Bafta-winning writer Graham Linehan wept as he told Stephen Nolan that trans activists had 'taken everything from me' after he was targeted following ...
Last December, Mr Linehan told Mail on Sunday that producers at Hat Trick Productions informed him that plans for a stage musical of Father Ted could collapse unless he removed his name from the credits over fears that the show could become a target for trans campaigners. - we had a letter supporting JK Rowling in the face of death and rape threats. It's a failure of journalism, because journalists are openly hiding the truth. 'And all it needs is just a few adults to step into the room and say, "Hang on a second. I think it's spread by the Internet. Kids spread it to each other. 'But it's a failure of comedy. We need to be able to discuss this in an adult way." How did the whole world believe that JK Rowling was a bigot despite no evidence being presented to that end?" 'And I genuinely think this is the first serious mass delusion spread by the internet. He said: 'We've done full rehearsals of [Father Ted the musical] twice. 'So I kind of thought it would be OK but the more time passed... Let them speak" - and for that they just destroyed me.'
Father Ted, the creator of the comedy series, cried as he claimed that trans activists had paid the price for his family and their marriage before ...
In a tearful interview with the BBC's Stephen Nolan, the writer has told how he had lost his career and his family over the bitter arguments that have consumed ...
In 2018, he was warned by police about harassment of a transgender activist and has been suspended by Twitter for ‘repeated violations of our rules against hateful conduct’. I truly hope you can snap out of it, for your sake, but mostly for trans folk.’ I'll tell you how cancelled I am, there were two programmes called Cancelled and I wasn't on either of them… Every comedian at the moment is living under a kind of state of permanent blackmail. Linehan, 53, also acknowledged that his strident views have cost him his marriage to Motherland writer Helen, but added: 'The one thing about this that keeps me going is that I know I'm right. He said: 'My original bet was that the Ted musical was too big to fail.
The Irish co-creator of comedy series Father Ted broke down in tears as he claimed trans activists had cost him his family and his marriage.
‘And all it needs is just a few adults to step into the room and say, “Hang on a second. He has also seen his stage version of Father Ted axed while in rehearsals. Let them speak” – and for that they just destroyed me.’