Laurence Fox is being sued for defamation after labelling a
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star, a
Coronation Street actor and the deputy chair of Stonewall as “paedophiles”.
Simon Blake, Nicola Thorp and drag star Crystal launched the hefty lawsuit after being smeared by the disgraced actor in a heated Twitter row in October 2020.
Crystal and Blake initially threatened legal action last year but officially filed the claim in the High Court on 1 April. All three claimants are now jointly represented by the law firm Patron Law.
The row was prompted by Fox’s bizarre claim that Sainsbury’s supermarket was “promot[ing] racial segregation and discrimination” by celebrating Black History Month.
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The new couple were appearing on a new digital show launched by The Only Way Is Essex, presented by drag artist A Whora, who recently starred in the second series of RuPaul s Drag Race UK.
TOWIE cast members appear on the social media-based spin-off to discuss the events of the most recent episode.
This week A Whora was joined by Demi and Francesca, as well as Chloe Brockett, 20, Joey Turner, 18, and Tom McDonnell, 24.
Spin-off: The new couple were appearing on a new digital show launched by The Only Way Is Essex, presented by drag artist A Whora (pictured), who recently starred in the second series of RuPaul s Drag Race UK
Laurence Fox today defended his right to call people paedophiles on Twitter, citing free speech and claiming it was just a meaningless and baseless insult that he made in response to being unfairly smeared as a racist by a drag queen who is now suing him.
The actor became embroiled in a heated exchange with a number of Twitter users including Ru Paul s Drag Race UK star Crystal, Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp and deputy chair of Stonewall, Simon Blake.
The trio had all called him a racist in tweets replying to his post accusing Sainsbury s of promoting racial segregation and discrimination and promised to boycott the supermarket chain after it promoted Black History Month.
Darlington queen Cherry Valentine. Picture: BBC DARLINGTON drag queen Cherry Valentine is heading to North-East theatres alongside RuPaul’s Drag Race UK legends in the UK’s biggest ever Drag Race tour - which has added an extra date for Newcastle and a new Stockton date. Drag royalty will Ru-Turn in 2022 for the UK’s Drag Race tour, with the original 19-date tour being extended to 41 as shows sell out across the country. Fans can join the queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK for an evening of endless eleganza extravaganza at Newcastle O2 City Hall on Monday, February 7, and now on Thursday, April 7.
RuPaul s Drag Race UK live show is adding a Newport date and it will feature local star Tayce
Queen of Newport, Tayce, will be coming home as part of the UK-wide RuPaul’s Drag Race UK tour
15:46, 6 APR 2021 (Image: BBC/World of Wonder/Ray Burmiston)
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