Lucy Beaumont fears TV snub after revealing herself as David Walliams whistleblower
Lucy Beaumont has admitted she doesn't think she'll "work in telly again" after going to The Guardian with information on allegations made against David Walliams.
Lucy Beaumont thinks she will never work in television again after revealing herself as a whistleblower on David Walliams.
The 43-year-old comic has opened up about her reaction to hearing about allegations made against the Little Britain star, who has been accused of preying on young girls for sexual purposes.
Appearing on Sky News, Beaumont has revealed she went to The Guardian - which reported the allegations in a joint investigation with ITV News - with information.
She said: "The reason I’m speaking out about this when I know everyone I know knows this, and I don’t hear anybody talking about it.
“And honestly, I don’t think I’ll work in telly again. I honestly don’t.”
Beaumont was approached by a male television worker who claimed their job was taking "young girls" to the former Britain's Got Talent judge's dressing room.
The Celebrity Traitors star was scared the alleged victim could "take her own life".
She said: "I did as much as I could do privately and whenever I’ve heard a rumour about anyone, I’ve done everything I can.
“There’s only so much you can do. I’m not the police.
"Nothing seems to be illegal, but I was really worried, and I was one of the whistleblowers. I was one of the people to let The Guardian know.”
Beaumont noted that she never worked with Walliams, or witnessed any of the alleged behaviour.
She added: "I was worried that these girls were young. What I did was I then tried to contact some of them to check and to ask if they were all right.”
The comedian offered to pay legal fees for an alleged victim, who had "evidence that she was in a dressing room".
She said: "I’m not saying necessarily that what she said was true, but I wanted to help her because it was a world that she was really out of depth with, and she, I believe, had signed an NDA.”
Beaumont claimed that the NDA restricted her from talking to the media, as well as "family or friends or a therapist".
On Tuesday (10.11.26), Walliams was revealed to be the celebrity behind an injunction to prevent the publication of allegations that he contacted teenage girls and young women for sexual purposes.
The High Court judge previously dismissed Walliams' bid to prevent the publication of the allegations, but granted him permission to appeal and temporarily kept his identity secret. However, the comedian-and-writer missed a 4.30pm deadline on Monday (09.11.26) to take the case to the Court of Appeal, meaning he can now be named.
A three-year joint investigation by ITV News and The Guardian has revealed a series of allegations dating back to 2003, with some accusers being as young as 15. Walliams denies all the allegations.
In a statement to The Guardian and ITV News, the comedian said: "Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with… I realise I did not always take people's feelings properly into account. That is something I regret.
"And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did…
"I am not a sexual predator… I have not broken the law… I am devastated that some of the women I met ten to twenty years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me."
