RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Contestant Wins Libel Lawsuit After Being Called “Pedophile” By Right Wing TV Host

Deadline reports:

Laurence Fox has lost his libel case after calling two people including a former Drag Race contestant “paedophiles” on social media. The actor-turned-politician, who was fired by GB News late last year for highly misogynistic remarks, heard his comments labeled “harmful, defamatory and baseless” by a High Court judge this afternoon in London, according to the BBC.

Fox was sued by former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK contestant Crystal and Simon Blake, a trustee of UK charity Stonewall, after referring to them as “paedophiles” on X, formerly Twitter. Fox has become outspoken over the past few years and has launched his own political party, Reclaim. Last year, his misogynistic rant on GB News’ Dan Wootton Tonight was the most-complained about TV show of the year to regulator Ofcom.

Mediaite reports:

Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK star Crystal flaunted her libel court victory by dressing up as Legally Blonde’s Elle Woods for a Sky News interview. Speaking to Sky News, Seymour reflected on the court victory as “incredibly liberating and satisfying after three long years.”

“I think if I’d known at the outset that it was going to be three and a half years later and we’d still be talking about this I may have thought twice,” Seymour said.

Seymour continued: “But he’s a bully, and accusations of paedophilia against people in the queer community, against drag queens, are old, old tropes and I didn’t want to stand for it and let that slide.”

Fox is vowing to appeal. Of note, Dan Wooton is a notorious homocon who has appeared here for unrelated scandals. Fox ran a failed bid for London mayor in 2021 on an anti-vax platform, finishing with 1.9% of the vote.