Former Holby City actor Jeremy Edwards has said he was ‘sexually humiliated’ by disgraced former comic David Walliams during a Little Britain live sketch
Actor Jeremy Edwards has recalled being sexually humiliated by David Walliams. During a live special of Little Britain for Comic Relief, disgraced Walliams, 55, pulled Jeremy’s trousers down – exposing parts of his intimate region- before dry-humping Jeremy’s bare bum, before lying on top of him, in front of around 3,500 people.
Following the incident, which was filmed and later released on a special DVD, Walliams said: “That was not meant to happen. You were not supposed to see gonad. A*** crack, yes. Gonad, no.”
Jeremy, now 55, says he had agreed to take part in the light-hearted sketch, which took place at London’s Hammersmith Apollo in November 2006. Now, he says he was duped by the disgraced former TV star. Walliams has since been accused of serious sexual misconduct with teenagers as young as 15. Walliams denies all allegations made against him.
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“It was simply abuse; I did not agree to it,” Jeremy told the Daily Mail. He went on to add: “You just can’t do that to people. Having your trousers pulled down and you’re stood there in your boxer shorts is one thing. Having your penis exposed is something very different.”
He added that had he been told he would be exposed, his answer would have been no. Jeremy continued: “If I had known I was going to have my genitals exposed in front of all those people then put on a DVD which has sold millions of copies and then for it for now to be on the internet for the rest of my life I wouldn’t have done it for a million years.”
Jeremy says he has never recieved an apology from Walliams, adding that he is a victim and wished the sketch never happened. He alleges he was given a script, which included Walliams’ character, Des, fancying Jeremy before attempting to chase him.
In the clip, which has since gone viral on social media, Walliams tickles Jeremy under the arms, resulting in him pulling his arms to his chest. It was then that Walliams dropped to his knees and pulled Jeremy’s trousers and underwear down – leaving him naked in front of a full crowd.
He commented: “I bent down to pull my trousers up, and when I did that, he knocked me over while I was off balance. Then he mounted me and sexually humiliated me. I was sexually humiliated. It got a massive laugh.” He added that he was angry, humiliated and embarrassed by the ordeal.
Jeremy wasn’t the only man involved in the sketch – which was called Hide The Sausage. The routine often appeared with two men – one younger and one older – confirming their age, with Walliams’ character taking a particular interest in the younger of the two men.
In one clip filmed in Australia, Des asks the contestant to confirm his age, with the boy stating he was 16, to which ‘Des’ responded with: “Bingo! You’re a big boy, aren’t you? That’s what I’ll tell the judge.”
A clip also showed Des attempting to get intimate with 25-year-old Jamie, who Des describes as “doable” while gazing at his bum, before later tackling him to the floor. The character later grinded against the man’s naked bum, before lying on top of him and planting a kiss on him. He went on to rip his jeans down as he walked offstage.
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell of the Peter Tatchell Foundation slammed the performance in 2020, saying: “Walliams’s portrayal of a predatory paedophile is not funny. It’s sickening and unacceptable.
“That sketch should not be repeated anywhere. It should be withdrawn from public viewing and filed in a film archive so that future historians have evidence of what passed for ‘comedy’ only 13 years ago.”
The Mirror has approached the BBC and Comic Relief for comment.
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