Donald Trump's state department has criticised Graham Linehan's arrest as a 'departure from democracy'.
The Father Ted co-creator, 57, ended up in hospital earlier this week when his blood pressure rocketed after he was detained by five armed officers at Heathrow.
Linehan had landed on British soil on Monday following a stay at his home in Scottdale, Arizona, when he was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence in three posts he had made on X about trans issues.
The Irish comedy writer, who was behind TV sitcoms The IT Crowd and Black Books, said he was treated 'like a terrorist', held in a cell and then had to be rushed to hospital because the stress 'nearly killed me'.
Linehan's arrest sparked backlash from JK Rowling who called it 'totalitarian' and 'utterly deplorable'.
