David Walliams opened up about his gender identity and sexuality during a candid podcast appearance.
The former Britain’s Got Talent judge touched on where he stands with gender and his sexual past while talking to Australian presenter Josh Szeps on the latter’s show, Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps.
David, 53, revealed that he’d “probably” refer to himself as non-binary if we’d had the same language around gender we have now back when he was a teen, and also spoke about his experiences on the “spectrum” of sexuality.
“I think it’s interesting. I mean, I find change interesting,” the Little Britain star responded when asked about how gender identity has developed over the past 10 years.
“And I mean, you know, I wrote a book called ‘The Boy in the Dress’ 15 years ago, which was sort of seen as a bit more daring then, and it’s always something – I’ve always sort of felt like celebrating difference on, so I’ve always thought it’s exciting.”
He later added of his own identity: “I sort of think, where would I be positioning myself maybe, if I was now 19 or 20. Because I went to Bristol University and did a drama degree. And I think that course is where you’re probably… if there’s a group of people who are going to be most interested in that sort of area, most drawn to that area, it’s probably going to be drama students.”
“What do you think you would be doing if you were 19?” host Josh asked.
David responded: “I don’t know. I mean, I think in a way I’d probably say I’m non-binary, I think. Probably. I don’t know exactly.”
The author continued: “But I mean, it’s interesting. So I had this girlfriend at the end of university and we used to go out – I used to go out – we used to go to like gay clubs and dance for like six hours and I’d be wearing like a skirt or stuff like that.”
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After a longer discussion about his clubbing experiences, Josh delved deeper into David’s sexuality.
“And what about your sexuality?” he prompted, adding, “You always lean into ‘Britain’s most famous bi-curious comedian’ or something, was that a real reflection of your adolescence, did you fool around with guys?”
“Yeah, I’d say so,” David shared. “But again, it almost seems odd because these kinds of things were a big deal to talk about.”
The actor explained more about his feelings towards gay culture, and drew a comparison between himself and his BBC co-star Matt Lucas, 50.
“Yeah, so I was always at home with that as well. Sometimes I think my life would be a lot easier if I was just gay. Because I’m really drawn to gay things. I really like gay culture,” he said. “It’s interesting because Matt Lucas is gay. And he’s like into football and he’s into musicals as well, actually… But yeah I’d say I’m probably sort of camper than him. It’s hard, I don’t know.”
David summarised his thoughts on sexuality by suggesting that things weren’t necessarily black and white.
“I think probably most – not everybody – but a lot of people probably are somewhere on the kind of spectrum, aren’t they? … I think men are more wound up about it than girls are,” he explained.
