David Walliams has reportedly banned his Britain’s Got Talent co-stars from mentioning his ex Lara Stone.
The comedian apparently had an awkward exhange with Amanda Holden when he made a jibe about her ex-husband Les Dennis during filming for BGT: The Champions.
According to The Sun, a female magician mentioned men coming back from the past and David couldn’t resist but poke fun at Amanda.
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He reportedly told her: “You have one Amanda. He’s called Les Dennis.”
As the audience laughed, Amanda apparently hit back: “Do you have an ex-wife David? We are never allowed to talk about Lara Stone are we?”
A source told the publication: “David makes the same joke every year. Amanda was furious and felt it was time the tables were turned.
“His jokes — including to Simon Cowell — are wearing thin on everyone involved in the show.
“David did apologise and they hugged it out in the end.”
Ent Daily has contacted reps for BGT for comment.
Amanda divorced TV legend Les in 2003 while David’s marriage to model Lara ended in 2015.
Earlier this year, Lara admitted that going through a divorce was “awful”, but insisted she and David have worked well together to co-parent their son Alfred.
She told The Telegraph: “Sometimes really different people work together – but maybe not forever. It’s awful getting divorced. [Alfred’s] the happiest kid – really happy to be home with me and really happy to be home with his dad, so what more could you ask for?
“It’s been OK. We always both had Alfred’s best interests at heart. It’s quite complicated custody because it’s almost 50/50.”
Lara also revealed she found the fame that came from being in a relationship with David, quite terrifying.
Speaking of the early days of their relationship, she said: “I’d been at his house and was walking back to the Tube and this car was driving next to me and they were taking pictures the whole time. It was just so bewildering and terrifying.”
Meanwhile, earlier this week, David had shared a photo of himself and his co-judges backstage at the show.
The picture saw David with his arms around Amanda and music mogul Simon Cowell while their pregnant co-star Alesha Dixon showed off her blossoming baby bump.
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David captioned the post: “Back together. @bgt Champions.”
Filming for the upcoming series started this week, with the likes of crooner Paul Potts, dance duo Stavros Flatley and knife swallower Alex Magala taking part.
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