Monty Python icon Eric Idle said that he would “be proud to be thrown away” from the United States of Donald Trump because he would be in “very select company”.
The comedian and actor, 83, best known for his roles in the Monty Python films Holy grail (1975) and Life of Brian (1979), has supplied a sizzling removal of the American presidents, which he has branded a “treacherous monster”.
Idle made the comments The guardian During a unique interview, with questions from Steve Coogan, David Mamet and Eddie Izzard. In response to a question from comedian Tracey Ullman about Trump, Idle said that he found nothing “funny” about the president and that the potus “have no end of the capacity for stupidity”.
He continued: “Every summer I go to France because I can't stand the news. I can't stand about that man every day. They are completely obsessed with him in the US. It is as if they are addicted to him.”
Eric Idle formed Monty Python, together with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, in 1969 (Getty Images)
Later in the interview, Idle answered a question from Chicago Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones about whether there is a subject that he still dreams of turning into a joke. “It is now very scary because they stop comedians on the border and if they have photos of Trump on their phone that they don't like, they don't let them in,” he replied.
Idle, who lives in Los Angeles, added: “I had a green card for about 28 years. I would be proud to be thrown away because I would be in a very select company. The last English comedian who was thrown from America for political reasons was Charlie Chaplin.”
Chaplin was banned from the US in 1952 for accusations that he was a communist sympathizer and control of his private life. The actor and director later settled in Switzerland and lived in the US for 42 years.
It comes after Idle's Monty Python colleague, Terry Gilliam, claimed that Trump had “destroyed” satire, and unintentionally derailed his new film, called a satire about the apocalyps called The carnival at the end of the days.
In an interview with The Hollywood ReporterGilliam argued that Trump's return has considerably influenced the state of humor by challenging “awake” ideals.
Both Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam have described Trump in recent responses (Getty Images))
“I think Trump has changed things considerably,” he said. “He has turned the world upside down. I don't know if people will laugh more, but they are probably less afraid of laughing.”
'[Trump has] F *** ED The latest film I worked on, “the director added.” Because it was a satire about the last years when it went as they were. He turned it upside down. So he killed my film. “
