Connolly commented on the entertainment industry’s current crisis after being knighted at Buckingham Palace.
He said: “I think the air is going to be cleared and a lot of things that should have been done years ago are going to be done to protect young men and women.
“I think that's going to spread to government, to industry, to university, to all sorts of realms, anywhere power is exercised over the powerless. Men will have to get a grip on themselves.”
Speaking to Press Association he said men will have to learn “things they should have known years ago – manners”.
He continued: “It's been very, very unfair because [the perpetrators of sexual abuse] have held their careers as a sort of ransom which is a deeply and desperately dastardly thing to do.
“So they’ve made them feel ashamed of themselves, which is a horrible thing to do to a person.
“Your ego is so important to an actor or performer of any kind and to smash it that way is unkind in the extreme.”
Connolly, who received his knighthood from Prince William, joked that he should be called “Lancelot”.
“Sir Lancelot, that would be nice,” he told the BBC. “Sir Billy doesn't quite have the same ring.”
He continued: “I am a little embarrassed but deep within me, I'm very pleased to have it.
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