The former ‘Great British Bake Off’ host said the incident brought her to tears.
Celebrity The former Great British Bake Off host said the incident brought her to tears. Former Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins has revealed that she was victim to a homophobic attack that left her in tears. The presenter and comedian says she « burst into tears » after a man verbally assaulted her on Hampstead Heath in North London. Speaking on an episode of the Homo Sapiens podcast, Perkins revealed: “I did have my first homophobic insult in 20 years recently… I was on the heath and this guy, I think he said, ‘You f***ing dyke.' » Perkins continued: « You know when something bad happens and on the bus on the way home you think of all the brilliant things you should have said? In that moment I had that very profoundly. » The 51-year-old TV personality told podcast hosts Alan Cumming and Chris Sweeney that she feared the altercation might turn physical. « At the time, I sort of went right up to him and went: ‘What did you say?' » she recalled, « and he sort of postured a bit almost as if he was going to hit me, almost like an intimation of something physical.
