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20
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0%
0 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
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Sean Lock's face said it all after David Walliams made a disturbing joke about sharing a bed with 13-year-old boys on a television panel show.
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Walliams → say → show
The controversial comedian and author, who is facing sexual abuse allegations, made the comment on an episode of the Channel 4 show 8 Out of Ten Cats in 2009.
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who → face → 2009
He was named after a High Court injunction to block the publication of serious allegations against him was dismissed on November 3.
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injunction → name → November
Since losing the court battle having argued he would take his own life if they became public, Walliams has been accused of preying on girls as young as 15.
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Walliams → lose → 15
Now resurfaced footage from the show – filmed the week Michael Jackson died – shows Jimmy Carr asking the panellists what stories the nation was talking about.
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nation → resurface → stories
After desperately waving his arm to get the host's attention, the former Britain's Got Talent judge said: 'Have you heard Michael Jackson is dead?'
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Jackson → wave → attention
He then went on to make a morbid joke about the 'controversial figure' saying: 'if it is wrong to share your bed with 13-year-old boys then lock me up and throw away the key.'
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it → go → key
As Walliams delivered the distasteful 'joke', the late comedian Sean Lock looked utterly unimpressed staring coldly forwards appearing to chew gum.
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comedian → deliver → gum
The late comedian Sean Lock looked utterly unimpressed as Walliams made the disturbing comment
The controversial comedian and author pictured saying: 'if it is wrong to share your bed with 13-year-old boys then lock me up and throw away the key'
Walliams looked pleased with himself after making the comment but Mr Carr grimaced before the show immediately moved on.
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show → look → comment
It is not the first clip to resurface of Walliams's questionable behaviour on stage and television.
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It → resurface → stage
During a Little Britain stage show in 2007, Walliams molested young men by pulling down their underwear in a 'humiliating' game of Hide The Sausage.
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Walliams → molest → Sausage
Footage from a BBC documentary features Walliams as the predatory gay former children's entertainer 'Des Kaye', groping three males said to be aged between 16 and 18.
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Footage → feature → 16
In the video, Walliams invited the audience members on stage before he appears to kiss their bare buttocks.
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he → invite → buttocks
After asking their age, one member answered 16 and Walliams said 'bingo,' before adding: 'You're a big boy for 16 aren't you – that's what I'll tell the judge.'
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I → ask → judge
He then kisses the boy on the lips before playing his game of 'Hide The Sausage', a game involving him lunging for their trousers, dry humping them and leaving the audience members grappling to keep their genitals covered.
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him → kiss → genitals
Five years after Sean Lock squirmed over Walliams' comment on 8 Out of Ten Cats, the comedian – who died in 2021, aged 58 – also told the show's audience what he thought of now convicted rapist Russell Brand.
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he → squirm → Brand
Although Walliams smiled after making the comment, 8 Out of Ten Cats host Jimmy Carr grimaced
In a two-minute clip from the show aired in 2014, the comic said: 'Probably the reason I hate him so much is that I am a dad, and I have this fear that one day my daughters will bring something like that home.
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daughters → smile → that
And he will come in and go so, "Oh such pleasure to be in your charming abode".'
Mr Lock was initially talking about Brand's hypocrisy and 'self-serving' nature when it came to discouraging people from voting.
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it → come → people
He was referring to Brand telling Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight in 2013 he had never voted and never would.
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he → refer → 2013
Brand was jailed for ten years and six months for one count of rape and three of sexual assault.
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Brand → jail → assault
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