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Nina Lloyd

Wetherspoons bombarded with negative reviews after row over women in 'inappropriate' tops

Trip Advisor has blocked users from reviewing a Wetherspoons pub after it received a furious online backlash for refusing to serve two young women in "inappropriate tops".

The Back and Beyond in Reading kicked out the customers because of how they were dressed in 28C heat - despite reportedly pouring pints for shirtless men all day.

Scathing comments have flooded the pub's online page after Mollie Wood shared her experience of blatant sexism on Sunday.

The 20-year-old said she was left humiliated when a male manager - in his 30s - told her her cleavage showing was "equal to a man being shirtless".

He claimed topless men were also being refused service but other pub-goers have said otherwise.

Mollie had headed to the pub with a friend to grab some food and drink after watching the Euro 2020 in the sweltering heat.

The manager reportedly told Mollie her cleavage showing was the same as a man being topless (Triangle News)

The pair were dressed in ankle-length skirts and halter-neck crop tops - but were told by the boozer they were dressed "unsuitably".

Within hours of the incident going viral, the pub's Trip Advisor page was inundated with messages of support for the two women.

But after several hours the website removed all comments and replaced them with a message saying: "Due to a recent event that has attracted media attention and has caused an influx of review submissions that do not describe first-hand experience, we have temporarily suspended publishing new reviews for this listing."

The pub-goer had gone to get some food in the sweltering heat on Sunday (Triangle News)

Mollie said a female bouncer had let her and her pal inside without any problems and that they checked into the NHS Test and Trace app and showed their IDs.

She later checked online and couldn't see anything about a dress code for the pub, so the pair returned to complain.

But she says they were met with a disappointing response when the manager rudely turned his back on them as they were speaking.

She said: “He was holding the bridge of his nose and huffing, and he turned his back to us when we were speaking about it.”

Mollie questioned why she was let in by a bouncer if her top was inappropriate (Triangle News)

Mollie explained she has a larger chest that will always be visible regardless of what clothes she wears.

She said: “I’ve got a larger chest. Even if I wore a turtleneck you’d still see a very noticeable shape.

“My boobs are always going to show because I have them and there’s nothing I can do about that.”

Mollie was left humiliated after the run-in with the manager (Triangle News)

After a video she filmed in the aftermath went viral, Mollie read several comments on the pub's Trip Advisor page that shocked her.

Many women claimed they had similar experiences at the chain. One person even alleged that her video had been shared in a staff Facebook group and flooded with "backwards" remarks, The Sun reports.

Wetherspoons has been approached for comment.

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