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

John Cleese has shared a tongue-in-cheek apology for his announcement of a Fawlty Towers reboot, after the information upset 1000’s 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 concept.

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

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“Naively I believed it is perhaps enjoyable. However I really feel horrible about having launched this tide of adverse 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 Fortress Rock, with Harry Met Sally director Rob Reiner additionally engaged on the undertaking 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 by means of 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 should be in regards to the madness of ‘political correctness gone mad’,” recommended one other. “Previous man moaning about minorities will not be what we’d like.”

Others famous Cleese has misplaced his sparkle in public notion over time on account of his more and more conservative and problematic views.

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

“I am afraid I am not that excited by trans people. I simply hope they’re completely satisfied and that individuals 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 yr 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 competition in Austin, Texas.

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“[People] get aggressive about this enterprise of being oppressed,” Cleese stated. “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’ll be useless quickly. That is why I am in favour of world warming – I do not wish to be chilly ever once more,” he stated.

Cleese’s feedback currently haven’t left followers in good spirits in regards to the upcoming collection revival of Fawlty Towers, which sits within the gray of as we speak’s requirements of political correctness itself. Actually, 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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