David Walliams had ‘suicidal thoughts’ after Britain's Got Talent leak

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David Walliams says he had suicidal thoughts after leaked remarks he made as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent were made public, according to a legal filing against the show’s production company.

David, who was a judge on the ITV talent show between 2012 and 2022 alongside stars including Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon, is suing FremantleMedia for misuse of private information and for breaching UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

High Court documents released on Tuesday, 17 October, said he is accusing the company of causing him psychiatric harm and financial loss.The TV star, real name David Edward Williams, left Britain’s Got Talent in 2022 after he apologised for making “disrespectful comments” about auditioning contestants during filming breaks in January 2020 at the London Palladium.

The remarks came to light in November 2022 after a transcript was leaked to the Guardian.The court filing states the 52-year-old believes producers “retained transcripts… of everything he said” during his time on the show and claims the defendant, FremantleMedia, “must be the ultimate source of the transcripts” that were leaked.