Leigh Francis brushes off recent drama as he attends UK premiere of The Creator after Melanie Sykes claims he made explicit sexual gags about her
Leigh Francis brushes off recent drama as he attends UK premiere of The Creator after Melanie Sykes claims he made explicit sexual jokes about her
Leigh Francis brushed off the recent drama as he attended the UK premiere of The Creator in London on Tuesday.
The outing comes amid claims the comedian, 50 – best known as his alter ego Keith Lemon – humiliated Melanie Sykes in front of a live audience while they filmed ITV’s Through The Keyhole.
Melanie, 53, said Leigh made explicit sexual jokes about her for three hours, including: “I bet your bum smells like flowers.”
At the premiere this week at the Science Museum, Leigh wore an oversized denim blazer with matching flared trousers.
He wore a black T-shirt underneath and completed his quirky look with a pair of metallic trainers as he posed for photos on the red carpet.
Getting Out: Leigh Francis, 50, brushed off the recent drama as he attended the UK premiere of The Creator in London on Tuesday
The premiere took place at the Science Museum, in keeping with the film’s plot about a futuristic war between humanity and artificial intelligence.
The film is due in UK cinemas on Friday 29 September and stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan and Ken Watanabe.
The plot follows ex-special forces agent Joshua, played by John David Washington, as he attempted to track down and kill the Creator responsible for the advanced AI.
Earlier this week, Melanie claimed TV producers failed to act after she complained that comedian Leigh made derogatory jokes about her in front of a live audience while they filmed ITV’s Through The Keyhole.
The radio and television presenter said TV production company Talkback, founded by comedy duo Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, ignored her when she complained.
On Fashion PR Lynne Franks’ podcast, Frankly Speaking, she said: ‘I went into the studio and I didn’t think Keith would be like he was on the other show he does (Celebrity Juice), where it’s all sex and blowjobs. is and talking about people’s assholes.’
But she added: “I was sitting there for a three-hour record and he was doing all these things to me verbally to entertain the live audience – because it would never make it into the edit of the show – so he used me to entertain the audience to entertain. .’
Comedian Katherine Ryan, who has accused Russell Brand of being a sex predator, branded Francis an “obvious creep” at the 2019 TV Choice Awards.
Allegations: The outing comes amid claims that the comic – best known as his alter ego Keith Lemon – humiliated Melanie Sykes while they filmed ITV’s Through The Keyhole (pictured in 2021)
Horrible: Melanie, 53, said Leigh made explicit sexual jokes about her for three hours, including: ‘I bet your bum smells like flowers’
She told the audience that Lemon was “proof to perverts everywhere that an obvious creep is cute.” It’s much less threatening than a stealth version.
Francis hosted Celebrity Juice for 25 seasons before it was canceled last year. It attracted complaints and was the subject of an investigation by Ofcom, which ruled that a trailer for the show in 2013 breached guidelines by showing what the watchdog said was a sex toy.
Talkback said looking after the TV guests was ‘a top priority’. Francis did not respond to requests for comment last night.