David Walliams has faced heavy criticism online after a humiliating video resurfaced on social media.
The clip, which is from a BBC documentary featuring Little Britain in Australia in 2007, features the star pulling down young men’s underpants on stage.
The uncomfortable footage features the Britain’s Got Talent judge portraying a character from Little Britain – predatory former children’s entertainer ‘Des Kaye’ – playing a game of “hide the sausage” with unassuming male audience members.
Beginning the lewd game, Walliams asks a volunteer to come up onto the stage and getting them to confirm their age.
David Walliams played a lewd game of ‘hide the sausage’ as a Little Britain character Des Kaye (Image: Getty Images)
When one male answers “16”, the children’s author, now 48, says, “Bingo”, before adding: “You’re a big boy for 16 aren’t you – that’s what I’ll tell the judge.”
He then kisses the boy on the lips before starting the cringe-worthy skit of “hide the sausage”, which shows him tugging down their trousers – leaving them trying to cover their genitals and bare buttocks.
Elsewhere in the clip, the controversial comedian is seen dry-humping the embarrassed audience members.
The controversial comedian played a game of ‘hide the sausage’ during a skit on the Little Britain tour in 2007
The performance ends with the actor kissing the man’s bottom as he asks: “Did you enjoy that?”
Since the video emerged, Walliams has faced backlash from critics including Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
He said: “This sketch crosses a red line into the sexual humiliation of young men.
Walliams also dry humped the audience member on stage
“Williams portrayal of a predatory paedophile is not funny. It’s sickening and unacceptable. That sketch should not be repeated anywhere. It should be withdrawn from public viewing and filed in a film archive so that future historians have evidence of what passed for ‘comedy’ only 13 years ago.
“Some viewers will have interpreted Walliams as playing the trope of gay men as predators and paedophiles.
“Even though Walliams supports the LGBT+ community, his depiction plays into the hands of those who wrongly equate homosexuality with the exploitation of young people.”
Daily Star Online has contacted David Walliams spokesman for comment.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
