{"id":4018,"date":"2025-06-12T07:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:20:02","slug":"david-walliams-branded-an-entitled-idiot-after-jokingly-giving-two-nazi-salutes-at-bbc-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/david-walliams-branded-an-entitled-idiot-after-jokingly-giving-two-nazi-salutes-at-bbc-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"David Walliams branded an \u2018entitled idiot\u2019 after jokingly giving two Nazi salutes at BBC recording"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Walliams made the offensive gesture during a taping of a BBC game show (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Comedian David Walliams<\/a> has faced criticism after he gave two Nazi salutes in front of a live BBC<\/a> audience.<\/p>\n

The incident took place during a taping of the Christmas<\/a> special for panel show Would I Lie To You, with The Times claiming the Little Britain star, 53, made the grossly offensive gesture not once but twice.<\/p>\n

The salutes occurred while Walliams’s teammate – Call the Midwife actress Helen George<\/a> – who was recalling the time she sprained her wrist during the Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> tour in 2015 ‘from waving too much’.<\/p>\n

As she tried to convince David Mitchell’s team that the anecdote was true, she started re-enacting the waving, which is when Walliams joined in with his own exaggerated flailing, resulting in the Nazi salute.<\/p>\n

After being reprimanded by the host, Rob Brydon, the filming moved on but as lewd jokes were swapped, Walliams then repeated the action but this time with a ‘sexual twist’.<\/p>\n

Per The Times<\/a>, one audience member said: ‘It was all very weird. There were gasps from the audience, and the other panellists all looked very uncomfortable.’<\/p>\n

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The incident took place during a taping of Would I Lie To You (Picture: BBC\/YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another X user, @mirrandaYC added: ‘Didn’t have david walliams doing a Nazi salute at the Would I Lie To You Christmas taping on my 2025 bingo card.’<\/p>\n

Sources at the BBC and the show\u2019s production company, Zeppotron told the publication that there was no chance of the footage being broadcast.<\/p>\n

Facebook user Alan Robert Booth called him an ‘entitled idiot’.<\/p>\n

A BBC spokesperson apologised to those present, saying: ‘The use of such an offensive gesture is completely unacceptable and we apologise to all at the recording for the offence caused.’<\/p>\n

This has been echoed by Banijay UK (Zeppotron’s owner) who added: ‘Any attempt at humour regarding this deeply offensive gesture, whether broadcast or not, is completely unacceptable in any context. <\/p>\n

‘It was immediately acknowledged during the recording that this segment would not be broadcast under any circumstances and we apologise to those who were at the recording for any offence caused.’<\/p>\n

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The Little Britain star has faced several controversies during his career (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is the latest incident in a career filled with controversy.<\/p>\n

The former Britain’s Got Talent judge was removed from his role in 2022 after leaked recordings showed him making offensive remarks <\/a>about the contestants.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, his tenure on the comedy series co-created with Matt Lucas, Little Britain, has faced mounting criticism for its depiction of certain characters branded ‘explicitly racist’<\/a> such as the use of blackface.<\/a><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, despite the show’s controversial sketches, it has found a new audience on TikTok with clips regularly going viral <\/a>among the Gen Z audience for its dark humour.<\/p>\n

In 2023, after rumours of a reboot, Lucas shut down the idea saying that it was simply ‘not true’.<\/p>\n

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Little Britain has faced bans due to its offensive content (Picture: HBO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The co-creators do have a podcast together, Making A Scene, where they ‘turn their famous friends’ lives into cinematic masterpieces.’<\/p>\n

In 2024, the children’s author called cancel culture ‘exhausting’<\/a>. <\/p>\n

”[The issue] is complicated, but you just look at each joke as it comes really. <\/p>\n

‘Obviously if you were worried about every single thing you said or did might offend someone, that you wouldn’t be able to say or do anything on stage. <\/p>\n

‘I kind of think people haven’t lost a sense of humour in the way that it’s often portrayed,’ he told The Daily Telegraph at the time.<\/p>\n

He is not the first high-profile figure to be embroiled in a Nazi salute controversy this year. <\/p>\n

Elon Musk faced backlash after making a movement that resembled the salute in January. However, he firmly denied that the gesture<\/a> he made was the one historically linked to German fascism. <\/p>\n

Metro has reached out to David Walliams’ representative and the BBC for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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