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John Cleese Says He Was Only Joking About How He “Loathed & Despised” Eric Idle
John Cleese has clarified comments he made about fellow Monty Python star Eric Idle in a social media spat that has dragged on for days.
In a social media spat for the ages, Eric Idle spent the weekend roasting his fellow Pythons on X (formerly Twitter). “We always loathed and despised each other, but it’s only recently that the truth has begun to emerge,” Cleese wrote in a cryptic response to an X user, who asked if he had fallen out with Idle. The A Fish Called Wanda star has now clarified that he was joking, posting a series of messages on X lashing out at the reporting of his remarks.
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