were born was the happiest day of my life, and every day after that has got happier and happier’. You have the odd bad day, don't you, but basically it's that, because you get closer and closer and he did the sweetest thing.”
