John Cleese has taken aim at the BBC over an interview he gave to the BBC World Asia.
In a series of tweets Cleese made his feelings clear with a series of claims.
"I just did an interview with BBC World Asia. It was to talk about the shows I'm doing in Singapore and Bangkok Instead, the interviewer, whose name was, I think, Karishma, started by asking me questions about Cancel Culture. I replied courteously and in full ...
...I explained that if parents were over protective, it did not prepare children well when they entered the real and often not-very-nice world. She then asked a disjointed question, clearly trying to portray me as old-fashioned, uncaring and basically harmful I pointed out....
..that her question was a poor one, since it contained so many very different points I answered one. Many Cognitive Behavioural Therapists who are successful in helping young people with Anxiety and Depression, feel that Woke principles are almost the opposite of theirs...
She totally ignored this At this point pointed out that I had been told than the interview was to be about my shows in Singapore and Bangkok, and I asked if we could now talk about that She then asked why I was doing shows in Asia when the pandemic was causing such problems...
... apparently blaming me for making the situation worse ! I explained that the omicron variant had surfaced only three weeks ago, and that tours are arranged rather more than three weeks ahead She then asked me about Dave Chapelle So I removed my headphones, saying...
...that this was not the interview I had agreed to So I am formally complaining to the BBC about the deception, dishonesty and tone of this interview Karishma had no interest in a discussion with me She wanted only the role of prosecutor The BBC needs to train her again
The media will no doubt report that I 'stormed out' I didn't Nor did I lose my temper But I was depressed that this kind of presenter-ego crap is so prevalent now"
The BBC, in a statement, said the journalist had asked Cleese about his tour of Asia as well as exploring themes around cancel culture.
"This was a fair and appropriate interview which touched on topics that John Cleese has previously been vocal about as well as themes within his new tour," a BBC spokeswoman said.
"Our presenter is an excellent and experienced journalist who conducted the interview entirely within our editorial guidelines."
As well as appearing live John Cleese is currently in the new film Clifford The Big Red Dog as Mr. Bridwell, the magical animal rescuer.
