StudioCanal is suing Avalon after Spitting Picture portrayed the marmalade-loving bear as a coked-up podcaster.

Paddington Bear has turn into a quintessential a part of British tradition and is understood for being an cute, accident-prone character from ‘darkest Peru’.

Nevertheless, a latest video confirmed the candy bear as one thing far much less healthful.

Avalon, the producers of Spitting Picture, confirmed Paddington as a foul-mouthed podcast host in an episode titled Spitting Picture Presents: The Relaxation is Bulls*!t, which was launched in the summertime.

StudioCanal, the producer of the Paddington motion pictures, and the holders of the rights to the beloved bear, are actually suing Avalon.

Deadline revealed that the claimants have filed a Excessive Courtroom grievance citing copyright and design proper issues, however particulars concerning the declare should not but absolutely established.

The episode confirmed Paddington and Prince Harry co-hosting a Goalhanger-esque present, riffing off the likes of The Relaxation Is Leisure or The Relaxation Is Politics.

Within the episode, the bear revealed that his healthcare routine consists of, ‘100% Peruvian, Biodynamic, natural, catastrophic cocaine.’

In one other half, he feedback that he doesn’t actually speak like Ben Whishaw, the actor who voices the character within the present.

He then placed on a generic South American accent and shouted: ‘I’m from Peru, motherfuckers – I’m Paddington Bear from Peru!

‘You almost certainly bear in mind me from the movies Paddington, Paddington 2 and Paddington in Peru. I additionally had a starring position within the Netflix sequence Narcos, as Pablo Esco-bear. It’s a joke. Snort, muchachos.’

The present contained sketches about Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer.

Whereas interviewing a caricature of Musk, Paddington encourages the billionaire to go to Mars: ‘You might be an excessive amount of genius for one planet. As I say about my cocaine, it’s only proper to share.’

The episode ended with the bear snorting a white powder earlier than seeming to lose consciousness.

Spitting Picture has been imitating politicians and celebrities because it first launched in 1984, famously mocking the Royal Household and numerous different A-listers through the years.

The sequence was vastly standard within the Eighties however was cancelled in 1996 when the viewing figures started to drop. In 2020, it was rebooted on BritBox, solely to be cancelled after two seasons.

The brand new YouTube sequence has reveals lasting simply 10-Quarter-hour.

Metro has reached out to Studio Canal and Avalon for remark.