Famous british comedian David Walliams slams people who ‘have no sense of humour’ anymore

British comedian David Walliams has revealed his thoughts on his once-loved Little Britain comedy show, in which he famously starred alongside co-star Matt Lucas.

Little Britain was first released in 2003, creating some iconic characters for the British public, including Vicky Pollard, Lou and Andy – and who could forget Bitty!

In 2020, both the comedic stars came out and publicly apologised for their sketches that contained blackface and other racial stereotypes.

Speaking to Daily Star, Walliams stated comedy is supposed to “shock and offend.”

Many can agree with this, depending on their sense of humour.

“Comedy, almost more than anything else, should be able to shock and offend,” he said.

“And if it doesn’t, it will become pretty toothless. What do we want?”

“You can go to an art gallery, see a shocking painting or photograph or something. You can listen to the Sex Pistols or something.”

“You know, it’s like you can read shocking novels, and watch shocking horror films.”

“So why has comedy come under this? I don’t know. People like telling people off. I don’t know.”

“Some people have no sense of humour. So what do you do with those people?”

“I think people have become very literal-minded about it, and they don’t realize that it’s playful,” he continued.

“I mean we had this sketch that we did in Little Britain, where we had these ladies who were judging jams in sort of village fate competitions,” he added.

“She was very racist and homophobic, and if she tasted some jam in this competition, they were judging it and she said, Oh, it’s absolutely delicious.”

“Then she’d find out the jam was made by someone black, and then she would throw up.”

“Some people go, ‘It’s disgusting, she throws up because she eats some jam by black people. It’s like… Yes, I know, you’re meant to be shocked and you’re meant to go, it’s how ridiculous racism is.”

“I sort of despair sometimes when people can’t seem to decode things like that … I mean, it’s clearly deconstructing racism. It’s not saying it’s fine, it’s saying how ridiculous it is.”

It was revealed in December 2023 that Walliams and Lucas are releasing a new comedy show that has been labelled as a “little bit edgy” with jokes “that are in terrible taste.”

There is currently no release date or title for the new show.