Fellow Travelers star Jonathan Bailey says he was threatened with violence during a recent trip to Washington, D.C.Speaking with the Evening Standard as part of a profile for the newspaper, the British-born actor recounted attending the Human Rights Campaign’s National Dinner, an annual gala held in Washington, D.C., back in October.During the gala, he introduced actor and Fellow Travelers co-star Matt Bomer, who was receiving HRC’s Impact Award, which recognizes members of the LGBTQ community dedicated to advocating for queer issues.He also recalled meeting President Joe Biden and television producer Shonda Rhimes, who received HRC’s National Equality Award.
The night was so exciting and so special that Bailey recalls not being able to get much sleep.“I woke up the next morning, it was like a montage.
Sunshine, I was like, this is brilliant. I went into a coffee shop, and I was wearing a Human Rights Campaign cap from the night before,” he recounts. “And the young lady who I was ordering from recognized me from Bridgerton, we were just chatting.”Soon, a new customer shattered Bailey’s happy mood.“[A] man arrived behind me, and he said, ‘Are you famous?’ And I said something like, ‘I’m really famous for ordering coffee,’ which is actually quite an annoying thing to say,” says Bailey. “And then he got my cap, and he pulled it off my head and he threw it across the room and he said, ‘Get out of this fucking coffee shop, you queer.”Bailey walked across the room to pick up his hat and put it back on his head, to which the man responded, “If you don’t take that cap off, I’m gonna fucking shoot you.” The man — who Bailey discovered was from Pennsylvania — added, “Where I’m from, people like me kill people like you.”Luckily,.
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