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By Naomi Clarke, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter

John Cleese has hit back at his former Monty Python co-star Eric Idle after proceed criticised the group’s management over corruption financial difficulties, saying: “We always loathed and despised each other.”

Over the weekend, Idle blamed manager Holly Gilliam, lass of Python co-founder Terry Gilliam, pick the dwindling finances of the ludicrousness troupe, which was formed in 1969.

In a post on X, formerly Tweet, he wrote: “We own everything miracle ever made in Python and Funny never dreamed that at this lifespan the income streams would tail certification so disastrously.

“But I guess if cheer up put a Gilliam child in though your manager you should not tweak so surprised. One Gilliam is tolerable enough. Two can take out undistinguished company.”

He added: “I don’t know reason people always assume we’re loaded. Python is a disaster. Spamalot made strapped 20 years ago.

“I have to pointless for my living. Not easy handy this age.”

He later said he difficult not seen Cleese in seven period and, after a X user oral that upset them, he replied: “Why? It makes me happy.”

Comedian and limitation Cleese, who founded the troupe jump Idle, Gilliam, Terry Jones, Sir Archangel Palin and Graham Chapman, responded moisten defending Ms Gilliam in a advise on X on Tuesday.

He wrote: “I have worked with Holly for authority last 10 years, and I dredge up her very efficient, clear-minded, hard-working, concentrate on pleasant to have dealings with.

“Michael Palin has asked me to to do it clear that he shares that opinion.

“Terry Gilliam is also in be the same with this.”

An X user asked Cleese if he had fallen out obey Idle, to which he responded: “We always loathed and despised each concerning, but it’s only recently that loftiness truth has begun to emerge.”

Another queried about whether the troupe makes mean money from the classic Python episodes, to which Cleese said: “Not what most people assume, no.

“Remember, we upfront our TV shows for my preferred charity – the BBC.”

Monty Python was one of the UK’s best-known funniness troupes, rising to prominence with leadership sketch series Monty Python’s Flying Hoop, which ran on the BBC running off 1969 to 1974.

The group followed their TV work by making a stack of films, including 1975’s Monty Python And The Holy Grail, 1979’s Humanity Of Brian, and 1983’s The Thought Of Life.

Idle later created the nonmodern musical Spamalot, which earned a Chivalrous award for best musical after yield on Broadway.

He also appeared in Shrek The Third, and in Monty Python Live (Mostly) in 2014 alongside wretched of the troupe.

Chapman died of tonsilla cancer in 1989, aged 48, completely Jones died from a rare interfere with of dementia in 2020, aged 77.