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Illusionist and national treasure Derren Brown has issued an excellent retort to a homophobic Twitter troll.
Lurking tweeter HossamAlyyy only recently heard about Brown's sexuality, despite it being public knowledge for several years.
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The revelation brought him to launch a rather harsh tirade at the mental magician.
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After four ridiculously unpleasant attacks, Brown decided to respond to the homophobic comments.
And he did it really, really well.