COMEDIAN Rosie Jones has revealed she and her TV star pal were ATTACKED by thugs who threw wine at them on a train.
The star, best known for her stand-up routines and appearances on Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, told how she and a friend had been victims of an “ableist and homophobic” attack.
Three people are alleged to have “mocked” Rosie and her friend, TV presenter Lee Peart’s voices before throwing wine at them onboard the train.
Stand-up comic Lee, who is openly gay, shared a video on his social media account of the aftermath of the moment in which he and Rosie, who lives with ataxic cerebral palsy, discussed the horror attack they faced.
Speaking to the camera, Lee began by saying: “Here I am with one of my favourite people and look…”
He then panned his camera to show stains of red wine against the train wall.
Lee added: “You know what that was from? Being attacked by ableist and homophobic a*******s.”
TV star Rosie, who has set up her own charity The Rosie Jones Foundation to raise funds for cerebral palsy, then said: “Three people mocked both of our voices, through wine at us.
“What a f***ing waste!”
Lee then said: “This is the reality we are getting too now in this country where it’s like, ‘what’s going on?’
He further clarified in a separate post that both he and Rosie were fine in the aftermath and had been supported by the British Transport Police after reporting the horrifying incident.
Lee wrote on Instagram today: “Thank you for your lovely messages and we are both doing fine and yes we have reported it.
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“The BTP took us home and were wonderful.
“Rosie Jones is a wonderful human.”
The Sun has contacted BTP for further comment.
Today, Rosie has shared her own post to mark World Cerebral Palsy Day in which she made reference to the scary attack.
She said: “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).
“It was a stark reminder that my CP makes me stand out, and is often used as a weapon against me.
“Unfortunately the worms of this world use my disability to try and make me feel like a victim. I am not.
“People with cerebral palsy should never be made to feel like guests in an unwelcoming and hostile world which wasn’t set up for people like us. We have just as much of a right to be here as anybody else. AND DON’T FORGET IT.”
Rosie has been open about the bullying she has faced throughout her life as a result of her disability – something she often incorporates into her stand-up routines.
Rosie previously expressed concerns over the particular vulnerability of disabled people during the Covid pandemic, and the way emphasis on the virus affecting people with pre-existing conditions has led to disabled people being coded as “second class citizens”.
During an interview with The Guardian, Jones commented: “I would love in the next few years to see more disabled comedians, directors, producers, commissioners.
“I hope disabled people can see me on TV and think: if she can do it, I can do it.”
