Matt Lucas has shown in the past that he speaks as well off-screen as he does on it.
The former Shooting Stars and Little Britain star has this week responded to the Daily Mail
after the newspaper made a basic error in a story about...well, it's not entirely clear what it is about.
The
short snippet mentioned how Lucas has gone off the radar when compared to David Walliams, with whom he worked closely on both Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, citing the death of Lucas' ex-husband Kevin McGee in 2009 as a reason for the 42-year-old leaving the public eye.
The print version of the newspaper didn't call him Kevin McGee though, it called him 'Trevor McGee'. And, rather than kick off at the paper, Lucas just quietly pointed out their error.
https://twitter.com/RealMattLucas/status/801772467878510593
Lucas has received messages of support over the insensitive comments, with others pointing out that the one-paragraph story mistakenly refers to McGee as his 'ex-partner' rather than 'ex-husband'.
https://twitter.com/TheRossOwenShow/status/801777267743621121
https://twitter.com/ScottGarnham/status/801784527366553601
https://twitter.com/DrMatthewSweet/status/801795674379522049
https://twitter.com/RossMcCaff/status/801793731783442432
Oh, and that 'off the radar' claim? We're not entirely sure about that either, what with Lucas appearing in Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Les Misérables, Bridesmaids and Doctor Who since 2009, among other things. That puts him as much in the public eye as Walliams, at least as far as film and TV are concerned.
