Bobby Norris reveals he faced vile homophobic abuse from a man at Stratford station

Bobby Norris has revealed on Instagram that he faced homophobic abuse from a man at Stratford station on Wednesday. 

The TV personality shared in a new video that a stranger ‘gave him a mouthful’ and decided to call him ‘a queer c***’ as he made his way on his commute into London. 

Bobby, who rocked a stylish pair of chunky black sunglasses in the clip, said he was sharing the abuse he faced ‘to prove that homophobia exists’. 

He said: ‘So this is a message for the lovely man at Stratford station, who just gave me a mouthful and no not like that. The one who decided to call me a queer c***.

‘Thank you for reminding me because it is really easy to forget my sexuality, so it is lovely to be told in such a beautiful way regularly. 

‘And I guess it is just a message out there to prove to all the people out there that say homophobia ain’t a thing anymore because we only have racists now in Britain. 

Bobby Norris has revealed on Instagram that he faced homophobic abuse from a man at Stratford Station on Wednesday

The TV personality shared in a new video that a stranger ‘gave him a mouthful’ and decided to ‘call him queer’ as he made his way on his commute into London

‘Homophobia doesn’t exist anymore, it’s like the dinosaurs so ironically I’m on my way into Soho, you couldn’t make it up.’

Bobby concluded: ‘But what I’m going to do I’m going to my meeting in Soho House and I’m going to cry a queer tear into my queer drink and raise the glass to you mate, so have a lovely day.’   

It comes after Bobby emotionally opened up last year on the horrific online abuse and death threats he faced after starring on The Only Way Is Essex.

The TV star was catapulted to fame when he joined the cast of the ITVBe reality show back in 2012, and remained on the series for nine years before leaving for good in 2021.

But though being part of the show had its positives, Bobby reflected that he endured some really dark times as social media developed, with trolls targeting him due to his sexuality. 

Speaking to his FUBAR Radio co-star Ellen Coughlan in November, Bobby detailed the vile messages he received after filming the TV show.

He shared: ‘I love social media, but I’ve been through it, and this is something actually, I’m not sure if a lot of people will know, but I think back in I think 2019, I was on a big reality show at the time, and was receiving a huge amount of abuse on social media, predominantly because of my sexuality.

‘There was this one, I think another death threat come through. And when I say that it sounds so flippant, but it was literally just another one was outside my house and was going to petrol bomb me.’

Bobby said: ‘So this is a message for the lovely man at Stratford station, who just gave me a mouthful. The one who decided to call me a queer c***. Thank you for reminding me because it is really easy to forget my sexuality’

It comes after Bobby emotionally opened up last year on the horrific online abuse and death threats he faced after starring on The Only Way Is Essex 

The TV star was catapulted to fame when he joined the cast of the ITVBe reality show back in 2012, and remained on the series for nine years before leaving for good in 2021 [pictured on the show in 2012]

Continuing to speak about his ordeal, he added: ‘It was a tough time. I’ve got a thick skin. So I was never losing sleep over it. And I was very aware. I thought, I can deal with this. 

‘But I know 13 or 14 year old Bobby couldn’t have dealt with it. They were not just saying, Bob, I don’t like your hair. I don’t like your blow dry today, or I don’t like that Louis Vuitton bag. No, we’re talking really dark stuff.’

As a result of the homophobic abuse he endured online, Bobby campaigned for a change in legislation to make online homophobia to be made a specific offence, as the then current legislation was passed before the internet ‘as we know it today’.

Detailing his campaigning efforts, Bobby explained: ‘I created a petition sat in my bedroom. And so I think this was 2019, so I campaigned for, I think about four or five years. 

‘Well, yeah, it’s been in law for one year now, yeah, to put an aim to or to have some kind of legislation around how people can speak online.’

On the outcome of his campaigning, he continued: ‘I went to Downing Street. I’ve been to Parliament several times for debates, and thankfully, after four or five years of campaigning, it’s become a law, and it is the Online Safety Act.

‘It isn’t about the snowflake generation saying that they don’t like something about you. It’s not opinion based. We’re talking threats violence, threats violence, discrimination, dark stuff.’