October 2nd 2023.
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan recently revealed he had been dropped by his agent after his comments about David Tennant. The 55-year-old TV writer labelled the Doctor Who actor, 52, an ‘abusive groomer’ on Twitter in July after he wore a t-shirt with the slogan, ‘Leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks’.
Describing David as ‘disgusting’, ‘ignorant’ and ‘reckless’, Graham explained that he had been let go by Independent Talent during a Conservative Party Conference event in Manchester on Sunday. The event, held at the ThinkTent in the Manchester Central Convention Complex, was called Is the UK a safe space for free speech?
Speaking to MailOnline, Graham said: ‘I guess the other interesting thing that happened to me is I just lost my TV agent because I criticised David Tennant. I only found this out later, because I looked at the list of people Independent Talent represented and David Tennant was at the top. And he’s making slightly more money than me at the moment, so I had to go.’
Graham has previously become known for his stance on transgender activism, which led to him being banned from Twitter and his Edinburgh Fringe show being shut down. He has also tweeted to his followers that ‘telling children they have the wrong bodies is child abuse’.
The dispute between the two stars began in July when David showed up at the press launch for the second series of his Amazon Prime fantasy comedy show Good Omens in London. He was wearing the t-shirt in question, which was commented on online by a Twitter user called K Carnelian who shared a picture of David in the item of clothing and captioned the shot, ‘FFS’.
Graham then replied to the tweet, calling David ‘disgusting, ignorant, reckless’, and labelling him an ‘abusive groomer’. Both stars’ representatives have been contacted by The Agency for comment.
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