Andrew Bolt glitter bombed in Melbourne
ANDREW Bolt was glitter bombed at a book launch in Melbourne yesterday.
The conservative pundit was attacked outside a Carlton restaurant by two men and a cameraman, The Sydney Morning Herald has reported.
Bolt said the two men sprayed him in the face with “sticky liquid with glitter and dye” as he took a selfie with a fan outside the launch.
“I don’t do running and hiding,” he said, claiming to have hit one of the attackers back.
The woman taking a selfie with Bolt was also allegedly pushed.
Victoria Police said the incident was under investigation and nobody was injured.
“The two males, who were wearing hooded jumpers, have thrown what is believed to be glitter and shaving cream at the victim,” said a police spokesperson.
“A short scuffle has taken place before the offenders fled the area. Another male who was in the area at the time appeared to be filming or taking photos.”
Bolt had been at the Il Gambero restaurant on Lygon Street for the launch of RMIT associate professor Steve Kates’s book The Art of the Impossible.
The glitter on dear Andrew would soon have tarnished.
Still it not a ‘good look’, these sort of things damage ‘our brand’ as much as the target.
Typical reaction from Andrew Bolt. This pathetic person can dish all the shit and abuse out he wants to and thinks he has the right to do so and no-one has the right to respond.. BUT…. when he is on the receiving end he takes exception.
Bolt is only too ready to express his opinion but he hasn’t the guts to stand for parliament so, like Donald Trump, he is just a big bag of hot sewerage.
By the by did you see on TV last night (Wednesday) Adam Hills “The Last Leg” in Britain that Maggie Court, Super Homophobe, Hate-filled, loveless and unloved,, Compassionless self-styled Christian pastor, her church has not a shred of Christianity in it, and she is an insult to the teachings of Christ, got a serve from comedian Sue Perkins? The audience went wild!
What a stupid waste of time and effort that was – and it backfired because Bolt gets to play the victim and the hero for fighting back against surprise “attackers”. We lose any community support sympathy when we pull juvenile stunts like this. I doubt anyone would take kindly to being leapt at by men covering their faces, regardless of intent and harmlessness of the end result. Can we just not?
This is pretty poor form IMHO. Assault is just that – whether it is directed at the boss of Qantas in the form of a cream pie or anyone – right, left or centre being assaulted. I hope whoever did this is charged with assault.
(It would appear your ‘reply’ function uses USA English spelling as it has underlined ‘centre’ as incorrect spelling. Could this function be changed to Australian English perhaps?)
What was the point of this attack on Bolt ? Is it gay related ? because it shouldn’t be. Bolt is openly outspoken in his support of gay people.
Your article does not make this clear.