Drag Race UK star Pixie Polite verbally attacked and threatened in homophobic incident
Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers uncomfortable. Drag Race UK star Pixie Polite revealed that a man threatened her life and “verbally attacked” her at a London bus stop.
On 25 August, the beloved talent took to Twitter to recount the terrifying incident. “Hello all, last night I was verbally attacked & had threats made on my life by a middle aged white man in the Kennington area of London.
I was alone at night in an area I didn’t know, with several items of luggage,” she wrote. “And yes I know this is not an ideal situation.
But sometimes things are beyond your control. The bus I was on terminated unexpectedly and I was the last/only passenger to alight. “This man – middle aged & clearly drunk – approached me at the bus stop & tried to engage me in conversation, during which he called myself and others various slurs.” Pixie went on to say that after ordering an Uber and making numerous attempts to distance herself, the man started to become extremely aggressive. “He began to loom over me as I sat in the bus stop and his body & verbal language became incredibly confrontational,” she continued. “He made several threats against my life, and also threatened to stab me with a whisky bottle he had in his hand.” Fortunately, the 31-year-old performer revealed that she ended up standing her ground and challenged the man back – which resulted in him retreating. “My fight or flight told me I couldn’t run, so I was ready to fight this man to protect myself.
