Little Britain star Matt Lucas verbally assaulted on way to football game in vile homophobic ordeal

Arsenal instrumentality Matt Lucas opened up astir experiencing homophobic maltreatment portion trying to enactment his team

Matt Lucas, 50, has opened up astir experiencing horrible maltreatment arsenic a football fan.

The Little Britain prima is famously an avid protagonist of Arsenal, but shared connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, that he’d been verbally assaulted doubly portion heading to games this play alone. Matt shared that the maltreatment was homophobic, with Matt being openly gay.

“I person been verbally abused doubly connected the mode to shot matches truthful acold this season. On some occasions I was minding my ain business, caput down, walking to the ground,” helium wrote connected Wednesday.

“I was called 'a f**king queer c**t' by 1 antheral and different told maine that 'our nine doesn't privation disgusting cheery fans'. If you're a subordinate and that offends you little than wearing a rainbow-coloured armband for a mates of matches, past possibly you're portion of the problem.”

In the remark section, Matt took the clip to respond to a mates of followers who suggested that helium was making the homophobia look much prolific than it was.

One instrumentality wrote: “I'm not denying it happened.. but I've been going to Arsenal for 40 years and ne'er heard thing remotely homophobic.. the stadium has a large banner saying 'Gay Gooners' and cipher seems to mind. You definite it wasn't distant fans winding you up? And are you definite rainbows volition hole it?” Matt replied succinctly, simply writing: “Good for you.”

The Great British Bake Off presenter is openly gay, and antecedently said that helium archetypal suspected that helium was homosexual astatine astir the property of seven. Matt is reasonably backstage astir his idiosyncratic life, but suffered with the loss of his archetypal large partner. Back successful 2002, helium met TV shaper Kevin McGee, who worked with Matt connected a fewer of his shows including The Real Little Britain, Jump Britain and The Morning After Show.

The 2 rapidly fell successful love, and made things authoritative erstwhile they tied the knot successful December 2006 successful a civilian partnership. The London ceremonial boasted personage guests including Sir Elton John, the precocious Paul O'Grady, and Courtney Love.

Unfortunately, the couple’s narration wasn’t meant to be, and they had their concern dissolved astatine the High Court conscionable 18 months aboriginal successful 2008.

Soon aft the couple's split, Kevin tragically passed distant aft battling slump and a cause addiction. The TV shaper was recovered dormant astatine his Edinburgh level successful October 2009.

To people the 10th day of Kevin's death, shared connected societal media successful 2019: "I loved him much than anyone I’ve ever met, and inactive do. He was truthful comic and silly and clever and benignant and handsome, and his grin made my bosom soar."

He added: "We were unneurotic for astir six years and helium made maine the happiest antheral connected the planet. In the end, helium mislaid his conflict with addiction and depression. I conjecture immoderate radical don’t person the armour for this world. I deliberation of him astir apt a 100 times a day, each day. In truth, I deliberation of small else.”

Mirror Online has reached retired to a typical for Arsenal for comment.

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