Rosie Jones

Comedian Rosie Jones has shared that she was targeted with abuse during a recent train journey.

Posting on Instagram on Monday, the stand-up comic – who has cerebral palsy – Rosie shared that she and fellow comedian Lee Peart had been on board a train the previous night when they were subjected to homophobic and ableist taunts and slurs, and had a plastic bottle thrown at them by a fellow passenger.

Wishing her followers a Happy World Cerebral Palsy Day, the former Taskmaster star explained: “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.”

Rosie continued: “People with cerebral palsy should never be made to feel like guests in an unwelcoming and hostile world which........

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