Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
3 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
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Matt Lucas has yet to comment publicly on allegations made against David Walliams, with some social media users urging the comedian to address claims levelled against his former comedy partner.
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users → have → partner
Lucas created and starred in the sketch shows Little Britain and Come Fly With Me alongside Walliams until the pair stopped working together.
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pair → create → Walliams
They later reunited and hosted a podcast until earlier this year.
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They → reunite → year
The comedian, 52, is yet to address the accusations shrouding Walliams, despite many fans urging him to “speak out”.
asserted
fans → address → him
He has, however, stopped posting his daily posts wishing his followers a “good morning” on X, something he had been doing for several years.
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he → stop → years
He paused the posts last Tuesday - a week before the Walliams allegations were made public.
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allegations → pause → posts
Users have been calling for him to “release a statement” about Walliams, with one writing on his last post: “Any statement about David and what you did and didn’t know.
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you → call → what
The world is waiting.”
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world → wait → ?
Another said: “Anyone else find it odd how it's been almost 24 hours since the news broke and there's been no official statement from Matt Lucas?”
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news → say → Lucas
Others suggested he might be “keeping a dignified silence” on the situation.
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he → suggest → situation
Their friendship became strained during the Little Britain Live tour in 2005 and their tour of Australia in 2007, with minor arguments sometimes escalating to shouting matches, according to Lucas.
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arguments → become → Lucas
The duo ended their professional partnership in 2011 after Come Fly With Me and were not in contact for several years.
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duo → end → years
Lucas alluded to Walliams’ success as an author, writing in his memoir: “Walliams has now sold so many children's books he can probably buy his own private jet, all decked out in pink, with a river inside it for him to swim up.”
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him → allude → it
They came to a truce in 2018 when their mutual friend Dale Winton died and a year later they appeared in the Little Britain spin-off, Little Brexit.
Last year, they launched the twice-weekly podcast Making A Scene, in which they interview their comedian friends.
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they → come → friends
The former Britain’s Got Talent judge said: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with.
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I → say → relationships
“I realise I did not always take people’s feelings properly into account.
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I → realise → account
That is something I regret.
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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.”
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I → abuse → that
He added: “I am not a sexual predator.
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I → add → ?
I have not broken the law, but I am devastated that some of the women I met 10 to 20 years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
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I → break → me
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