ITV’s The Assembly is a series where celebrities are questioned by a group of inquisitive interviewers who are autistic, neurodivergent and/or learning disabled
The Assembly star David Tennant left the interviewing crowd descending into laughter over his sassy comment in a new clip. The programme shows celebrities being interviewed by those who are autistic, neurodivergent and/or learning disabled.
The lates teaser video shows Doctor Who star being asked questions about the programme. The star is asked “what was it like when you became the tenth Doctor Who?”, as he takes a moment to think about his response.David explains that he watched the show all his life and “grew up” with it as well as having posters on his walls and meeting previous Tom Baker himself.
He says: “I watched that show all my life. I grew up with it, I had posters on my wall, met Tom Barker as one of the early Doctors – number four. He signed my poster when I was about, I don’t know eight, nine.
“It’s a very happy thing even if you’re not a fan of Doctor Who. Very few people feel negatively towards it, as far as I can tell I mean now, I’m inviting people to get online and tell me how rubbish it is aren’t I? But they can f**k off.”
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A roar of laughter then erupted from the crowd of interviewers over David’s sassy response. Each episode of The Assembly shows a different celebrity face their most honest, funny, chaotic and heartwarming interview yet.
Gary Lineker, Jade Thirlwall and Danny Dyer are other celebs who take part in the four-part series and no questions are off limit. David’s appearance also sees him asked the reason on why he is an outspoken ally for the trans community.
He has called on JK Rowling to “let people be” and says the row over the rights of transgender people is as “medieval and absurd” as Margaret Thatcher’s divisive Section 28 of 1988. David explains: “When I was a teenager there was this thing that Mrs Thatcher’s government introduced called Section 28 which was about stopping the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools – which was basically saying it was illegal to talk about being gay in schools, or to suggest that that might be a normal way of behaving.
“We look back on that now as a medieval, absurd thing to try and say and I think the way the trans community is being demonised is exactly the same.” The actor has worked with JK Rowling before when he appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Barty Crouch Jr.
When he was asked how he felt after she publicly criticised his views, he explained: “Listen, J K Rowling is a wonderful author who’s created brilliant stories and I wish her no ill will but I hope that we can all, as a society, let people be. Just get out of people’s way.”
The Assembly airs at 10pm on Sunday on ITV1 and ITVX.
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