This is the moment the wife of defeated boxer Tony Bellew lashed out at arena staff with a homophobic tirade – calling one worker a ‘f***ing queer’ and a ‘dirty f***ing fag’.
Bellew, 35, suffered an eighth round knockout defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday and said his boxing career was ‘over’.
Footage from inside the Manchester Arena after the match shows his wife Rachael Roberts shouting and swearing at bar staff in a lift.
Footage has been released Rachael Roberts (right), the wife of defeated boxer Tony Bellew (left), 35, lashing out at Manchester arena staff with a homophobic tirade
The shocking footage shows Mrs Robert’s hurling a furious verbal tirade at staff inside the arena
During the tirade Mrs Roberts is heard calling one worker a ‘f***ing queer’ and a ‘dirty f***ing fag’
It is thought a worker, not realising who she was, asked if the match was over in her earshot and when they heard it was said ‘thank god for that’.
It is claimed Rachael then took offence and launched an attack on the unnamed agency worker.
Allegedly referring to her children, on the video she can be heard shouting: ‘They are f***ing crying right now you f***ing queer – dirty f***ing fag.’
The worker who she shouted at said: ‘Her actions were completely out of order for the wife of a celebrity boxer.
‘What I asked was not meant to take offence and it was simply a question about the match.
It is thought that the worker, without realising who she was, asked if the match was over in earshot of Mrs Robert’s. Upon hearing it was over they said ‘thank god for that’
‘After we found out that Tony lost the fight, I thought she was using the anger of Tony’s loss and directing it at us.’
The agency employees in the lift had been working behind a bar away from the main ring at the Manchester Arena.
The employee, who wishes to remain anonymous left the stadium via the staff and guest lift with another colleague.
He said: ‘It had been a busy night and I just wanted to desperately get home after a long shift.
It is claimed that Mrs Robert’s took offence to the comment and launched an attack on the unnamed agency worker
‘However, after stepping into the lift with my colleague, I was joined by a woman in a black dress who was accompanied by a security guard and another woman from the boxing sponsor.
‘We never knew it was Rachael Roberts.
‘As the lift descended from the second floor of the stadium to the ground floor, I then asked if the match had finished because our bar was not in the main arena and so we couldn’t see the main actions in the arena.’
Allegedly referring to her children, on the video she can be heard shouting: ‘They are f***ing crying right now you f***ing queer – dirty f***ing fag’. The worker who she shouted at said: ‘Her actions were completely out of order for the wife of a celebrity boxer’
He said the woman with Rachael said the fight was over, and his colleague then commented: ‘Thank god for that.’
But he claims Rachael replied: ‘How f**** dare you, do you know who I am?’
His colleague responded ‘excuse me’, he said, and then she started to make remarks about his colleague’s sexuality, it is alleged, and he started filming.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said that no incident had been reported to them.
The identity of Mrs Robert’s was verified by the two witnesses and confirmation of the outfit she was wearing on the night was confirmed Reuters.
MailOnline have contacted Tony Bellew’s management company for comment.