Listen: Homophobic Uber Driver Fired After Lesbian Passengers Record His Rant
- Publish date
- Wednesday, 8 Jun 2016, 10:37AM

We're not sure about you, but we are seeing red after listening to this audio!
An Australian couple's Saturday night Uber ride turned ugly when their driver launched a homophobic rant aimed at the two women.
Melbourne resident Lucy Thomas, who happens to be the CEO of anti-bullying organization Project Rockit, recorded the exchange and shared it on Twitter:
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After being threatened by our @uber driver, my girlfriend and I stood up to him and recorded it. LISTEN: https://t.co/5IIdpBLSHJ #homophobia
— Lucy Thomas (@lucylockit_) June 5, 2016
"Why do you think it's okay to use terms like faggot, Abo [an aboriginal slur], spastic retard while you're driving an Uber?" Lucy asked.
"I can do anything I want...When I write my report about two faggots who don't like being called faggots, then what are they going to say?"
The driver then demands that the pair get out: "If you don't, I'll get out and drag you out."
Uber Australia responded immediately and now the driver has been banned from working for Uber in future.
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@lucylockit_ @Uber Please DM us as soon as you can Lucy – we take incidents like this very seriously and want to investigate immediately.
— Uber Australia (@Uber_Australia) June 6, 2016
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Lucy then received a beautiful message from another Uber driver sending their deepest sympathies:
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Kind words from an über driver 💕 pic.twitter.com/oRawlFhDCv
— Lucy Thomas (@lucylockit_) June 6, 2016
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