David Walliams #2

[moldwarp]

Has anyone here actually read any of his books to their kids/had their kids read them? Not me but apparently there's one book called The Boy who Liked to Wear Dresses in which the boy in question discovers his dad's secret porn stash, or talks about his father's secret porn stash, and also discusses porn and cross dressing with the man who runs his local newsagent is that true?

if so, like, holy inappropriateness, Batman! What WERE his publishers thinking???

 

[Serene Serena]

I felt sorry for the young girl who sent him scripts she’d written, and he told her she was incredibly talented and to send him more, that she had a career as a comedy writer etc etc then ordered her to stop bothering him when he obviously lost interest or found another youngster to pester.

 

[Serene Serena]

Has anyone here actually read any of his books to their kids/had their kids read them? Not me but apparently there's one book called The Boy who Liked to Wear Dresses in which the boy in question discovers his dad's secret porn stash, or talks about his father's secret porn stash, and also discusses porn and cross dressing with the man who runs his local newsagent is that true?

if so, like, holy inappropriateness, Batman! What WERE his publishers thinking???

His books are banned in my house. We have Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library books, every month, and go to the local library as well, which chucked out his books months ago.

 

[maytoseptember]

I raised the fact that he was inviting unchaperoned teenagers into his dressing room at BGT

I remember reading about this in the Popbitch mailout years ago. Specifically girls of around 16-17.

I feel so sorry for his young son too. I hope Walliams thinks of him and doesn't add to the boy's stress by unaliving himself.
Do doubt the press will be blamed if he does.

It was put forth in the legal judgement, as it goes. One of the many arguments by DW’s legal team being “It will be sad for his son if he kills himself”, like the onus was on the judge to prevent DW killing himself, not on DW staying on this earth for the sake of his child.

 

[Libbylulu]

Years back my daughter received Gangsta Granny as a gift, I read it with her. What struck me was all the fart, bum, knickers jokes. Every woman and girl were portrayed negatively. So a subtle power imbalance in his books against females. We didn’t read another.

The Little Britain characters were mainly negative female characters too.