David Walliams: 'Wife is jealous of Simon'

David Walliams: 'Wife is jealous of Simon'
David Walliams: 'Wife is jealous of Simon' (Image credit: PA)

Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams has said his model wife is "jealous" of his relationship with show supremo Simon Cowell. The Little Britain Star, who has joined the judging panel of the ITV1 show for the first time, said he had upset Dutch-born Lara Stone by constantly talking about Simon. He said: "Lara is jealous because every time I come back from work I'm 'Oh, guess what Simon did today'." David joked he had started calling his wife "Simon" in bed, adding: "The first few times she didn't mind, but then wearing the mask...". But Simon said the relationship was more like the one he used to have with his parent's pet dog. He said: "My mum and dad used to have a Dachshund dog and as it got a bit older it used to get on my leg occasionally and hump my leg... that kind of is our relationship". Fellow judge Amanda Holden said she did not think twice about returning to the show so soon after the birth of her daughter, Hollie, left her critically ill in hospital. She joked: "I was desperate to see Simon, I saw him when I was flatlining actually." She added that she did not "consider it work", saying: "I think digging the roads is work or working nine to five - sitting at a desk and pressing a buzzer for a day is a treat."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.