“Monty Python” star John Cleese is set to host a regular show on the right-wing news channel GB News next year.
The 82-year-old actor revealed his new project on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ on Monday morning. Cleese of GB News, which set up shop in Britain in 2021, said: “I was contacted and I didn’t know who they were. I don’t know much about modern television because I have given up on it so much. – I mean English TV. Then I met one of them through the people involved and dealt with Dinner with them and I liked it very much.
“What they said was, ‘People say it’s a right-wing channel, but it’s a free speech channel,'” explained Cleese, who works on the show with political satirical comedian Andrew Doyle.
“The nice thing about speaking to GB News audiences is that they may not be used to hearing the things I’m going to say,” Cleese cautioned.
He noted that the BBC had not contacted him about participating in one of their programmes, but even if they did, Cleese warned, he would not be interested. “I would say ‘not because you don’t care.’ I won’t get five minutes into the first show before I’m either canceled or censored,” he said.
Cleese is also set to be the presenter of a series on Channel 4 about the so-called abolition culture, titled “Alghani,” in which the actor talks to activists and victims of abolition culture, including some famous faces.
Cleese, who has 5.7 million followers on Twitter, has been vocal about his skepticism on many topics that often pique social media interest over recent years. Last fall, he pulled out of a talk at the Cambridge Confederation, citing concerns about the “Rules of Awakening” and the impersonation of Adolf Hitler he was best known for in the decades-old “Fawlty Towers” series.
In an interview with “Today”‘s Amol Rajan, Claes was asked how severe the threat the “vigilante” feels to our culture.
“in America, [it’s] “Worse than that,” Cleese said, noting that “the way people woke up their campaign is not very honest” and referred to a radio interview in which he claimed a liberal activist said she was avoiding public debate.
“I’m an old-fashioned liberal, so I always say, ‘If we do that, there will be advantages and there will be disadvantages,'” Cleese said.
As for whether “Monty Python” – which aired on the BBC between 1969 and 1974 – would start today, Cleese was dubious.
“Well, the guy who was in charge of light entertainment about four years ago said he wouldn’t order it now,” Cleese said. “They are six white people, five of whom have gone to Uxbridge [Oxford and Cambridge universities]But they put together a program that many people liked. The right wing didn’t like it.
“I remember when we were at O2 [stadium] Playing in front of an audience of up to 16,000 – the most unusual arena I’ve ever participated in – and the Daily Telegraph posted a trailer saying, “Was Monty Python really funny?” The only answer is, well, some people think so.”
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