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
00:15, 14 Mar 2026Updated 00:23, 14 Mar 2026
Matt Lucas was harrassed as he left a tube station last month(Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images f)
A man who followed and pestered Matt Lucas as he tried to leave a London Underground station has revealled he lost his job over the incident.
Last month British comedian Matt Lucas, most famous for starring in Little Britain alongside David Walliams, was ‘harrassed’ as he left a tube station.
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.
Little Britain actor Matt Lucas was a main character on the show(Image: BBC / Comic Relief / Children In Need)
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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.
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.”
According to MailOnline 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.”
When a friend told him the video was trending on Twitter 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.”
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