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Jonathan Ross addresses resurfaced awards joke after Walliams allegations

Channel 4 News reports that Ross found the old footage deeply shocking and said a writing team had supplied the joke.

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Channel 4 News Story of November 12, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 211,169 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (17,027).

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Footage of Jonathan Ross hosting the British Comedy Awards in 2004 sits at the centre of a Channel 4 News report on his response to allegations against David Walliams.

Ross says he is horrified by the sexual misconduct allegations against Walliams and by Russell Brand's conviction, and had been "genuinely unaware" of their behaviour. Walliams denies any wrongdoing.

The Short revisits a joke Ross delivered about Walliams at the awards ceremony. Ross says watching it again was deeply shocking and that the joke had been submitted by a writing team. The report places his response alongside the archival footage, rather than showing a new exchange with Walliams.

The clip reached roughly 170,000 views in fifteen hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts. A separate Channel 4 News upload covering Ross's response also drew an unusually fast start.

The broadcaster's coverage extends to Ed Miliband, who says he deeply regrets appearing on Brand's interview show in 2015. In that report, Miliband expresses sympathy for Brand's victims and says he would not have agreed to the interview had he known what has since come to light.

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