John Cleese told Ed Balls to "shut up" when he was being interviewed by him on 'Good Morning Britian' on Tuesday (10.10.23).
John Cleese tells Ed Balls to 'shut up' during Good Morning Britain interview
The 'Fawlty Towers' star was promoting his new GB News show 'The Dinosaur Hour' - on which he will interview big-name stars, such as Sir Trevor McDonald and Stephen Fry - but 'GMB' co-host Ed couldn't resist a dig at the channel.
He told John: "You’re the only presenter joining them [GB News] rather than leaving them at the moment."
John, who says his new show is for "people who are badly out of touch", replied: "They’re clearing out a certain amount which is not a bad idea. They do believe in free speech..."
Ed then jokingly interjected: "Get the old blood out and the new blood in."
But John blasted: "Will you shut up?"
In the awkward moment, Ed's co-host Susanna Reid agreed that her fellow presenter had been talking over the comedian.
She said: "You’re asking a question then talking over the answer."
Elsewhere during the chat, John defended his and his daughter Camilla Cleese's upcoming 'Fawlty Towers' reboot, and revealed they have been working on the new series for two weeks.
Hitting out at the critics, he said: "People have no idea what they are talking about because they have no idea what we’re going to do.
"The problem was it shouldn’t have been announced for about another 12 months. But one of the top people wanted a bit of a publicity to help him with his career so he started talking about it before it was really a glint in our eye.
"But Camilla and I have done about two weeks’ work and we’re starting again on Monday because we’re doing a tour together on a bus."
The iconic sitcom spanned 12 episodes over two series from 1975 to 1979 on the BBC, with John starring as hotel owner Basil Fawlty.
He co-wrote the show with his ex-wife Connie Both, who played chambermaid Polly Sherman, but she only found out about the programme's comeback in the newspapers.
She previously told The Times newspaper: "I would have appreciated learning about the project from John rather than reading about it in the papers."
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