Will & Grace star Leslie Jordan recalls the time he heroically threw his drink over a rowdy customer for making a homophobic slur at Starbucks in West Hollywood
Actor Leslie Jordan is speaking out about the time he heroically confronted a group of men for making a slew of homophobic threats in a predominantly LGBTQ neighborhood back in 2015.
Taking to his Instagram account on Thursday, the Will & Grace star recalled the incident as he went to get an iced tea from Starbucks in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, where the scuffle took place.
“This is the Starbucks in West Hollywood where I acted out,” Jordan explained. “Years ago there were these boys, three rowdy boys came in… they were acting out and the manager asked them to leave.”
Not today, Satan: Actor Leslie Jordan is speaking out about the time he heroically confronted a group of men for making a slew of homophobic threats back in 2015.
“One of them stood up and turned around, said, ‘A lotta f***ots in here,’ which is when I got right in his face said ‘Nuh uh, you’ve got to leave, not in my house,” the actor said.
The four feet 11 ins star then detailed how he ended up throwing his iced tea drink over the men, after they allegedly began spitting on the store outside, continuing to make homophobic threats and slurs.
Eyewitness Joseph Daniels told WeHoville at the time: “[The man] was screaming and pointing “you will die f***ing f***ots.” It was very scary and unexpected.”
Attacks: Police were called to take control of the situation back in 2015 (pictured above)
Don’t mess with Leslie: Jordan heroically took matters into his own hands
“The guy lunged at Leslie to hit him” he told the website. “Then Leslie threw his drink at the guy. Then (another) guy threw his drink to hit me.”
LA County Sheriff’s deputies were called and the three men were handcuffed because they would not calm down.
They were then interviewed but not arrested as they had not committed a crime.
However the men’s names were taken and the incident was documented as a ‘hate crime’ incident.
Jordan – who says in his Instagram video that he was ‘absolved’ when the cops arrived – was not arrested for his actions.
The actor has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his role as Beverley Leslie, Karen’s rival on Will and Grace.
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Courage: The four feet 11 ins star stood up for himself and the rest of the patrons at the West Hollywood Starbucks