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Barry Humphries felt 'incredibly hurt' and 'unwelcome in Melbourne' after 'anti-trans' backlash

David Walliams has revealed Australian comedy icon Barry Humphries was 'incredibly hurt' by the backlash he received over his alleged anti-trans comments.

Barry, who was perhaps best known for his iconic dame Edna Everage character, helped launch the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987 and had an award named after him at one stage before he fell out with organisers in 2019 over 'anti-trans' comments. His name was removed from the 'Barry Award' for the Most Outstanding Show in 2019 following his comments made a year earlier about transgender people, including that it was a 'fashion' fad and that gender reassignment surgery was 'self-mutilation'. Barry, who was perhaps best known for his iconic dame Edna Everage character, helped launch the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987 and had an award named after him at one stage before he fell out with organisers in 2019 over 'anti-trans' comments

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