WILL Young has opened up about his terror after a gang threatened to stab him in a homophobic attack when he went to the aid of a busker.
The Pop Idol winner, 42, said he "felt sorry for" the musician after he was targeted by a group of men in Oxford, who then turned on him based on how he was dressed.
He said: "When I got homophobically abused in Oxford, I'd stepped in. "I was probably wearing some sort of floaty number and saw this harpist.
These three lads were going to cause trouble so I stepped in and deflected it away from him. "Then they turned on me, 'You're gay', started abusing me. "I suddenly deployed a tactic I'd wanted to do for ages, because I felt like things could change. "I shouted at the top of my voice, 'These boys are.
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