In September 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported that Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan, best known for creating Father Ted and The IT Crowd, was arrested at Heathrow Airport over social media posts criticizing transgender ideology.
Linehan was met by five armed officers on arrival in London and detained in connection with three posts made on X.
The posts under investigation included one in which Linehan wrote that men entering female-only spaces were committing abusive acts and should be challenged, with police called if necessary.
A second post read, “Make a scene, call the cops, and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”
The third post flagged read, “I hate them. Misogynists and homophobes. F*** ’em.”
Linehan said he was taken into custody, locked in a cell, and later taken to the hospital because of stress.
He added that the condition for his release was that he stop posting on X.
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