Jeremy Edwards Says Walliams’s 2006 Sketch Humiliated Him

Edwards said the sketch took place before an audience of more than 3,000 people, including celebrities. He said he had expected his trousers to be pulled down, but not his genitals exposed. “Having your trousers pulled down and you’re stood there in your boxer shorts is one thing. Having your penis exposed is something very different,” he told the newspaper.

“I didn’t know that was going to happen,” Edwards said, adding that he would not have agreed had he been told what the sketch involved. He described Walliams as “predatory” and said he had received no apology. Edwards said he only recently watched footage of earlier shows and concluded that pulling down his trousers had been planned, not an accident.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed on November 13 that detectives in its Complex Sexual Offences Unit had received reports of past sexual offences. Walliams has not been arrested or charged. He has denied being a “sexual predator,” while saying that in past casual relationships he sometimes behaved “thoughtlessly” and did not properly consider people’s feelings, which he regrets. The police reports follow a joint investigation by ITV News and The Guardian.