Former Bake Off host and TV presenter Sue Perkins has revealed her shock at being the victim of a homophobic verbal attack.
The 51-year-old feared she could be hit by the man when she confronted him on Hampstead Heath in London after he made an abusive comment.
Sue said: “I did have my first homophobic insult in 20 years recently, and I thought, 'Oh, I wonder if that's coming back?' I was on the heath and this guy, I think he said, 'You f***ing dyke.' “You know when something bad happens and on the bus on the way home you think of all the brilliant things you should have said in that moment I had that very profoundly. “At the time, I sort of went right up to him and went, 'What did you say?' And he sort of postured a bit almost as if he