Comedian Rosie Jones has hit back at vile trolls to targeted her following her appearance on Question Time.
The star, who has cerebral palsy, appeared on the BBC topical show to discuss the latest news, including violence against women and the growing distrust of the police.
Rosie, 31, argued that minorities in general feel let down, noting that Dominic Raab failing to know what misogyny proves that the government's current actions feels nothing more than a ‘PR stunt’.
As a result of her appearance, Rosie was targeted by trolls for her comments, with many targeting her disability and commenting on her slow speech.
But Rosie wasn’t having any of it, and later taking to Twitter, vowed to continue standing up for what’s right regardless of what hateful people are saying.
“The sad thing is that I’m not surprised at the ableist abuse I’ve received tonight regarding my appearance on Question Time,” she said.
“It’s indicative of the country we live in right now. I will keep on speaking up, in my wonderful voice, for what I believe in.”
During the Question Time discussion, Rosie expressed her personal experiences and feelings towards being out late at night, and the suggestions that the police have put in place as they launch enquiries into misogyny within the police force.
Speaking to Fiona Bruce, Rosie said: “Talking about women’s safety in general, right now there’s a government enquiry and a Met enquiry and they really feel like they’re both PR stunts. I really don’t feel, as a woman, that either care about my safety.”
When asked why, she continued: “Because they needed to do this before and I feel like when we’ve got a government where Dominic Raab doesn’t know what misogyny is… and my final thing is, I’m a woman, but also as a disabled woman I don’t feel safe at night.
“I don’t feel with police officers and we need to get to a place where women, but also any minority, if they’re a woman, if they’re disabled, if they’re in the LGBT spectrum, or a person of colour, the fact is right now in the UK, they don’t feel safe at night. And that is a scary place to live in.”
While Rosie received vitriol by some for her comments, others praised her for her succinct explanation as to what it feels like to be a woman late at night.
“I’ll remember last night's BBCQT for a long time and not least for your wonderfully coherent and articulate contribution,” one supporter told her.
“It almost felt like there was a shift in the mood of the country with you, Lisa and most of the rest of the panel voicing it.”
Another argued that the vile comments did nothing but prove her point, while a third said: “Rosie you were great tonight and the studio guests agreed and applauded you, you looked good, got your point of view across which is what most of us think.
“You are an absolute star, thank you for holding government to account, bravo.”
Question Time continues Thursday at 10.35pm on BBC One.
