Game Of Thrones star Laura Pradelska has claimed she was called a ‘transgender w***e’ by four women in a London branch of Zara.
The actress took to social media to allege that the attack took place on 31 July on London’s Oxford Street after she defended an older customer who was also being abused.
She wrote on Twitter: ‘So I NEVER rant on Social Media, but I’ve just witness the worst behaviour @ZARA on Oxford street.
‘4 Women jumped the queue, a kind lady behind me politely asked them not to, at which point they startled shouting the worst abuse at her, I told them to calm down, they then verbally attacked me with vile racial abuse, whilst one of the Women continued to scream in my face that I’m a TRANSGENDER whore – completely insignificant wether I am trans or not but I’d hope @ZARA would NEVER tolerate this behaviour (sic).
‘The women should’ve been kicked out!’
Laura rose to fame in the second season of HBO drama Game Of Thrones where she played, Quaithe, a mysterious woman in Qarth who shared scenes with Jorah Mormont and Daenerys Targaryen.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, she claimed that the attack came after a group of women began cutting the line to join another women who was already paying at the till.
An older customer in the queue asked how long they may be taking as she wasn’t feeling too well but ‘the next thing I heard was, something that I can’t actually repeat the word, it was the most elder, abusive, disgusting, screaming, talking about vile words,’ she said.
‘How she was an “ugly old b***h”. It was horrible and all she said was “are you paying together, I’m not feeling very well.”‘
She continued: ‘That’s when it all kicked off. For some reason, they thought I am transgender, which is fine.
‘I have a lot of transgender friends. It was just for them, I think, to say something “really horrible” in their mind, which isn’t a horrible thing to me at all,’ she added.
‘It’s a very natural human thing. So the woman turned around and just screamed “I’m a transgender w***e and I shouldn’t belong in this world, I’m ugly and she doesn’t know where I come from but wherever it is, I should get the f**k back.”
‘It was just horrendous. It was quite a few of them, it got worse and worse and people got involved.’
Zara responded to Laura’s tweet with: ‘Hello Laura, we are sorry to hear this.
‘Kindly DM us via our ZARA Care account: http://bit.ly/1QXQUgQ confirming which store on Oxford street you visited, along with your contact number and email address so that we can look into this for you. Thank you.’
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