Father Ted creator loses TV career and marriage and on medication over tweets

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He had planned a Father Ted musical, but he later claimed it had been cancelled by producers over his divisive tweets on transgender rights.

Graham Linehan, the creator of hit comedies Father Ted and the IT Crowd, has spoken out about losing his career and marriage after sharing a series of tweets about the transgender community.

He had reportedly tweeted "Men aren't women tho" after the Women's Institute sent a Happy Pride message to its transgender members. In an interview with The Times, Linehan said his marriage ended after his wife was "targeted" over his tweets – with her home address released online by angry social media users.

 

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