Moment David Walliams jokes that singer Natalie Imbruglia refused to marry him and called him a 'vile sexual predator'

David Walliams joked on Alan Carr's Chatty Man in 2009 that singer Natalie Imbruglia had refused to marry him and had called him a 'vile sexual predator'. The bizarre comment about himself, made on an episode of the primetime Channel 4 chat show which aired on July 5, 2009, was in response to Alan Carr asking about his reportedly prolific dating life. David, now 55, spoke of his crush on Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, 51, after Alan commented on the pair smiling together for a photo at a recent celebrity event. Alan asked the comedian: 'Natalie Imbruglia, she was with us, why don't you marry her and make an honest woman of her? She was adorable, you'd make such a lovely couple.' David replied: 'Well it's very kind of you to say that, but she, erm, isn't really into marrying me.'He continued: 'And the phrase I think she used is: "You're a vile sexual predator" - something like that!' David Walliams replied when asked about his relationship to singer Natalie Imbruglia: 'She, erm, isn't really into marrying me. And the phrase I think she used is: 'You're a vile sexual predator' - something like that!' The comedian made the comments during an appearance on Alan Carr's chat show Chatty Man in 2009 Walliams met the Australian singer in 2009 and later admitted he had a 'huge crush' on her, but that she friendzoned him. (Pictured together at Sir Elton John's 60th birthday party in East London in March 2007)David then laughed, before adding: 'No, we're just really good friends, it's really important to have some good female friends, but she's lovely. I mean I'd marry her if she wanted to but she doesn't want to.' This week, Walliams was unmasked as the celebrity who tried to get a court injunction to prevent media reporting sexual misconduct claims against him, telling the High Court he would kill himself if his identity were revealed. The Little Britain star and former Britain's Got Talent judge is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and preying on multiple teenagers. He is also alleged to have had an inappropriate sexual relationship with an intern at publisher HarperCollins and pursued another employee - before he was dropped for 'inappropriate behaviour towards young women'. He admitted having had a consensual sexual relationship with the intern, but strongly denied allegations of grooming, sexual assault, or abusing his celebrity status. In the 2009 episode of Chatty Man, comedian and host Alan Carr also asked Walliams about his dating history. The children's author is also alleged to have had an inappropriate sexual relationship with an intern at publisher HarperCollins and pursued another employee - before he was dropped last year for 'inappropriate behaviour towards young women' Walliams said of Imbruglia (pictured together in London in February 2006): 'I mean I'd marry her if she wanted to but she doesn't want to'Alan asked: 'You always seem to be in the paper with different women. How do you pick them up?' Walliams replied: 'I just meet them out. I just like spending time with them, I like to take them out for dinner, go shopping, that kind of thing.' Alan continued: 'Because you're a bit like an illegal taxi driver. You lure them into a false sense of security and then you pounce.' Walliams smiled and calmly replied: 'Well, a lot of these ladies are just friends of mine and, as you can see that night, it was just great, we're just really good friends.'But Alan pressed on: 'You were like a social butterfly!'At that point, Walliams stared calmly back and retaliated to Alan about his presence at the celebrity event: 'Well you were as well, you were very, very popular. 'People thought you'd maybe won a competition to be there. They thought let's have a little picture with him, ah, "how did you get to be here - are you enjoying it?!"' Alan then asked Walliams to confirm the rumours as to who he had been romantically linked to, saying: 'Now I know you're too gentlemanly to talk about what you do with your lady friends but can you just cough to confirm if anything has happened with the following, because you've all been linked with these people, yes? 'Geri Halliwell?'Walliams said: 'Someone else coughed.'Alan continued: 'Lisa Snowdon?Walliams said: 'What have I got to do, cough if (yes)?' *coughs*Alan then asked: 'Abi Titmuss?'Walliams: *coughs*Alan: 'Kate Moss?'Walliams: *very quietly coughs*Alan: 'Jean-Claude Van Damme?'Walliams: *loudly coughs*Alan: 'Oh, you dirty b******!'The end of the episode sees Walliams try on women's clothes with Alan, the pair undressing on stage to reveal women's lingerie beneath their suits. Alan proposed to Walliams: 'Now my aunt died recently and I found a bunch of her clothes and I knew you were coming round and I thought you might like to have a finger through them and see if there's anything you like.'Walliams replied: 'I'd love to have a finger...'The pair proceed to put the women's clothes on, undressing their bottom halves to reveal feminine lingerie and stockings and a black lacy camisole. As the interview comes to an end, Walliams asks Alan: 'Have you finished humiliating me yet?' After Alan thanks Walliams for his time, the comic asked the host: 'Dawn French kissed you?' When Alan replied: 'Yes', Walliams asked: 'Did she put her tongue in?' Before Alan can finish replying: 'Half of it', Walliams lunges in for a kiss. In 2024, Walliams mentioned his crush on Natalie Imbruglia again, telling Fitzy and Wippa radio show that he had a 'huge crush' on Imbruglia when they first met, but that the singer 'friendzoned' him. 'She's very much friend-zoned me,' Walliams said of their relationship.'We didn't go on any dates. We just became very good friends and we hung out together.'But you know, it's hard not to kind of fall for her like a ton of bricks because she is amazing.' Walliams said that ultimately he believed that Imbruglia could have easily attracted a better partner than him.'Look at me. Let's be honest, she could do a lot better,' he said.The pair were seen together on a variety of social occasions between 2009 and 2021.'I think I'm seen as the sort of gay best friend by a lot of people,' Walliams said of their dynamic.In late 2023, HarperCollins initiated an inquiry into Walliams, which wrapped up in 2024.He was then dropped from the publisher in December 2025, and in September this year HarperCollins said it would no longer publish his books.Walliams denies that he sexually harassed anyone at HarperCollins or behaved inappropriately in the workplace.In a statement responding to ITV News and the Guardian's investigation, the company said: 'HarperCollins UK previously terminated its publishing relationship with David Walliams.'We take the safety of our people incredibly seriously and to respect the privacy of individuals we do not comment on employee matters.'Walliams is also accused of 'abusing his status' on Little Britain and Britain's Got Talent (BGT) and engaging in 'inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities' with 'a large number' of young women and girls.He denies any wrongdoing.