John Cleese shares tongue-in-cheek apology over Fawlty Towers reboot: ‘I really meant no hurt’

John Cleese has shared a tongue-in-cheek apology for his announcement of a Fawlty Towers reboot, after the information upset hundreds of followers.

Cleese, 83, who wrote and acted within the authentic ’70s comedy collection, which he developed along with his then-wife, Connie Sales space, shared a joking message to Twitter, insisting he “meant no hurt” by the thought.

“I need to apologise. I had no concept that the thought of writing a brand new sitcom with my daughter would trigger a lot anger and misery. I really meant no hurt,” he wrote.

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“Naively I assumed it could be enjoyable. However I really feel horrible about having launched this tide of destructive emotion. Please forgive me.”

Cleese revealed the information of the collection revival two weeks in the past, asserting he can be writing and showing within the new collection alongside his comic daughter Camilla Cleese, 39.

From there, information unfold that the collection can be developed by US studio Citadel Rock, with Harry Met Sally director Rob Reiner additionally engaged on the venture with the Cleeses.

Whereas there have been followers who expressed delight on the concept of the ’70s collection being rebooted greater than 40 years later, there have been many who did not.

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“That is going to be a practice wreck, however not simply any practice wreck, a practice driving via an enormous pile of sh–t right into a nuclear reactor that creates a mushroom cloud that engulfs the nation, whereas concurrently showering us in… bits of practice,” wrote one individual on Reddit.

“John Cleese wants to sit down down,” they added.

“Let me guess. It’ll be concerning the madness of ‘political correctness gone mad’,” advised one other. “Outdated man moaning about minorities just isn’t what we’d like.”

Others famous Cleese has misplaced his sparkle in public notion through the years on account of his more and more conservative and problematic views.

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In 2020, Cleese was accused of creating transphobic feedback on Twitter when he expressed help for Harry Potter creator JK Rowling throughout her personal Twitter controversy on the time.

“I am afraid I am not that fascinated by trans of us. I simply hope they’re completely satisfied and that folks deal with them kindly,” Cleese tweeted.

“Proper now I am extra focussed on threats to democracy in America, the rampant corruption within the UK, the appalling British press, the revelations about police brutality…”

Final 12 months Cleese was referred to as out for making offensive slavery jokes, which resulted in him having his microphone taken away from him on the SXSW pageant in Austin, Texas.

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“[People] get aggressive about this enterprise of being oppressed,” Cleese mentioned. “You do know the British have been slaves twice, proper?”

Cleese managed to proceed earlier than his microphone was fully taken away from him, additionally managing a joke about world warming.

“The factor is, I will be useless quickly. That is why I am in favour of worldwide warming – I do not wish to be chilly ever once more,” he mentioned.

Cleese’s feedback recently haven’t left followers in good spirits concerning the upcoming collection revival of Fawlty Towers, which sits within the gray of at this time’s requirements of political correctness itself. The truth is, the collection noticed an episode faraway from the British streaming website UKTV in 2020 on account of the usage of racial slurs.

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