Dustin Lance Black reportedly called police after a heated incident in a London gay bar on Wednesday night.
Black and his husband Tom Daley had been out having drinks in Soho, reports The Sun. They began with dinner at glitzy Italian restaurant Avo Mario, before watching a drag show at Ku Bar in Chinatown. They then moved on to Freedom on Wardour Street in Soho.
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Also at Freedom was Teddy Edwardes, the promoter of queer women’s events, Lick. Edwardes has also appeared recently on the BBC3 show, The Big Proud Party Agency. The reality show features LGBTQ party planners compete against one another.
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What exactly happened next is unclear. Edwardes posted a lengthy video message on her stories yesterday to give her side of events.
She said, “I went out for a couple of quiet drinks with my friends last night, nothing crazy. I bumped into Tom Daley and his husband in Soho, who, I may add, the husband is a fucking dickhead. Pretty much unprovoked he threw an entire drink over me in Freedom.
“I didn’t have a drink to throw back so I did choose violence, but I wasn’t that violent. He got a little tap on the back of the head.
“Tell me why he is crying outside saying it’s a targeted attack and that he’s traumatized and called the police, and I had to wait there for hours whilst the police were asking questions.
“And now I have been cautioned and I have to go in for interviews.
“I did choose violence, but I wasn’t that violent”
“I’m sorry, but what level of rich, privileged shit makes someone think they can throw a drink over someone and nothing will happen?” Edwardes asked. “Because if I throw a drink over someone, I expect shit to go down!
“I don’t even care. I know everyone’s going to be like ‘violence isn’t the answer!’,” she says, before looking into the camera and emphasizing, “Sometimes it is. Sometimes it has to be.”
She then added another clip to make it clear she had no problem with Daley.
“I had to add, Tom Daley was lovely throughout. He was just trying to diffuse the situation, but unfortunately, his American, Oscar-winning filmmaker husband had other plans. I think he’s been watching far too many films. What a fucking mess.”
She also added a text explanation of what went down. It said, “For everyone asking what happened, we basically invited them to where we were sitting and I bought them some drinks, etc, everything was fine.
“And then this random guy came and sat with us and my friend said they felt uncomfortable because they didn’t know who it was so I asked security if they could move them on…
“The security came to move them on and Tom’s husband started going mad saying how welcome I’ve made him feel and that was leaving, so I was like OK. Then got straight drink thrown in my face.”
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Dustin Lance Black “punched” in back of head
A spokesperson for London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed to The Sun, “Police were called at 00:29hrs on Thursday, 18 August to a club in Wardour Street following reports of an altercation involving a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s. There were no arrests. Enquiries continue.”
A spokesperson for Dustin Lance Black told the newspaper the screenwriter and producer called police after someone “punched him in the back of the head.” They said Daley and Black were out enjoying a date night without four-year-old son Robbie.
“Tom and Lance were out on a date night without Robbie. They went to Freedom after dinner.
“Someone punched Lance in the back of the head, the person who punched him was removed from Freedom by security who checked CCTV, it was reported to police who are looking into it.”
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Paris in Santiago
Dustin does have his moments of dickishness. He can be like a white woman on chardonay in the Hamptons for the weekend.
But he is truly awesome to Tom and their tyke.
monty clift
XD
LumpyPillows
You didn’t read the story, did you?
Jake123
I have no doubt this woman did or said something to get a drink poured on her!
LumpyPillows
I don’t believe a word she said, actually.
Rambeaux
She needs to learn to leave people alone.
I doubt that their date night included interacting with this tatted-up bimbo trash.
bachy
They all play Celebrity Kissy-Face until someone turns out to be a dick. And then it’s Celebrity Hate Parade on Twitter. What a pack of bores.
Prax07
Release the footage, I’d love to see Black getting punched in the back of the head. He’s just another entitled douche.
SFMike
As if she isn’t a tatted-up entitled douche too. It’s just women always get that little extra leeway to be aggressive due to their gender.
LunaSol2010
Hey Hey HEY!
THAT’S OSCAR WINNER ENTITLED DOUCHBAG to you Prax07!
His great filmscript is a great film to watch. And therefore when 2 billion people watch globally an awards show we uplift that person beyond an equality perso to person.
