Lucy Beaumont is going public about her role in the David Walliams story. The comedian says she was one of the whistleblowers who took concerns about him to journalists.

She also admits she is scared of what happens to her career next. "Honestly, I don't think I'll work in telly again," she said in a TV interview.

What she was told

Beaumont says she never worked with Walliams. She says she also never saw any of the behavior herself.

Her information came from a young person she met about three years ago. That worker had just come off a show Walliams was part of. Beaumont says they took her aside because they needed to tell someone.

According to Beaumont, the worker's job was to bring young girls to Walliams' dressing room. She says the worker believed they were over 16.

She says the worker described them as working-class girls who had never been around TV. Some had never even been to London.

Reaching out to the girls

Beaumont says she used to work in schools and has safeguarding training. She tried to contact some of the girls to check on them.

One of them was struggling badly, she said. Beaumont says she offered to pay legal fees to help protect her. She says the girl had signed a nondisclosure agreement.

Why she fears the fallout

Beaumont says people who challenge powerful stars in TV get labeled troublemakers. She expects the work to slowly dry up.

"No one wants to mess that up," she said of the well-paid industry. She added that she sees "a window of opportunity to change things."

She also wants a wider conversation about age gaps when it comes to consent.

Where things stand

Walliams was named this week as the celebrity who tried to keep sexual misconduct claims out of the press. He is accused of pursuing girls and young women for years. Some accusers say they were 15.

He denies all of it. "I am not a sexual predator," he said.

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