Rosie Jones has wine bottle thrown at her during ‘homophobic’ and ‘ableist’ attack
Rosie Jones was attacked alongside fellow comedian Lee Peart. (Jeff Spicer/Getty)
Rosie Jones was attacked alongside fellow comedian Lee Peart. (Jeff Spicer/Getty)
Lesbian comedian Rosie Jones has spoken out after having a wine bottle thrown at her in a “homophobic” and “ableist” attack.
Jones revealed that she and fellow queer comedian and TV presenter Lee Peart were victims of the crime while on a train in a video posted to Peart’s Instagram Story.
The pair detailed the incident in the clip, showing red wine splattered across the train wall after three passengers threw it at them. “You know what that was from?” Peart asked. “Being attacked by ableist and homophobic a*******s.” The assault was a result of a rise in hostility and prejudice across the UK.
“This is the reality now in this country,” he added.
Meanwhile, Jones said: “Three people mocked both our voices, threw wine at us. What a f***ing waste.”
Neither of them was harmed and the British Transport Police (BTP) have launched an investigation.
“The BTP took us home and were wonderful,” Peart wrote. “Rosie Jones is a wonderful human.”
Jones also mentioned the attack, in an Instagram post dedicated to World Cerebral Palsy Day, Monday (6 October. “Today was going to be about me celebrating all that is good and brilliant about having [cerebral palsy]. But on the train home from our gig last night, me and my good pal Lee were victims of ableism and homophobia. They mocked our voices, shouted slurs at us and even threw a wine bottle (plastic, thankfully),” she wrote.
The attack was a “stark reminder” that her condition makes her “stand out, and is often used as a weapon against me”, she added.
In June, Jones spoke to PinkNews about her sitcom Pushers, about a disabled woman who builds a drug empire, and told us: “Because of my cerebral palsy, I’m constantly underestimated by society.”
In 2023, she revealed the level of online abuse she faced following her appearance on the BBC’s Question Time.
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