BBC's Owain Wyn Evans Receives Shower Of Support After Homophobic Abuse
November 14, 2022BBC Breakfast's weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans is being supported by celebrity friends after he shared a note from a homophobic viewer.
On Instagram, the Welsh TV presenter shared a photograph of a scrawled letter he received from an unknown viewer. The note contained slurs and told him to “go back to Wales.”
The letter read: “You raving bloody p**f, do you ave to be so camp on TV. It puts me off my meal! Stay in bloody Wales where you belong.”
Evans, who became famed for his drumming skills to the BBC News theme song and is proudly gay, quickly made light of the situation, sharing the note alongside a photo of him beaming as he lay over a drum kit, according to Yahoo! News.
“The vast majority of letters I get from people are so, so lovely,” Evans wrote. “But I still find it bizarre that people take time to scrawl stuff like this onto a notepad and send it to me. Hope this camp pic doesn’t put you off any meals today dahlings! (Warning, letter is hateful in nature)”
His celebrity followers and friends quickly flocked to his Instagram comments with messages of support, and celebration of Evans being his authentic self in the face of such hatred.
“I wonder if he/she (obviously not they) can spell CYNTAF? 🤔🤔 or even lululululululul?” wrote Carol Vorderman.
Steps star Lisa Scott-Lee added: “Don’t listen [Owain] they do not know what a beautiful person you are inside and out, and I’m sad for them because they will never get to know xx keep shining bright.”
The sentiment was echoed by her bandmate Ian 'H' Watkins, who added in his own message: “ABSOLUTE HOMOPHOBE!!! You are fabulous. NEVER change xx.”
EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite made a joke at the notes bad spelling, and added: “My darling queen of puffs!!! Do not ever change/tone down or even give these people any mind. You are beautiful, talented and a breath of fresh air in these times. You are my favourite cheese puff.”
While Gabby Logan added: “Owain I am so sorry you got a note like that. Don’t ever stop darling man.”
“Sending you so much love and ENORMOUS HUGS my sweet. Ignore those stupid people and carry on camping and paradiddling,” Gaby Roslin wrote.
Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown said: “Good lord!! I’d like to puff them right in the chops! Never stop being you you fabulous human.”
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