Will Young reveals homophobic incident on Pride day

Will Young has revealed that he was the victim of homophobia on the day of Pride in London on Saturday (June 28).

The Friday’s Child singer took to Twitter to rant about the incident, which took place during a spa trip with his boyfriend.

Read Will’s tweets about the incident below:

Would you believe on the day of Gay Pride I have been the victim of homophobia. I am SO mad. #pride2014

— Will Young (@will_young31) June 28, 2014

I shower love on the ignorant, hope for the bigots and light into the dark crevices if their unfortunate minds

— Will Young (@will_young31) June 28, 2014

Essentially I was asked to stop hugging my boyfriend in a spa because it was offending another ‘conservative’ (read homophobic) spa visitor

— Will Young (@will_young31) June 28, 2014

I am looking forward to what the hotel have to say about this cos I am still seething. I actually can’t believe it

— Will Young (@will_young31) June 28, 2014

Young recently claimed that TV reality shows are not as exciting as they once were, and compared Pop Idol – which he won back in 2001 – to Eurovision in the 1970s.

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