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Tituss Burgess blasts moving company for homophobic slur in Yelp review

‘You messed with the wrong Queen,’ actor writes.

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(Screenshot via YouTube)

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Actor TitussĀ Burgess left a scathing Yelp review forĀ Frank’s Express, a New York City moving and delivery service, after allegedly being called a homophobic slur.

The “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star claims a representative at Frank’s Express demanded he postĀ a Yelp review beforeĀ moving his couch on Wednesday. Burgess replied he would post a review after the job had been done. Burgess claims that in a text exchange the representative used a homophobic slur against him. The 37-year-old actor took to Twitter, Instagram and Yelp to blast the company.

ā€œMy name is Tituss Burgess. Im an Emmy Nominated Actor for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt currently streaming on netflix. Thats besides the point.But watch it,ā€ the YelpĀ review posted on WednesdayĀ begins. ā€œThese guys are the absolute most UNPROFESSIONAL workers I have EVER DEALT WITH.ā€

The review continues ā€œI called this man this morning. We chatted. He said he could move my couch at 1pm which was the time I requested. 1:30 still no movers. I called back and he says I will give you a discountā€¦I said ok. He says but you have to post a review on yelp. I said when you complete the job i will complete the review. FOR THE FOLLOWING I HAVE THE ENTIRE TEXT EXCHANGE SAVED. He texts saying no review no show. This went on for about 45 minutes. It Completely threw my entire day. I called him about 9 times but he wouldnt pick up but he somehow was capable of texting. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. Im going to post this to twitter to my instagram to my facebook. You messed with the wrong Queen. #franksexpress #Igotcha #lizaminelli #IamgonnamakeavideoaboutyoubecauseofthedeepangerifĀ­eel #DONOTTHREATENMEIWILLWIN.ā€

Guzel Gurva, a manager at Frank’s Express, told Entertainment Weekly that Burgess couldn’t have been speaking with a representative from Frank’s Express because the company does not take reservations by phone. However, a phone number is listed on the company’sĀ website. She continued that she will be reaching out to BurgessĀ for proof that he was communicating with Frank’s Express.

ā€œThe problem is that we donā€™t know this guy,ā€ Gurza told Entertainment Weekly. ā€œWe never did that. I donā€™t know what company [he] did it with, but itā€™s definitely not Frank’s Express.ā€

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