Drag Race’s The Vivienne victim to horrifying homophobic attack at McDonald’s
Drag Race UK star The Vivienne took to Twitter to share her story of a homophobic attack that occurred at a McDonald’s in Liverpool. “Just been attacked in McDonald’s, Police on way. Homophobia alive and well folks,” she wrote. “First time I’ve never retaliated in a fight because I’m not gonna punch somebody in front of kids and women. #pieceofshit.”
Her fans took to the comment section with messages of support. Her fellow Drag Race star Bimini Bon Boulash also echoed sentiments of support, saying “Sending you lots of love babe. I’m sorry this happened to you. We’re living in such horrific times.” Shea Couleé also said “Damn Viv! I’m so sorry this happened to you. Hope you’re alright.”
A few hours after the incident took place, The Vivienne assured her fans that the police had captured the attacker. She said “Huge thank you to the fantastic staff at @McDonaldsUK Edge Lane who acted fast and removed the idiot from the premises and did everything in their power to make sure I was ok and waited for police with me. He’s been arrested and is in custody. Result, it’s so important that as a community we report and take action on hate crimes. Otherwise, it continues to happen. Time to set an example!”
She continued to say “I’m a tough cookie, I’m on with my day, punch to the face or not. Not everybody is as big/strong/tall as me. I fears for the other that aren’t able to handle themselves and shouldn’t have to.”
This comes after the news that the Home Office revealed the statistics behind hate crimes in England and Wales had increased to a new high in 2022. There were 155,841 recorded by police – a 26% increase from the year before.
