Chris O'Dowd is the newest star that Graham Linehan supported after the father's creator was 'canceled' because of his pronounced criticism of transgender issues.
The Irish comedian, 45, said that the comic writer was the “best I worked with” and revealed his wish that he was working again in the industry.
O'Dowd was announced after the leading role as the Lieve Workshy Roy Trenneman in Channel 4's The It Crowd, which was written by Linehan.
He is still in contact with the comic writer and sends him text messages to let him know about fans who praise his work.
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In recent years, Linehan has become a vocal critic of trans -ideology and activism, claiming that it causes children damage and the rights of women is eroded.
He was even banned by Twitter in 2020 because he said that “men are not women” and his views have seen him.
His account was restored under Elon Musk after the £ 38.1 billion takeover of the technical billionaire of the social media platform in October 2022.
Chris O'Dowd attending the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards in the Dublin Royal Convention Center – February 14, 2025
Chris O'Dowd (second left), Graham Linehan (second right), Richard Boden (center left), Matt Berry (center) and Ash Atalla (below the middle right) pose with presenters Michael Mcintyre (left) and Tess Daly (right ) After winning the Situation Comedy Award for the IT public – April 2009
O'Dowd, however, did not want to be signed on Linehan's opinion, but added: 'I think it is a shame that more people will not talk to him about them, because whether I agree with them or not – she “I'm not peripheral.”
The support of O'Dowd comes after his IT-ME-star Richard Ayoade last year defended the award-winning comic writer Linehan when he described him as a 'man of great principle'.
The Irish writer published a memoir in 2023, entitled Tough Crowd, with a positive quote from Ayoade on the cover.
But Ayoade, who played as Maurice Moss in the Bafta-winning comedy, says that Linehan has experienced a 'moving time' in the midst of the fall-out of his comments, adding that he believed that a book Linehan wrote about his experiences about His experiences was 'good'.
The quote from the actor, shown on the cover of Tough Crowd, said about Linehan: “His sparkle in prose is the same as his sparkle as a screenwriter.”
A more complete quote from Ayoade, shown in publicity material, noted: 'Graham Linehan has long been one of my favorite writers – and this book shows that his sparkle in prose is equal to his sparkle as a screenwriter.
“It unfolds with the urgency of a Sam Fuller film: that of a man who has experienced something that few experienced but has succeeded in returning, fearless, to tell us the story.”
The warm words of Ayoade for the man who gave him the role that made him mainstream led to criticism from fans. He has now defended his review as based on Linehan's skills – not necessarily his views.
Comedy writer Graham Linehan during a Let Women Speak Rally on Merrion Square in Dublin – September 2023
O'Dowd's support comes after his IT-ME-star Richard Ayoade defended the award-winning comic writer Linehan last year, because he described him as a 'man of great principle'
Ayoade and O'Dowd entered the mainstream on Channel 4 comedy the it crowd, written by Linehan (depicted next to Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry)
Ayoade said on the Rosebud -Podcast of Gyles Brandreth: 'I think, I think, a very harrowing time.
'But I wrote (the review) Because he wrote an autobiography and his involvement, I suppose he would frame it in terms of women's rights instead of being everything, so I wanted to say that I thought his book was well written and good .
“I think he is a big writer, a brilliant writer, and I think everyone who knows him would know that he is a man with a big principle, I think.”
The book by Linehan was also praised by Jonathan Ross, the boy in the striped pajamas author John Boyne, GB news presenter Andrew Doyle and author Helen Joyce.
The Irishman later praised his colleague celebrities for their support and noticed: “I hope that their courage will mean that other people can simply say what they think of this subject.”
