Monty Python actor John Cleese has responded to comments made by his co-star Eric Idle in which he claimed that Cleese fired their ex-manager Jim Beach to replace him with Terry Gilliam’s daughter.

Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Terry Gilliam speak at the panel discussion at the "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" special screening during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Stephen Lovekin The ...

His number 2, Holly Gilliam, automatically took over as Python manager.” At the height of the pair’s X/Twitter spat in February, Cleese said he and Idle have “always loathed and despised ...