David Walliams had 'suicidal thoughts' after Britain's Got Talent comments leaked

David Walliams says he had suicidal thoughts after leaked comments he made as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent were made public, according to a legal filing against the show’s production company.

Walliams, who was a judge on the ITV talent show between 2012 and 2022, is suing FremantleMedia for misuse of private information and for breaching UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, PA reports.

High Court documents released on Tuesday (October 17) said Walliams is accusing the company of causing him psychiatric harm and financial loss.

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The TV star left Britain’s Got Talent in 2022 after he apologised for making “disrespectful comments” about auditioning contestants during filming breaks in January 2020 at the London Palladium. The remarks came to light in November 2022 after a transcript was leaked to the Guardian.

The court filing states the 52-year-old believes producers “retained transcripts… of everything he said” during his time on the show and claims the defendant, FremantleMedia, “must be the ultimate source of the transcripts” that were leaked.

According to the documents, Walliams and the other judges on the show would not usually remove their microphones until filming had ended for the day. The comedian assumed he was only being recorded when contestants were on stage or during behind-the-scenes filming.

Walliams alleges private conversations, including him talking about his struggles with food addiction, his father’s death and his wife leaving him, could have been recorded by the production company.

The filing