David Walliams

[Britbloke]

This is what I don’t understand. Why it’s not called out. It doesn’t make sense.

It wasn't called out because people didn't want to be accused of being homophobic. DW knew this.

The tide has turned. Assault is assault, whatever the gender.

 

[JARhead]

I think there’s also the element of people not wanting to be seen as the killjoy when “it’s just a bit of fun innit? Just jokes yeah?”.

 

[ClockworkDolly]

I’ve always said he was a wrong ’un and him threatening to kill himself, call his bluff, let him get on with it, he’s no loss. He’s a vile man.

 

[Cack_Conroe]

I hadn't seen that until today either, and what strikes me is the audience who are egging him on. He's disgusting for doing it, but pack mentality of the crowd is equally disgusting. It shows what happens when people are caught up in the evil acts of another. This was (relatively) small scale, but exactly the same thing is going on in the US with the orange pumpkin in the Whitehouse.

I think because it's happening on stage, the audience must have assumed it was scripted fun, backed up by everyone else cheering.

I've just seen it, Mark Robson was smiling at first, then when it became clear Walliams was really trying to pull them down, he was not smiling at all. You can see him saying "stop, stop" at the end. Even at the end when Walliams was saying no, that's too far, he still had his hands on Mark Robson's crotch and waistband to keep the threat and domination there.

He would have been inhibited from defending himself because in those days, he would have been treated like he's silly and can't take a joke. And probably has a tiny pen. He had a whole concert hall of people cheering on his attacker like it was some big joke. It must have been very hard to know how to play this public humiliation.

 

[MaldonMalaise]

tick tock, david.