Jeremy Edwards, a former actor known for Hollyoaks and Holby City, says he was “sexually humiliated” by David Walliams during a Comic Relief sketch in November 2006 at the Hammersmith Apollo. Edwards alleges Walliams pulled his trousers down and exposed him to the audience after a stage game in which Walliams lunged at him.
Several outlets describe Edwards’s account of long-term impact. The Mirror and Metro say he has felt shame or has been “haunted for years” since the incident, framing his experience as “abuse” and emphasizing that he did not consent to being exposed. The Evening Standard similarly focuses on the accusation that Walliams “humiliated” him in the sketch.
The wider context across the coverage is that Walliams is named in relation to other sexual-misconduct allegations. Metro and the Mirror note that the Metropolitan Police have launched a criminal investigation, and that the Guardian reported multiple women had accused Walliams of abusing his celebrity status while they were teenagers or young women; Walliams denies wrongdoing. The Daily Mail outlets additionally stress the scale of the audience and Edwards’s enduring anger.
