Rosie Jones has addressed the thugs who threw wine at her and her friend while travelling on a train on Sunday in an ‘ableist and homophobic’ attack.
Labelling the group ‘horrible s***bags’, Rosie said that she wanted to focus on the ‘positives in the post’ rather than the people who assaulted them.
The comedian, 35, took to Instagram on Tuesday to thank her followers for their support, after she shared the ordeal with fans online the day before.
Rosie said: ‘Thank you for all your kind words and support about mine and Lee’s train incident on Sunday night. I am ok, and I am feeling more myself today.
‘Instead of focusing on the negative and horrible s*** bags in the world, this is a post of LOVE and JOY. I feel so, incredibly lucky to be surrounded by such amazing family and friends who have time and time again showed up and made me feel not so alone.
‘I know it’s sometimes hard to do, especially recently, but when things like this happen, we must focus on the brilliant people in life, who I still believe make up most of this world.
Rosie Jones has addressed the thugs who threw wine at her and her friend while travelling on a train on Sunday in an ‘ableist and homophobic’ attack
Labelling the group ‘horrible s***bags’, Rosie said that she wanted to focus on the ‘positives in the post’ rather than the people who assaulted them
‘Here’s a few legends in my life who I choose to focus on. Thank you, I love you all.
Rosie revealed she was attacked by a group of thugs who threw wine at her and an openly-gay friend in an impassioned post earlier this week.
The comedian, who also identifies as gay, told how her and her stand-up comic pal Lee Peart were victims of the cruel attack while on a train on Sunday evening.
Rosie, who has ataxic cerebral palsy, claimed that three people ‘mocked’ her and Lee before launching a glass of booze at them onboard the train.
Following the attack, Lee shared a video on his Instagram page explaining to his followers what had happened to them, which was then reshared by Rosie.
Speaking to the camera, Lee began by saying: ‘Here I am with one of my favourite people and look…’
He then panned his camera to show stains of red wine against the train wall.
Rosie revealed she was attacked by a group of thugs who threw wine at her and an openly-gay friend in an impassioned post earlier this week
The comedian, who also identifies as gay, told how her and her stand-up comic pal Lee Peart were victims of the cruel attack while on the journey
Lee added: ‘You know what that was from? Being attacked by ableist and homophobic a*******s.’
TV star Rosie then said: ‘Three people mocked both of our voices, through wine at us. What a f***ing waste!’
Lee then said: ‘This is the reality we are getting too now in this country where it’s like, “what’s going on?”
Lee later added that he and Rosie were doing fine after the attack and were supported by the British Transport Police after reporting the ordeal.
Lee wrote on Instagram today: ‘Thank you for your lovely messages and we are both doing fine and yes we have reported it. The BTP took us home and were wonderful. Rosie Jones is a wonderful human.’
Rosie later reflected on the incident in an Instagram post which was to honour World Cerebral Palsy Day.
She wrote: ‘Happy World Cerebral Palsy Day to all CPers and all who celebrate our day with us.
‘I’ve been looking forward to this day for ages because it is my opportunity to shout from the rooftops about The Rosie Jones Foundation and the fact that, with the help of the massive Irish challenge completed by my favourite boys @mudcutters.
Rosie later reflected on the incident in an Instagram post which was to honour World Cerebral Palsy Day
Rosie said she was using the incident to honour those who have the same condition
Rosie shared a selection of images from her life in the post
‘We’ve just been able to donate £18,000 to Disability Plus. This money will CLEAR their waiting list of people with CP in need of counselling sessions, providing them all with counsellors with CP.
‘Today was going to be about me celebrating all that is good and brilliant about having CP. But on the train home from our gig last night, me and my good pal Lee were victims of ableism and homophobia. They mocked our voices, shouted slurs at us and even threw a wine bottle (plastic, thankfully).
‘It was a stark reminder that my CP makes me stand out, and is often used as a weapon against me. Unfortunately the worms of this world use my disability to try and make me feel like a victim. I am not.
‘People with cerebral palsy should never be made to feel like guests in an unwelcoming and hostile world which wasn’t set up for people like us. We have just as much of a right to be here as anybody else. AND DON’T FORGET IT.
‘Let me end on the positives, while you scroll through my carousel of CP joy. I am PROUD to have cerebral palsy, and setting up The Rosie Jones Foundation is my greatest achievement to date (apart from getting to level 10716 on Candy Crush). Our mission is to empower lives and change minds so that no person living with cerebral palsy ever feels alone or unheard. Together we are mighty. I love my CP Family.
‘(Scroll through to see the real life exhaustion of living life as the CP People’s Princess!)’
Last September, Rosie was flooded with support as she opened up about the vicious abuse she’d endured during an ‘inspirational’ Good Morning Britain interview.
