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Eric Idle Takes Shots at Monty Python Co-Stars as He Reveals Financial Woes

He went as far as accusing John Cleese of being a bully.

Monty Python legend Eric Idle has revealed that he’s still working at 80 because of financial reasons, using an extraordinarily candid series of public remarks to criticize streaming services and even his former comedic colleagues. Cleese, 84, has also been outspoken about his money troubles in later life—in his case related to expensive divorce costs —and recently starred in his own woke-bashing TV show on the U.K.’s Fox News-esque channel, GB News. Idle also said he’d sold his house last year but didn’t hold back when sharing his thoughts on the possibility of doing a Netflix documentary looking at the rise and fall of Monty Python to raise cash.

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