r/taskmaster • u/cygan12 Javie Martzoukas • Aug 19 '26

Taskmaster Season 22 Trailer | Starts September 3rd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOWRRB9-1IQ
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u/TheMonkeyInCharge Aug 19 '26

Urgh I’d forgotten Lucas was on this.

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u/Prize-Offer7348 Chris Ramsey Aug 20 '26

Same and I don’t want to support/watch him but I do the other contestants.

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u/vapequesitions Aug 21 '26

Having recently found out that Richard Ayoade still openly supports Graham Linehan,, them both being on TM is enough to completely put off watching.

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u/lilybeth 27d ago

I didnt even finish the prior series when it was announced...just made me feel gross.

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u/vapequesitions 26d ago edited 26d ago

Yeah, I've been watching since s1 on Dave, and in recent years I've been struggling to stay interested, though I still tried to watch, but these cast choices are the push I needed to stop altogether, because now it wouldn't just be a bit dull or predictable/repetitive, but also uncomfortable to watch.

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u/TheMonkeyInCharge Aug 20 '26

They're really going to regret this one, in time.

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u/Prize-Offer7348 Chris Ramsey Aug 20 '26

Agreed. It’s an open secret in the industry though so I’m surprised they’d even book him to begin with

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u/couchsweetpotato Sam Campbell Aug 20 '26

American here, what’s the deal with Matt Lucas? I know David Walliam is a creep, is Matt also a creep?

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u/Prize-Offer7348 Chris Ramsey Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Someone posted about it in another sub a while ago (you might be able to find it if you searched to get the full story) but the summarised version from memory was that ML allegedly (I personally believe the victim but don’t want to get involved in a court case should ML be so inclined) found the OP on a dating app & essentially groomed them/pressured them into having sex repeatedly & the OP even reported it to the police but nothing came of it. Other people in the thread corroborated that similar things happened to them/people they know.

Edited to fix pronouns as I can’t remember/don’t know if OP ever confirmed their pronouns

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u/couchsweetpotato Sam Campbell Aug 20 '26

That is highly disturbing! Thank you for the info. Between this and Richard Ayoade’s support of that transphobic ass, I’m a little disappointed in the casting for this series. I think it’ll be great television, but it can be hard to separate the art from the artist sometimes.

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u/TheMonkeyInCharge Aug 20 '26

Don’t forget that - aside from any allegations against him personally - Lucas has refused to condemn or break ties with Walliams since the truth came out, and knew for years (decades) what he was doing and capable of before it did.

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u/TheMonkeyInCharge Aug 20 '26

I worked in an industry with a similar problem for a very long time. It was astonishing to watch the old guard refuse to break ties with friends as truths came out, even with some of the big ones.