John Cleese backtracks after saying he and ‘Monty Python’ co-star Eric Idle ‘despised’ each other
nypost.comJohn Cleese, 84, and Eric Idle, 80, has taken another turn — with Cleese calling for a ceasefire (of sorts).The spat started over the weekend, when Idle went on a rant on X about still needing to work at his age — and took potshots at “Python” trouper Terry Gilliam and his daughter, Holly, who manages the “Python” brand.“We own everything we ever made in Python and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously,” Idle wrote. “But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised.
One Gilliam is bad enough. Two can take out any company.”Idle recently put his Hollywood Hills home on the market for $6.5 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter.“I’m doing no more Python.
I gave already. Ungrateful bastards,” Idle continued on X. “I still love and am proud of what we did as Python. It was a very unique group.
I think of us as an ex-Liverpool team. We played together well. Way back in the day.“But it was never very supportive of people’s feelings and emotions.
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