{"id":101362,"date":"2023-11-28T11:41:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101362"},"modified":"2023-11-28T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:41:06","slug":"david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"David Walliams accepts &apos;way under&apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>So why did David Walliams &#8216;accept just \u00a31 million&#8217; in his Britain&#8217;s Got Talent lawsuit after demanding \u00a310 million? Former show judge walks away with &#8216;a year&#8217;s salary as he settles legal battle&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0\u00a0Full details of the foul-mouthed BGT rant and what&#8217;s happened since<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Walliams\u00a0settled his Britain&#8217;s Got Talent lawsuit for &#8216;comfortably less&#8217; than the \u00a310 million he demanded and walked away with \u00a31 million, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders have indicated that the settlement figure was equivalent to around a year&#8217;s salary.<\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed on Monday that the TV star, 52, had settled his\u00a0lawsuit against Freemantle, the makers of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent, after being forced out of the ITV\u00a0show following the publication of remarks he made while judging.<\/p>\n<p>David stepped down as a judge a year ago after a recording of him making offensive comments about contestants was leaked.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s claimed the settlement figure is due to many of David&#8217;s arguments in the case against Freemantle &#8216;failing&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle had to accept that their security procedures had failed which allowed Walliams&#8217; comments to be leaked to the Guardian, hence the decision to settle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/01\/78304199-12796783-David_Walliams_has_settled_his_lawsuit_against_Fremantle_the_mak-a-32_1701134762998.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Walliams settled his Britain&#8217;s Got Talent lawsuit for &#8216;comfortably less&#8217; than the \u00a310 million he demanded<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told MailOnline that the star agreed to a\u00a0settlement which is said to be &#8216;way under&#8217; the \u00a310 million which he was seeking, and comfortably less than \u00a35 million.<\/p>\n<p>The former Little Britain star is said to have claimed in court documents that producers &#8216;recorded, transcribed and retained&#8217; all his conversations during his decade-long stint and that he had no idea his microphone was &#8216;kept on and recording&#8217; throughout the entire day of filming.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged 1,700 hours of audio recordings were collected, including a personal chat with his fellow judges Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden about the impact of his father&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that Fremantle broke data protection rules but Fremantle pointed to the fact that in April 2018, BGT\u00a0announced all cameras &#8216;would now be rolling 24\/7&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The star had been recorded on a hot mic during an audition show at the London Palladium calling an elderly contestant a &#8216;c***&#8217; three times when they left the stage.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed another contestant would think he wanted to &#8216;f***&#8217; her.\u00a0<span>Walliams had apologised publicly when the recordings were first published by The Guardian last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the high court documents, which were released last month, his lawyers argued that the comments were part of a private conversation not intended for broadcast. The lawyers for Thames TV, the production company behind BGT agreed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/11\/78263485-12799409-The_insiders_have_indicated_that_the_relatively_modest_settlemen-a-19_1701170875500.jpg\" height=\"341\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The insiders have indicated that the relatively modest settlement was equivalent to around a year&#8217;s salary &#8211; roughly \u00a31 million (pictured on the show with co-judges Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The court documents also showed that he received a letter from The Guardian about his leaked audio last year, months before he was offered a new contract from BGT.<\/p>\n<p>Walliams claimed the publication&#8217;s letter was the first time he realised Fremantle was &#8216;collecting and retaining vastly more of his personal data than he had been given to understand&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However, a source from Fremantle said the show&#8217;s judges were aware they were always being recorded, adding to the publication: &#8216;It seems somewhat bizarre, as it was widely reported in 2018 that all the comments judges made at the desk were going to be recorded, even when they weren&#8217;t speaking to contestants.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Walliams&#8217;s lawyers say he accepted the job offer 18 days after The Guardian&#8217;s November 10, 2022, article was published.<\/p>\n<p>However, Fremantle withdrew the offer on December, 14, which Walliams claimed was &#8216;in response to the publication&#8217; of the article.