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Last month British comedian Matt Lucas, most famous for starring in Little Britain alongside David Walliams, was ‘harrassed’ as he left a tube station – now the man responsible has spoken out<\/p>\n

00:15, 14 Mar 2026Updated 00:23, 14 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

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Matt Lucas was harrassed as he left a tube station last month(Image: Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images f)<\/p>\n

A man who followed and pestered Matt Lucas <\/a>as he tried to leave a London Underground station has revealled he lost his job over the incident.<\/p>\n

Last month British comedian<\/a> Matt Lucas, most famous for starring in Little Britain alongside David Walliams<\/a>, was ‘harrassed’ as he left a tube station.<\/p>\n

Thomas Bourne, 39, approached the Jewish comedian, 51, after spotting him on an escalator. Bourne filmed himself ‘harassing’ Lucas seemingly solely on the basis of his Jewish heritage – only for the film he posted online to attract a huge amount of criticism.<\/p>\n

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Little Britain actor Matt Lucas was a main character on the show(Image: BBC \/ Comic Relief \/ Children In Need)<\/p>\n

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Today it emerged that Bourne has now lost his job as a fundraising consultant as a direct result of the incident. Bourne gave an interview to PoliticsJoe, in which he appeared to suggest Mr Lucas was responsible for starting the altercation.<\/p>\n

He said: ‘I was going up the escalator and looked to my side and saw someone giving me an uncomfortable even hostile look and I realised it was Matt Lucas. My instant reaction – as anyone’s would be who was going to confront someone – was to pull out my camera phone and shout “Free Palestine! Free Palestine!” As a result of that video and a subsequent Daily Mail article I actually lost my job.”<\/p>\n

According to MailOnline <\/a>when asked about his knowledge of Matt’s background before the incident Bourne responded: “Absolutely no awareness of his background” adding: “I knew he was in a show quite a few years ago, Little Britain.”<\/p>\n

When a friend told him the video was trending on Twitter<\/a> and that Mr Lucas was Jewish, Bourne told PoliticsJoe: “My heart absolutely sunk and I thought “Oh no, this is not good” because I could already picture in my head how this could be framed and how this could be interpreted, and the ramifications around that.So I immediately deleted the video knowing this could have bad ramifications.”<\/p>\n

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