Marcus Parks

He was now Sir Jimmy Savile.

But when he was asked why it took him so long to be knighted, he said it was because he, quote, unsettled the establishment.

Even though Jimmy Savile had been a part of the establishment since at least the 1970s, maybe the 1960s.

He is the establishment.

Yes.

It's fine.

I'm sure he shows up quite a bit.

It's just, that's it.

There's a lot of side quests that I had to... Yeah, no, no, not side quests.

It's just like, of course.

And the knighthood was very much a part of that.

Well, he would use it as proof that the allegations about sexual abuse and assault, they had to be made up.

You know, his knighthood proved that beyond a doubt.

Why would they knight me if I was a sexual abuser, if I was a rapist?

Stop asking.

Yeah, you think they wouldn't look into it?

Yeah, exactly.

But after knighthood, Jimmy Savile sort of faded into the background of British culture.

Reporters continued confronting him with the pedophile rumors in every interview he did.

Hell, even Louis Thoreau asked him directly about it.