So anyone can be a Doucette but when 2 billion people see the most highly prized award show on TV we place grace with talent over a 45 second acceptance speech.
When an insecure aging gay man is complicit with pink Mafia casting couch and works with known pedophiles … its a huge giant knock off the altar of grandeur and a bigger fall than just a unknown douchebag with no fame history.
So Oscar improves your dirisive blowback on the drama Queen who knows how to ruin a night and be a D list 1963 actress throwing a drink at someone.
Improve your commentary for fuller contrast to make sure you emphasize the dickheadness qualities of his public behavior
Thank you.
Cam
When people try to make their actions sound incredibly mild it comes off weird. She’s claiming she “Tapped” him on the back of the head, right after she says she chose violence. Well if she was really the type of person to “Chose violence” they don’t sound like the person who would “tap” somebody. I would buy the story much more if she admitted she punched the guy.
fredk3
my thought too. she admits to doing it but at the same time downplays it. one of the classic rules a liar follows is to include an element of the truth.
LumpyPillows
Well, I actually agree with Cam.
Salacious1
To Fredk3’s point: sounds like a classic Trump play. Deny, admit but downplay, blame on the opponent.
. Sounds like she was rude to a stranger joining the table, was embarrassed when Dustin & Tom thought it best to leave too, and ahe struck out in anger.
wade.l
Would pouring a drink over someone be considered an act of violence? It certainly is an act of aggression.
olfwob
At least it is a act of waste.
LumpyPillows
If it actually happened? Yes.
Doug
It looks like Teddy Edwards has taken the video down on her Instagram page.
Jack Meoff
The way she flooded her socials with her side of events seems very defensive and as though she is trying to drive a narrative. I would reserve judgment until all the facts are known.
Salacious1
I agree. Notable after reviewing the security recording she was forced to leave. If Dustin had initiated anything he too would have been asked to leave. sounds more like she got onto an argument with the unnamed person joining the group and a drink was spilled in the ensuing as Tom & Dustin decided to leave.. Hardly an unknown event in crowded after hours bars.
The anonymous ‘friends’ are most likely unrelated trolls who already dislike the couple for obvious reasons. The Me Too movement is really hurting themselves letting outsiders pile on someone without at least making a formal complaint they can back up.
nm4047
a bitch fight in a gay bar, real news worthy. Lance is of an age he should have gone home after dinner and just let Tom go about his own thing, as is the norm/agreement for most younger men with older partners.
mujerado
What assumptive, ageist drivel! Why should they be held to what someone thinks is the “norm/agreement” for “most younger” men with “older” partners? Speculative and judgmental in the same breath. Nobody has to be held to some “norm” for people of their age, any more than for their sexuality or their ethnicity or any other class we want to put them in.
trojanboy
They are actually all dicks. Yawn.
LumpyPillows
You know them?
trell
So, she ‘tapped’ him to the back of the head, but it was just a tap apparently. It’s still an offence of assault, and going on social media to admit to it/justify her actions/say she’s not bothered etc. is a very puerile thing to do…..
…..as for DLB throwing drinks on her, that is also assault, and she can make a counter allegation, citing that she was ‘provoked’ into hitting him.
Ultimately, their behaviour is both pretty crappy. It’s like a pair of children in the school playground, pointing fingers and yelling ‘They started it!’
Jack
Honestly I love Lance… but calling the police? Even if she deserved the drink in her face that wasn’t necessary. Even if she “punched” you, why waste the time of the London police who clearly have much more important things to do. Sounds like a silly mess all around.
Salacious1
Never thought to check her Twitter. As a club event promoter she should know how to handle a social mix. But go back a week and she just had a breakup, her father died, and she was diagnosed with autism and ADHD.
Sound like she was understandably fragile and on edge at the time. Hope she drops the issue as it will probably get ugly for her if Freedom or the police releases the CCTV and witness reports.
prttymn33
Let me start by saying I don’t know Teddy, but I hope that she recovers from this event. I do know Lance, and through my interactions with him he’s nothing but lovely. I do have questions about “the thrown drink“, how much of the drink was dumped or could it have been spilled?
It all seems a bit cagey.