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Walliams has been a justice connected the amusement since 2012
By Ian Youngs
Entertainment reporter
David Walliams' aboriginal connected Britain's Got Talent is "very overmuch up successful the air", according to the show, aft a study that helium is to measurement down arsenic a judge.
The Sun has claimed helium volition permission the show's sheet aft 10 years.
It comes weeks aft the comedian and writer apologised for "disrespectful comments" helium made astir 2 contestants during a interruption successful filming successful 2020.
A BGT spokesperson said: "The judging sheet for Britain's Got Talent 2023 volition beryllium announced successful owed course."
They added: "It's inactive precise overmuch up successful the aerial astatine the infinitesimal connected whether David is going to instrumentality portion successful adjacent year's show.
"No decision, though, has been made arsenic yet."
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Image caption,Walliams with chap BGT judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon
Auditions successful beforehand of the judging sheet are not scheduled to commencement for different 2 months, and no-one is presently contracted to look connected adjacent year's series.
Walliams, who has been connected the amusement since 2012, has not yet responded to the report. The BBC has asked his spokesperson for a comment.
Earlier this month, helium said atrocious aft The Guardian published a leaked transcript of a recording, which it said showed the endowment amusement justice making derogatory and sexually explicit remarks astir contestants.
"I would similar to apologise to the radical I made disrespectful comments astir during breaks successful filming for Britain's Got Talent successful 2020," helium said.
"These were backstage conversations and - similar astir conversations with friends - were ne'er intended to beryllium shared. Nevertheless, I americium sorry."
At the time, a spokesperson for Thames TV, which produces the show, said the institution regarded Walliams' comments arsenic private, but that his usage of connection was "inappropriate".
They added: "Even though it was private, those progressive person been spoken to and reminded of their responsibilities and the show's expectations arsenic to aboriginal nonrecreational conduct."
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