John Cleese has apologised for making fun of ‘white English people’ in a mocking snipe at The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria. Mr Azaria, who is white but had played the Indian-American character Apu since 1989, was the subject of controversy in 2017 following the release of a documentary. He recently apologised to ‘every single Indian person’ … Read more
John Cleese has criticised the ‘stifling’ effect of political correctness on creativity – saying there is no such thing as a ‘woke joke’. The former Monty Python star, 80, said Britain should not organise its society around ‘the sensibilities of the most easily upset people’, because that would lead to a ‘very neurotic society’. Mr … Read more
John Cleese says children hardly recognise him and blames BBC for failing to air Monty Python repeats John Cleese said Monty Python has not been on terrestrial TV for 20 years He said: ‘I used to walk into a shop and everyone would recognise me’ The 80-year-old comedian was at a question and answer session … Read more
A Monty Python fan cheered up his neighbours by encouraging them to echo some of the walks seen in John Cleese’s famous sketch. James Ruffell, 37, decided he would bring some humour to his home village of Sonning, Berkshire, during lockdown. He put up sign which stated: ‘You are now entering the jurisdiction of the … Read more
Fawlty thinking? British actor John Cleese charges fans £249 to be insulted in four-minute video ‘shout outs’ John Cleese, 80, is charging £249 to send a personalised message to a fan The Monty Python star has already responded to six requests for a video Website Cameo allows fans to pay for messages from their favourite … Read more
Say Cleese! Monty Python icon star John, 80, joins Instagram ‘due to the boredom of quarantine’ but struggles to remember the name of the social networking site By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 11:24 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 11:38 BST, 2 April 2020 Monty Python star John Cleese joined Instagram on Thursday and … Read more
John Cleese has mocked the paltry royalty payments he receives for narrating Winnie The Pooh, revealing that one of his residual cheques totalled just 17 pence. The comedy legend took to Twitter on Saturday to blast the low payments he banks for his voice work on the 2011 Disney movie – which had a budget … Read more