Sir Michael Palin says decades of simmering tension over money and creative ownership have caused rifts between Monty Python’s surviving members as he breaks silence on behind the scenes feud

The 82-year-old comedian recently shared his most candid thoughts yet, explaining that the group’s relaxed and informal way of writing comedy sketches in the 1970s is now causing problems. This earlier approach is leading to disagreements about who originally came up with certain ideas and who should benefit financially from them today.