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/11\/78317605-12799409-Court_documents_showed_that_the_author_and_broadcaster_stated_th-a-20_1701170875503.jpg\" height=\"940\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Court documents showed that the author and broadcaster stated that his earnings had been &#8216;very severely reduced&#8217; due to the negative publicity around the story<\/p>\n<p>David said in court documents that he has battled severe\u00a0depression since the sacking and has had &#8216;active suicidal thoughts&#8217;. In a report, consultant psychiatrist Dr Mark Collins, who has treated David for years, said the star&#8217;s depression was &#8216;possibly the worst since I first met him&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Collins said the leak of the transcripts &#8216;has had a profound, severe and, at times, very worrying effect on his mental health&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0BBC defends &#8216;racist&#8217; Little Britain sketch where David Walliams says Asian character &#8216;smells of soy sauce&#8217;, as corporation claims scene is intended to &#8216;expose and ridicule outdated prejudices that still exist in parts of UK society&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Court documents also showed that the star stated that his earnings had been &#8216;very severely reduced&#8217; due to the negative publicity around the story.<\/p>\n<p>David claimed that the BBC cut funding from one of his projects after his foul-mouthed remarks on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent came to light.<\/p>\n<p>According to the comedian, the BBC pulled part of its funding for an animation series of his 2011 book Gangsta Granny due to &#8216;negative publicity&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, it was reported that the series was in development but yet to be commissioned by the BBC, with funding provided by the corporation prior to David&#8217; BGT scandal.<\/p>\n<p>According to documents submitted by David&#8217;s lawyer, non-BBC adaptations of the star&#8217;s books were also axed.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Freemantle spokesperson said on Monday: &#8216;We are pleased that we have achieved an amicable resolution of this dispute with David. We are sincerely sorry that his private conversations when a judge on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent were published, and the great distress this caused David.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have reviewed our production practices on the show to ensure they fully respect the expectations of our talent whilst satisfying the requirements of the show. We have enjoyed a great relationship with David over many years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We thank David for being an important part of the Britain&#8217;s Got Talent family and the enduring success of the show and hope to have opportunities to work with him in the future.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Walliams have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12799409\/David-Walliams-accepted-way-10million-demanded-Britains-Got-Talent-lawsuit-walks-away-years-salary-1million.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So why did David Walliams &#8216;accept just \u00a31 million&#8217; in his Britain&#8217;s Got Talent lawsuit after demanding \u00a310 million? Former<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Walliams accepts &amp;apos;way under&amp;apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Walliams accepts &amp;apos;way under&amp;apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit - Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So why did David Walliams &#8216;accept just \u00a31 million&#8217; in his Britain&#8217;s Got Talent lawsuit after demanding \u00a310 million? Former\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-28T11:41:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/David-Walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/\",\"name\":\"David Walliams accepts &apos;way under&apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit - Celebrity Cover News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-28T11:41:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-28T11:41:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Celebrities\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/category\/celebrities\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"David Walliams accepts &apos;way under&apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrity Cover News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"David Walliams accepts &apos;way under&apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit - Celebrity Cover News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"David Walliams accepts &apos;way under&apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit - Celebrity Cover News","og_description":"So why did David Walliams &#8216;accept just \u00a31 million&#8217; in his Britain&#8217;s Got Talent lawsuit after demanding \u00a310 million? Former","og_url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/","og_site_name":"Celebrity Cover News","article_published_time":"2023-11-28T11:41:06+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/David-Walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/","url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/","name":"David Walliams accepts &apos;way under&apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit - Celebrity Cover News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T11:41:06+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-28T11:41:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/david-walliams-accepts-way-under-10m-demand-as-he-settles-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Celebrities","item":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/category\/celebrities\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"David Walliams accepts &apos;way under&apos; \u00a310m demand as he settles lawsuit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/","name":"Celebrity Cover News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}