Jonathan Bailey recalls a horrible homophobic encounter he had in a coffee shop recently
The Evening Standard. He said he met President Biden and had the honor of introducing Matt Bomer to the stage to collect an award.“I had the most amazing night; had a drink; couldn’t sleep; buzzing.“I woke up the next morning, it was like a montage.
Sunshine, I was like, this is brilliant. I went into a coffee shop, and I was wearing a Human Rights Campaign cap from the night before.
And the young lady who I was ordering from recognized me from Bridgerton, we were just chatting.“And a man arrived behind me and he said, ‘Are you famous?’ And I said something like, ‘I’m really famous for ordering coffee,’ which is actually quite an annoying thing to say,” he recalled, laughing.“Then he got my cap, and he pulled it off my head and he threw it across the room and he said, ‘Get out of this f***ing coffee shop, you queer.”Bailey says the room went quiet.
He walked over, picked up his cap and put it on.“If you don’t take that cap off, I’m gonna f***ing shoot you,” the other man threatened. “Where I’m from, people like me kill people like you.”“No one knew what to do,” says Bailey. “Apart from one girl, she was amazing.
