David Walliams joked on Alan Carr's Chatty Man in 2009 that singer Natalie Imbruglia had refused to marry him and had called him a 'vile sexual predator'.
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Imbruglia → joke → him
The bizarre comment about himself, made on an episode of the primetime Channel 4 chat show which aired on July 5, 2009, was in response to Alan Carr asking about his reportedly prolific dating life.
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Carr → make → life
David, now 55, spoke of his crush on Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, 51, after Alan commented on the pair smiling together for a photo at a recent celebrity event.
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Alan → speak → event
Alan asked the comedian: 'Natalie Imbruglia, she was with us, why don't you marry her and make an honest woman of her?
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you → ask → her
She was adorable, you'd make such a lovely couple.'
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you → make → couple
David replied: 'Well it's very kind of you to say that, but she, erm, isn't really into marrying me.'
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she → reply → me
He continued: 'And the phrase I think she used is: "You're a vile sexual predator" - something like that!'
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You → continue → that
David Walliams replied when asked about his relationship to singer Natalie Imbruglia: 'She, erm, isn't really into marrying me.
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She → reply → me
And the phrase I think she used is: 'You're a vile sexual predator' - something like that!'
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You → think → that
The comedian made the comments during an appearance on Alan Carr's chat show Chatty Man in 2009
Walliams met the Australian singer in 2009 and later admitted he had a 'huge crush' on her, but that she friendzoned him.
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she → make → him
David then laughed, before adding: 'No, we're just really good friends, it's really important to have some good female friends, but she's lovely.
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she → laugh → friends
I mean I'd marry her if she wanted to but she doesn't want to.'
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she → mean → her
This week, Walliams was unmasked as the celebrity who tried to get a court injunction to prevent media reporting sexual misconduct claims against him, telling the High Court he would kill himself if his identity were revealed.
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identity → unmask → himself
The Little Britain star and former Britain's Got Talent judge is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and preying on multiple teenagers.
He is also alleged to have had an inappropriate sexual relationship with an intern at publisher HarperCollins and pursued another employee - before he was dropped for 'inappropriate behaviour towards young women'.
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he → accuse → women
He admitted having had a consensual sexual relationship with the intern, but strongly denied allegations of grooming, sexual assault, or abusing his celebrity status.
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He → admit → status
In the 2009 episode of Chatty Man, comedian and host Alan Carr also asked Walliams about his dating history.
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Carr → ask → history
The children's author is also alleged to have had an inappropriate sexual relationship with an intern at publisher HarperCollins and pursued another employee - before he was dropped last year for 'inappropriate behaviour towards young women'
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he → allege → women
Walliams said of Imbruglia (pictured together in London in February 2006): 'I mean I'd marry her if she wanted to but she doesn't want to'
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she → say → her
Alan asked: 'You always seem to be in the paper with different women.
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You → ask → women
How do you pick them up?'
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you → pick → them
Walliams replied: 'I just meet them out.
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I → reply → them
I just like spending time with them, I like to take them out for dinner, go shopping, that kind of thing.'
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I → like → thing
Alan continued: 'Because you're a bit like an illegal taxi driver.
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you → continue → driver
You lure them into a false sense of security and then you pounce.
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you → lure → security
Walliams smiled and calmly replied: 'Well, a lot of these ladies are just friends of mine and, as you can see that night, it was just great, we're just really good friends.'
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we → smile → mine
But Alan pressed on: 'You were like a social butterfly!'
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You → press → butterfly
At that point, Walliams stared calmly back and retaliated to Alan about his presence at the celebrity event: 'Well you were as well, you were very, very popular.
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you → star → event
People thought you'd maybe won a competition to be there.
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you → think → competition
They thought let's have a little picture with him, ah, "how did you get to be here - are you enjoying it?!"
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you → think → it
Alan then asked Walliams to confirm the rumours as to who he had been romantically linked to, saying: 'Now I know you're too gentlemanly to talk about what you do with your lady friends but can you just cough to confirm if anything has happened with the following, because you've all been linked with these people, yes?
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you → ask → people
Walliams said: 'Someone else coughed.'
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Someone → say → ?
Alan continued: 'Lisa Snowdon?
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Alan → continue → ?
Walliams said: 'What have I got to do, cough if (yes)?'
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I → say → ?
Alan then asked: 'Abi Titmuss?'
Walliams: *coughs*
Alan: 'Kate Moss?'
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Alan → ask → Titmuss
The end of the episode sees Walliams try on women's clothes with Alan, the pair undressing on stage to reveal women's lingerie beneath their suits.
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pair → see → suits
Alan proposed to Walliams: 'Now my aunt died recently and I found a bunch of her clothes and I knew you were coming round and I thought you might like to have a finger through them and see if there's anything you like.'
Walliams replied: 'I'd love to have a finger...'
The pair proceed to put the women's clothes on, undressing their bottom halves to reveal feminine lingerie and stockings and a black lacy camisole.
As the interview comes to an end, Walliams asks Alan: 'Have you finished humiliating me yet?'
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you → propose → me
After Alan thanks Walliams for his time, the comic asked the host: 'Dawn French kissed you?'
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Dawn → thank → you
When Alan replied: 'Yes', Walliams asked: 'Did she put her tongue in?'
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she → reply → tongue
Before Alan can finish replying: 'Half of it', Walliams lunges in for a kiss.
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Walliams → finish → kiss
In 2024, Walliams mentioned his crush on Natalie Imbruglia again, telling Fitzy and Wippa radio show that he had a 'huge crush' on Imbruglia when they first met, but that the singer 'friendzoned' him.
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singer → mention → him
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