Rosie revealed that she keeps social media at an ‘arm’s distance’ and takes trolling with a ‘pinch of salt’.
She told show hosts Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid that she thinks the vile trolling she has faced isn’t always about her, but is in fact a reflection of her haters’ own prejudices.
Rosie confessed: ‘It is very complicated, quite extremely, and I think a lot of it is due to people being scared of difference.
‘And when I appear on TV, a lot of people have never seen anyone who talks like me before and the difference to some people is scary.
Last September, Rosie was flooded with support as she opened up about the vicious abuse she’d endured during an ‘inspirational’ Good Morning Britain interview
Rosie revealed that she keeps social media at an ‘arm’s distance’ and takes trolling with a ‘pinch of salt’
‘I am very good at social media. I keep it at an arm’s distance and take it with a pinch of salt and I know that the abuse I get towards me isn’t always about me – it is about them.
‘It is about their prejudices, it’s their problem and need to take out their burden so what I do, is focus on me doing my job to the best of my ability, making people laugh and living my life to the fullest.’
Her confession on the show was met with steadfast support as her fans flocked to social media with well wishes.
One penned: ‘@GMB Rosie brilliant girl honestly Inspirational xx’
‘For the haters, Rosie Jones is living her life & no one has the right to hurl abuse at her. The problem is with the hater not the individual!’
‘Love Rosie! Keep doing what you’re doing and keep ignoring the trolls’
‘Love Rosie, she’s brilliant, sad that people have to be so mean’
‘Rosie’s right—people often fear what they don’t understand, and that fear turns into abuse. It’s sad that instead of embracing differences, some choose to hide behind a screen and attack others. Trolls show their weakness, not hers.’
She told show hosts Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid that she thinks the vile trolling she has faced isn’t always about her but more of a reflection of their own prejudices
Her confession on the show was received with endless backing as her fans flocked to social media to share their support
One penned: ‘@GMB Rosie brilliant girl honestly Inspirational xx’
‘Love Rosie. Watching her on Taskmaster this series. She is hilarious.’
‘I absolutely love Rosie Jones #GMB she is always smiling’
Previously Rosie revealed that she learned to ‘ignore and rationalise’ trolling after being hit by ‘ableist’ abuse for her appearance on Big Fat Quiz Of The Year.
The comedian received a wave of support from her co-stars after being hit by ‘horrendous’ trolling for her appearance on the Channel 4 show in December.
Earlier in the year in an interview with The Times, Rosie admitted she ‘hates’ that her mother Andrea has to see the abuse she receives online, but she still ‘checks in’ to ensure that she’s OK.
Rosie said: ‘Of course for all the support I do get, I get an awful lot of negativity and abuse too, perhaps more than any other comedian going right now.
‘Comedy is subjective and women always get trolled online, but when you’re disabled like me, with a speech difference, that opens up even more hate.
‘Some trolls can be angry at the world and so if they see me being unapologetically myself, swearing, talking about having sex and living my dream — then, well, how dare I! Sorry, I’m ranting, aren’t I?
Previously Rosie revealed that she learned to ‘ignore and rationalise’ trolling after being hit by ‘ableist’ abuse for her appearance on Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
The comedian received a wave of support from her co-stars after being hit by ‘horrendous’ trolling for her appearance on the Channel 4 show in December
‘I’ve learnt how to deal with it, ignore it and rationalise it, but I hate that my mum has to see it. She does check up on me a lot to make sure I’m OK. And I am.’
Rosie previously condemned cruel critics for their unkind abuse after her appearances on the Royal Variety Performance.
Vile trolls alleged they ‘could not understand’ the comic, and she then hit back and accused them of ableism.
Taking to Twitter, Rosie responded to vile comments from some viewers of the Boxing Day show after vowing to ‘lay low’ in the wake of the cruelty.
Rosie reposted a clip from her appearance on The One Show in February, where she discussed her documentary about online hate and how she is impacted by trolls.
On the couch, she spoke to Alex Jones and Boyzone’s Ronan Keating, saying: ‘As a disabled person in the media, I get a lot of online abuse every single day and I really wanted to explore that and get to the bottom of why people are ableist.’
She spoke about the lack of understanding of ableism, listed in the dictionary as ‘the discrimination of and social prejudice against people with disabilities based on the belief that typical abilities are superior.
Rosie said: ‘Not a lot of people know what ableism is and it is simply when you discriminate against somebody because of their disability…
‘I feel like if you go in the street and you say to somebody what is racism? What is sexism? What is homophobia? People know exactly what it is…
‘But when you say what is ableism people stumble over their words. That’s quite damaging because if you don’t know what ableism is how can we ever stop it?’
