David Walliams looks pleased as he arrives at radio studio after Britain’s Got Talent bosses claimed he was ‘warned about his behaviour’ amid ongoing legal battle

David Walliams looked pleased with himself when he arrived at Virgin Radio’s London studios on Friday.

The comedian’s exit comes after Britain’s Got Talent insiders told MailOnline he was “warned about his behaviour” before his lewd remarks about contestants led to his departure.

David, 52, decided to quit the ITV talent show after being forced to apologize for describing an older contestant as a ‘s***’ in 2022.

Stepping out for a week to promote his new children’s novel The Blunders, he smiled as he posed for photos with fans.

The TV personality looked smart in a navy blue blazer which he teamed with an open pale blue shirt.

He completed his look with a pair of smart trousers and some brown loafers.

Britain’s Got Talent insiders said Davids was ‘warned about his behaviour’ before his lewd remarks about contestants on the show were made public.

David is now suing his former bosses and he is has reportedly accused London-based Fremantle, which produces the reality series, of unlawfully breaching data protection.

According to court documents, bosses ‘knew of his controversial comments about contestants when they offered him the £1m contact’ – but insiders dismissed the claims

A BGT source told MailOnline: ‘What David said was completely unacceptable and he has been warned about his behaviour.

“This whole order is frankly bizarre – it contains a number of claims that seem outlandish, but there was certainly no contract ready to be signed and sealed.”

A Fremantle source told the Guardian that the judges on the show were aware their conversations were being recorded, adding: “It seems a bit bizarre as it was widely reported in 2018 that any comments the judges made at the table would be recorded, even when they weren’t talking to the contestants.’

A Fremantle spokesman previously said: “We have had a long and productive relationship with David and are therefore surprised and saddened by this legal action.”

They added: “For our part, we remain available and open to dialogue to resolve this issue amicably.” However, in the meantime we will investigate the various allegations and are prepared to defend ourselves vigorously if necessary.’

It comes after David’s doctor revealed the terrifying toll BGT took on the former judge.

It was revealed in September, ten months after leaving his £1.5million-a-year judging role, that David is suing his former bosses at Britain’s Got Talent and is seeking significant damages.

David allegedly accused London-based Fremantle, which produces the reality series, illegal violation of data protection.

The court documents he saw Sun have now revealed the worrying impact the ordeal has had on David’s mental health, as he leaves the judges’ panel after a ten-year stint.

His psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Collins, wrote that the TV star suffered from suicidal thoughts, and documents show that he suffered from a mental breakdown, the paper said.

The doctor increased the doses of medication for anxiety, insomnia and depression as his symptoms worsened, it said.

The documents reportedly read: ‘He is plagued by uncontrollable negative thoughts, including active suicidal thoughts.’

The newspaper also revealed that Walliams was taking a host of medications, including escitalopram (for depression), alprazolam (also known as Xanax, for anxiety) and quetiapine (for insomnia).

Collins reportedly said in the report that the leaking of the transcripts “had a profound, serious and, at times, very troubling effect on his mental health,” with David suffering from sleep problems and negative thoughts.

Fremantle told The Sun: “We have had a long and productive relationship with David and are therefore surprised and saddened by this legal action.

“For our part, we remain available and open to dialogue in order to resolve this issue in an amicable manner.”

“However, in the meantime we will investigate the various allegations and are prepared to defend ourselves vigorously if necessary.”

High Court court proceedings reportedly see David accuse Fremantle of recording, transcribing and retaining private conversations for ten years.

He reportedly claimed that his microphone was on and recorded throughout the day during filming, including when he went to the bathroom.

Fremantle is said to have produced and retained transcripts of the audio recordings, which David claims included private information “not relevant to the production” – such as conversations about his marriage, sex life and family disputes.

The transcripts reportedly totaled 1,700 hours of audio over ten years, as well as 41,526 hours of visual footage from 191 days of filming.

A copy of the transcripts was also reportedly made available to Simon Cowell’s co-production firm Cizzo on request, but a source told The Sun none were ever requested.

“All four judges regularly made jokes using foul and/or sexual language: such was the culture among the judges on the show,” his lawyers allegedly claimed.

They claimed that the judges made such jokes to keep themselves entertained during long days of filming and that they never intended the remarks to be made public, as they were “private conversations between grown-up friends”.

David is reportedly seeking the £1m he could have won from Britain’s Got Talent, as well as £1.7m in lost earnings and £3.4m to cover future losses for at least two years – a total of £6.1m.

But sources have reportedly claimed this could rise to as much as £10million, as David is said to be seeking unspecified damages for psychiatric damage, distress and anxiety, loss of control over his private information and legal costs.

David’s earnings have reportedly fallen from £3.7m in 2022 to just £101,800 in the first five months of 2023, according to court documents seen by The Sun.

In the scandal, David was also heard disparaging one contestant, calling her “a bit of an annoying girl you meet in the pub who thinks you want to fuck them but you don’t”.

Comedian Claire Harrison McCartney later claimed the comments were directed at her and branded David a “sad misogynist”, but producers denied the remarks were directed at her.

Bruno Tonioli later took over as a talent show judge, signing big money.

The comments, made in January 2020 during auditions at the London Palladium, were caught on the programme’s microphones.

He and his lawyers argued at the time that these were private conversations that were never meant to be broadcast, but two weeks later he was ousted.

In one incident, the senior performer had a light-hearted banter with the judges in which he mocked Williams’ performance, the Guardian claims.

After the audition, the pensioner left, after which Walliams reportedly described him as a ‘c**t’ three times.

In a separate incident, after the contestant left the stage, Walliams remarked: ‘She’s like that slightly annoying girl you meet in the pub who thinks you want to fuck them but you don’t.’ He later added: ‘I know, she’s just like, ‘Oh, screw it!’ I said, she thinks you want to fuck her, but you don’t.

“It’s the last thing on your mind, but she’s like, ‘Yeah, I bet you know!’

‘No, I do not know! I had a little abs, but now it’s going, now it’s shriveled up in my body.’