X (formerly Twitter) in response to a t-shirt he wore in support of the trans community.On the t-shirt, which Tennant wore while promoting the second season of Good Omens, the slogan read: “Leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks.”During a panel at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Sunday (October 1), Linehan said the comments led to him being dropped by his TV agency, Independent Talent, who also represent Tennant.Speaking yesterday on the panel of the Tufton St love-in IEA/TaxPayers Alliance event at the Tory party conference Graham Linehan admits he has just been dropped by his TV agent after calling David Tennant a "groomer". pic.twitter.com/wxGZptiS3T— On a clear day (@ICanSeeForever1) October 2, 2023“I guess the other interesting thing that happened to me is I just lost my TV agent because I criticised David Tennant,” Linehan said.“I only found this out later, because I looked at the list of people Independent Talent represented and David Tennant was at the top.
Richard Ayoade And Jonathan Ross Receive Social Media Backlash Over Graham Linehan Book Reviews
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Two of the UK’s top comedy stars, Richard Ayoade and Jonathan Ross, have received backlash on social media after reviewing The IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan’s memoir.
Irish writer Linehan has gone from the writer of much-loved Channel 4 comedies The IT Crowd, Father Ted and Black Books into an outspoken anti-transgender activist in recent years, leading many in the UK and Ireland to boycott him.
His book, Tough Crowd, has gone on pre-sale on Amazon this week. Its reviews section displays favorable quotes from talk show host and writer Ross and actor-director Ayoade, who starred in The IT Crowd between 2006 and 2013. Other advocates include author John Boyne, anti-trans journalist Helen Joyce, comic Simon Evans and British TV director Lissa Evans.
Ross was quoted saying the book is “one of the most compelling and unflinchingly honest memoirs I’ve read in many years. It’s also the funniest,” while Ayoade was quoted as saying: “Graham Linehan has long been one of my favourite writers — and this books shows that his brilliance in prose is equal to his brilliance as a screenwriter. It unfolds with the urgency of a Sam Fuller film: that of a man who has been through something that few have experienced but has managed to return, undaunted, to tell the tale.”
Parts of both quotes appear to be on the cover of Linehan’s memoir, which charts how he went from a comedy writer to an outcast among many circles, effectively losing his comedy career along the way.
The reviews sparked a war of words on X (formerly Twitter), with trans rights advocates slamming the pair for vouching for Linehan’s work, some voicing dismay at their support and others praising them for the public vote of confidence. Linehan reposted several messages in
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