David Walliams stands in a black jacket and black pants, hands in pockets.
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David Walliams hit the headlines this week when it was revealed that an attraction at Alton Towers based on his best-selling children's books has permanently closed down. The theme park said that it regularly kept "elements of our attraction offering" under review.

The 55-year-old has been lying low in recent years and has kept his relationships under wraps since his split from his ex-wife Lara Stone in 2015, following a five-year marriage.

The former Britain's Got Talent judge – who left the show after his offensive comments about contestants emerged – met the Dutch supermodel in 2009 and they married in 2010. Their son Alfred was born in 2013, but their marriage ended just two years later.