Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has taken aim at some of the big dogs in the comedy industry, accusing them of “breezing over” his cancellation.
The comedy writer has found himself in a constant battle to save his livelihood since he began to speak out on trans ideology.
A show featuring Linehan was cancelled twice last year at Edinburgh Fringe and he also claimed he had been refused a pass to the Conservative Party conference.
Speaking on GB News, Linehan has now taken aim at his comedy counterparts whom he once considered to be allies, citing Alan Partridge and Thick of It writer Armando Ianucci.
Linehan hit out at fellow comedians
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“It’s an extraordinary thing. I’m seeing Armando Ianucci this week who was a colleague of mine, I worked on a couple of shows with him and I appeared on Alan Partridge”, he said.
“I have said many times to him, ‘I have been cancelled, I’ve lost my livelihood, why do you ignore all this?’
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“He is one of these people who seems to think cancel culture doesn’t exist, but he just breezes over it.
“It’s because they simply do not want to address this issue. If they acknowledge I exist, they acknowledge this issue exists. They are pretending this issue does not exist.
“I think it’s a combination of fear and I genuinely don’t think they have enough curiosity or empathy for women.”
Linehan, best known for his work on IT Crowd and Father Ted, has been accused of transphobia after voicing his opinion on the issue.
Linehan hit out at Armando Ianucci
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The writer has been involved in a number of social media disputes with trans activists, and in 2020 was permanently suspended from Twitter, now X, which claimed he had breached rules on “hateful content”.
His account was reinstated when Elon Musk took over the social media platform.
Speaking to Andrew Doyle about his initial decision to speak out, he said: “I just noticed women being bullied online and in physical spaces as well, I started objecting to it and I immediately started losing work.
“I had, what I thought was a safety net, with a Father Ted musical, which was basically my pension.
“But it got taken away by spineless colleagues.”
GB News has approached Armando Ianucci's representatives for comment.