Rosie Jones and her friend were attacked by cruel thugs in an “ableist and homophobic” assault on the train.
The 35-year-old comedian said she and her comic pal Lee Peart, who are both gay, were targeted by three people on the train home from a gig in Brighton on Sunday evening.
The 8 Out of 10 Cats star, who has ataxic cerebral palsy, said the trio “mocked” their voices, “shouted slurs” at them, and threw a plastic wine bottle at them.
The actress, who stars in the Channel 4 comedy Pushers, called out the “worms of the world” for making her feel unsafe in a “hostile and unwelcoming” world.
Peart shared a video on his Instagram Story with Jones on the train after the incident, which Jones re-shared.
“Here I am with one of my favourite people and look...” he said, panning up the carriage wall to show the wine stains behind them.
Peart went on: “You know what that was from? Being attacked by ableist and homophobic a*******s.”
Jones added: “Three people mocked both of our voices, threw wine at us. What a f***ing waste!”
Peart said: “This is the reality we are getting to now in this country where it's like, ‘What's going on?’”
He captioned the video: “Rosie Jones and I were attacked on a train by awful individuals. Where is this country going? It's getting so much worse.”
Peart later confirmed he and Jones were doing fine after the attack and had reported the incident to the British Transport Police.
“Thank you for your lovely messages and we are both doing fine and yes we have reported it. The BTP took us home and were wonderful. Rosie Jones is a wonderful human,” he wrote.
Jones reflected on the horrific incident in an Instagram post that had been intended to mark World Cerebral Palsy Day.
“Today was going to be about me celebrating all that is good and brilliant about having CP,” the Disability Benefits star wrote.
“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).
“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.”
She went on: “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.”
Elsewhere in her post, Jones celebrated her charity, The Rosie Jones Foundation, raising £18,000 ford Disability Plus, an organisation that provides mental health services for disabled people.
“This money will CLEAR their waiting list of people with CP in need of counselling sessions, providing them all with counsellors with CP,” she wrote.
The stand-up comic concluded: “Let me end on the positives, while you scroll through my carousel of CP joy.
“I am PROUD to have cerebral palsy, and setting up The Rosie Jones Foundation is my greatest achievement to date (apart from getting to level 10716 on Candy Crush).
“Our mission is to empower lives and change minds so that no person living with cerebral palsy ever feels alone or unheard. Together we are mighty. I love my CP Family.”
