David Walliams joked that his son Alfred “no longer needed a father” after the youngster’s recent encounter with Hollywood actor Tom Cruise.
The Little Britain actor, 52, who shares his ten-year-old son with ex-wife Lara Stone, spoke about the exchange with the action star, 60, during his appearance on ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show.
Tell the host: ‘I saw (Tom) a week ago. I went to college with Simon Pegg, who is in the movie Mission: Impossible; He invited me and my son Alfred, who is ten years old.
‘We met Tom and Tom gave my son a really inspiring speech. For about half an hour I was thinking that he doesn’t need a father anymore.”
Before adding: ‘He gave the most surprising speech. “He was very generous with his time and very, very charming.”
David Walliams joked that his son Alfred “no longer needed a father” after the youngster’s recent encounter with Hollywood actor Tom Cruise.
The Little Britain actor (centre) spoke about the exchange with Tom (right) during his appearance on ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show (pictured with Sir Michael Caine in 2023).
Tell the host: ‘I saw (Tom) a week ago. I went to college with Simon Pegg, who appears in the movie Mission: Impossible; he invited me and my ten-year-old son Alfred (pictured with Alfred, on World Book Day 2023).
Last year, David shared a photo alongside Tom as they celebrated Sir Michael Caine’s 90th birthday at a dinner in London, which featured unlikely guests including Loose Women’s Denise Welch.
During his recent chat show appearance, David spoke about what inspires him ahead of the release of his new book Astro Chimp: ‘Luckily my son is ten, so he’s exactly the right age to read my books.
‘We go out for long walks together, we walk the dogs and he often comes up with ideas. He came up with this idea, mega monster: I wrote the book and now he says you have to give me 50% of the royalties. I said you’d get it one day!’
He also talked about his next project and joked about reuniting with his former comedy partner once again saying: ‘I and Matt Lucas We are working together on a new programme.’
David previously revealed why he wants to keep his young son out of the spotlight and chose to only share photos with the youngster’s face hidden.
Although David and Dutch model Lara, with whom he split in 2015, have high-profile careers, they made the decision that they wanted Alfred to be able to grow up like other children.
speaking to HELLO! Magazine, David said: ‘I knew what I was getting into, this is what I signed up for. Doing a TV show being in the spotlight is inevitable and if you’re a child it must be quite difficult.’
And he goes on to say: ‘You don’t know what they’re going to want to do with their lives. They could choose to do something completely private, in which case there doesn’t seem to be any advantage to being the center of attention.
David joked: ‘We met Tom and Tom gave my son a really inspiring speech. For about half an hour, I was thinking ‘he doesn’t need a father anymore’ (Tom pictured in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One)
Before adding: ‘He gave the most surprising speech. He was very generous with his time and very, very charming’ (pictured with fellow guest Kristen Dunst)
The comedian and author shares his son with the ex-wife of Dutch model Lara Stone, whom he split with in 2015 (pictured together in 2012).
The Little Britain duo also confirmed they had buried the hatchet when they posed together at the 40th birthday party of their mutual friend, actor Luke Evans, in April 2019.
Between 2011 and 2018, when they both attended Dale Winton’s funeral, neither star was seen together in public.
Matt released his autobiography Little Me: The AZ Of Matt Lucas in 2018, which uncovered their explosive backstage fights, as well as the manic performances that made them, briefly, the country’s most celebrated comedy duo.
In the tome, he criticizes: “Walliams has sold so many children’s books that he can probably buy his own private jet, all decked out in pink, with a river inside to swim in” – a blow to the fame Walliams acquired when he swam the Channel. of the English Channel and, later, the length of the Thames.
He also talked about his next project and joked about reuniting with his former comedy partner once again saying, “Matt Lucas and I are working on a new show together.”
David (left) pictured with Matt (right) in Little Britain
In his autobiography, Matt revealed how tensions flared between the couple in 2005 during their Little Britain Live tour, leading to a spectacular backstage fight.
David and Matt first met at the National Youth Theater and burst onto the comedy scene with the sketch series Little Britain in 2003.
The series created iconic characters such as Andy and Lou (with the catchphrase ‘I don’t like it’), Vicky Pollard (‘Yes, but no, yes, but no’) and Carol Beer (‘The computer says no’).
After three series, the show concluded in 2005, but led to a US spin-off three years later and numerous one-off specials for Comic and Sport Relief.
David previously spoke out about their disputes while promoting his own autobiography, Camp David in 2012. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Mark Lawson, he admitted: “We are very different people and we probably want different things and have different working methods.”
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(From left to right) Yung Filly, Mary Earps, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Marisa Abela, Kirsten Dunst and David Walliams