Film & TV
David Walliams cameo cut from Australian film after sexual harassment allegations
- Newsrooms
- 19
- Last 3 hours
- 1 report
- Momentum
- Steady
1 in the 3 before
Cooling
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Where it’s heading
Probably peaked. Likely 20 to 21 newsrooms by 9:40am AEDT. Calls like this were right 92% of the time. How we knowAgainst the past week
More newsrooms than 99% of the past week’s 3760 stories, and number 27 of 1599 in News.Part of a bigger story
David Walliams: 10 developments since Tue 10 Nov.
1File photo: David Walliams
British children's author and comedian David Walliams is facing allegations of using his fame to groom girls and young women for sex
The Guardian didn’t include a summary, so this is ABC News’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: David Walliams
David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He rose to prominence for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2022, Walliams was a judge on the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent.4
The bigger story: David Walliams
10 developments since Tue 10 Nov. 6 more since this one.
- Morning Mail: David Walliams accused of preying on young women; Greens’ fury at Labor; and a statue mocks Trump
5 newsrooms. Linked by Morning Mail, accuse, women
- Grooming gangs investigator speaks out over 'appalling' David Walliams sex abuse claims
5 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, celebrity, accuse, prey, young, groom
David Walliams cameo cut from Australian film after sexual harassment allegations
You’re here20 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, sexual, groom, celebrity, injunction
- They bought David Walliams’ books for their kids. Now they’re speaking out
5 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, comedian, investigation, allege, accuse, teenage
- David Walliams dropped from his own film after sexual misconduct allegations
12 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, groom, allegations, women, injunction, predator
- Comedian and author David Walliams accused of preying on young women
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, prey, young, women
The story so far
19 newsroomsCooling- Reports
- 38
- Newsrooms and sources
- 19
- Last 3 hours
- 1
Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (1 in the last three hours, 1 in the three before).
First with it: Evening Standard, 24 min before anyone else.
Reported by 19 newsrooms.
Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: The West Australian, PerthNow (all Seven West Media); The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday (all Nine); Rolling Stone and Rolling Stone Australia (the same headline).
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Stories |
|---|---|
| Thu | 0 |
| Fri | 0 |
| Sat | 0 |
| Sun | 0 |
| Mon | 0 |
| Tue | 19 |
| Today | 19 |
Where the coverage is from
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- David Walliams faces investigation over alleged sexual assault of 15-year-old girl
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Sources and credits
- 1
Photo: Sriya Sarkar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence)
- 2
The Guardian: David Walliams cameo cut from Australian film after sexual harassment allegations
- 3
ABC News: British comedian and children's author David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct
- 4
Background: “David Walliams”, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
The Sydney Morning Herald
ABC News (Australia)
The West Australian
Daily Mail
Mediaweek
Rolling Stone Australia
Pedestrian.TV
Evening Standard
The New York Times
Variety
The West Australian
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Independent
South China Morning Post
ABC News
Rolling Stone
ABC News (Australia)
The A.V. Club
The Straits Times
Daily Express
BBC News
Mediaweek
Daily Mail
Pedestrian.TV
France 24
The Guardian