My letter to Botox Chucky

India Willoughby tells the truth shocker!

Well, nearly. I think the intention here is to paint me as a ‘chaser’, so here is the letter I sent Willoughby’s agent in full. Forgive the ‘Miss’ at the start, I didn’t at that point realise what a lunatic he is and I thought it would be better to be polite.

“Dear Miss Willoughby,

My name is Graham Linehan. I'm not a very popular person at the moment with many people and have been blocked by half the internet, possibly including yourself and definitely including Piers Morgan (I may have been rude about him online because of his warmth towards Trump). That said, I hope you at least make it to the end of this email.

The reason I write is that I saw your hugely enjoyable appearance alongside Benjamin Butterworth with Piers Morgan and I was shocked for two reasons. The first was that you were articulating all the things that myself and my gender-critical friends, both trans and otherwise, have been saying for ages. The second was that you revealed that you have lost work because of the toxicity of this debate.

I believe that the Stonewall definition of 'trans' is so wide that it is meaningless, and when there is a backlash against the ideology, trans people will be left with the bill. I don't like seeing natural allies, women and transwomen (forgive me for making that distinction), being driven apart by an incoherent ideology and a violently misogynistic form of activism. Like you, I have lost some opportunities and I feel that, unless this situation resolves in a grown-up way soon, our situations may not change, or even get worse.

I wonder if you would entertain the idea of meeting me for a coffee and talking about the debate and whether there are any ways to de-escalate it? I will, of course, commit to complete secrecy and nothing will emerge publicly from our conversations without your consent.

Thank you at least for reading this far.

All the best,

Graham Linehan (writer, 'Father Ted')

p.s. I did seek advice from people before making this approach. They are the only ones who know about it and I will not tell them whether I was successful in it.