Peter Kay has defended David Walliams and Matt Lucas' controversial 'Little Britain' sketches.
Peter Kay defends Little Britain
The 50-year-old comedian previously worked with the pair and believes it is a "shame" they have been subject to so much criticism.
The Mirror reports that Kay writes in his new book 'TV: Big Adventures on the Small Screen': ""I started to get invites from my peers to play characters in their shows, which was really lovely. Matt Lucas and David Walliams asked me if I’d like to appear in a Little Britain special they were filming called 'Little Britain Abroad'.
"I was to play the younger brother of Dudley Punt (David Walliams). He’s just married his Thai bride, Ting Tong Macadangdang (Matt Lucas), in order to make an honest man/ woman of her. They go on their honeymoon to Belgium, where they meet up with my character. I live in a caravan park with my new 18-year-old virgin wife Ivanka (Julia Davis), ‘who’s set me back two hundred quid’.
"It was all very far from being politically correct but that’s what made it funny. It probably wouldn’t get made now.
"Sadly, Matt and David have taken a lot of flak in the past few years for the work they did. I think that’s a shame."
He also believes social media and the media are to blame for the issues in comedy.
He writes: "Comedy is such a minefield, with political correctness changing it all the time. Sometimes for the greater good, most of the time not.
"Everybody’s a critic on social media. Something or somebody gets ‘slammed on Twitter’ (which might only be by a handful of people) and the press jump all over it."
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