Why is David Walliams suing Britain’s Got Talent producers?

David Walliams is suing the production company behind Britain’s Got Talent.

The 52-year-old exited the ITV talent show in January after off-camera, alleged derogatory remarks he made about contestants were leaked to The Guardian.

Media reports now claim Walliams has filed a High Court case against the BGT producers, FremantleMedia, over data protection.

According to the leaked transcripts, Walliams allegedly referred to an elderly contestant as a “c***” multiple times and described a female contestant as “the slightly boring girl you meet in the pub that thinks you want to f*** them, but you don’t”.

Walliams apologised at the time.

FremantleMedia declined to comment on the story when approached by The Independent.