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Mia O'Hare

David Walliams makes dig at Matt Lucas as they work on new Little Britain series

David Walliams has made a dig at Little Britain co-star Matt Lucas after the pair went to Elton John's London show together.

The comedy duo have had a turbulent relationship over the years, having famously fallen out following their hit comedy show which made them household names.

The double-act's friendship suffered a huge blow when Matt, 49, and David, 51, stopped working with each other in 2011, starting an eight year feud.

Yet having rebuilt their friendship and teased a new project, they have proven they are as amicable as ever by spending a night out together.

David took to his social media to share a snap of the duo wearing light-up glasses at Elton's concert.

The comedy pair enjoyed a night out together (Instagram)

The former Britain's Got Talent judge made a joke at Matt's expense, adding: "I always make time to meet my fans, even during an @eltonjohn concert. A bit tragic but he asked me to tag him @realmattlucas."

Earlier this year, Matt revealed the Come Fly With Me duo are 'brainstorming' a brand new TV show after they insisting they 'quit' their other TV projects.

Speaking on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Radio 2, the former Great British Bake Off star said: “So me and David Walliams have started writing together again, we just thought, it’s time, it’s time.

“So we’ve sort of quit our jobs and decided to do that.”

Matt quit his role as one of the hosts of Great British Bake Off as he couldn't present while working on his other projects.

While David was under fire when a leaked transcript of Britain's Got Talent suggested he made derogatory remarks and sexually explicit comments about contestants in January 2020.

During one intimate conversation, David described a contestant as a "c**t", before claiming another would think the judge wanted to "f**k her".

David and Matt worked on Little Britain together, before falling out (BBC)

David - who was a judge on BGT since 2012 - apologised for m aking 'disrespectful comments', and quit the series after working on it for 10 years.

Speaking about David and Matt's new TV show, Matt revealed: "We just started last week, we got together and started brainstorming.

"We’ve got an idea for a new show and we need a few more brainstorming sessions, but we know what we want the show to be, what the concept of it is."

Matt admitted in his autobiography that tensions rose between the pair in 2005 during their Little Britain tour and they ended up fighting backstage.

A comment was made about David's facial hair and they were "suddenly hurling obscenities at each other".

They briefly made up but things turned sour again in 2007 and they ended their business partnership in 2011.

When David released his book in 2012, he was asked about his relationship with Matt, to which he replied: "We’re very different people and probably want different things and had different working methods.

"Well, it’s over for the time being. Whether it’s over forever I don’t know."

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