David Walliams dropped from The Children's Trust as downward spiral continues
David Walliams has been dropped from The Children's Trust as his downward spiral continues. This comes as the comedian was recently dropped by his book publisher Harper Collins after allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female staff, which he denies.
He is alleged to have harassed employees and one woman reportedly then left the company with a five-figure settlement after raising concerns. Walliams, 54, was not informed of the allegations at the time and has denied any wrongdoing. He has now been axed as an ambassador for a leading children's charity, which is said to have happened earlier this year. The former Britain's Got Talent judge joined as a celebrity supporter in January 2018.
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The Daily Mail reported that a spokesperson from the charity said: "After a review of our ambassador programme earlier in the year, David Walliams is no longer an ambassador of The Children’s Trust."
Walliams has supported The Children’s Trust, which focuses on children suffering with brain injury and neurodisability, for years. He was awarded with an OBE for his services to charity and to the arts in 2007.
This comes as Walliams said he was worried that his "very bad taste" WhatsApp messages could come out just months before he was axed by his publisher.
In a leaked recording, the actor said he feared his "poor taste" messages could be released to the public. He told a small convention crowd he often sends "very bad taste jokes" with other high profile celebrity comedians and friends and has worries they could be brought into the spotlight.
He told a cybersecurity event back in February: "Imagine if all my WhatsApp messages came out….there’s bad taste jokes with friends, other comedians. Very bad taste comments and jokes all the time.
"You may notice the kind of things you share with each other are often in quite poor taste and I can’t imagine it isn’t just me, right?
"People send you bizarre things. And I just imagine if all that comes up. You have different jokes with different people, don't you? I mean, my mom, I wouldn't send her some of the stuff that you know certain friends do. It does worry me."
Walliams will not be appearing at the bookseller's annual children's festival in February, with Waterstones confirming his removal on Sunday. Customers attempting to buy tickets online over the weekend said they were having problems as error messages popped up as they tried to book tickets for the event.
Waterstones confirmed that Mr Walliams would no longer be taking part as a spokesman for the company said: "HarperCollins have confirmed that David Walliams will no longer be appearing at our festival in Dundee."
The BBC has also severed ties with Walliams, confirming there are "no future projects directly involving him" but adaptations of his children's books Mr Stink and The Boy in the Dress were broadcast last week.
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