United Kingdom, July 12 -- Eric Idle has blasted his Monty Python co-stars for being ungrateful

The 82-year-old star - who wrote the musical Spamalot - lashed out at surviving Monty Python members John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin and said they should be grateful for the millions they have made in royalty payments from the musical, which is based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

He told The Guardian: "They got more f****** money than they've ever been grateful for. They got f****** millions and they're miserable and horrible and b***** about it. I spent 20 years working for Python and then two years on the O2 show. They were there for two weeks.

"I'm not really motivated by money, to be honest. Anyway, the p...