Sam Simons and his friend Santiago Figeuroa were kicked out a taxi for kissing

A gay pair claim an Uber driver kicked them out of his taxi and called police because they shared a kiss.

Sam Simons, 36, and his friend Santiago Figeuroa were just 1.14 miles in to their taxi ride when their driver turned round and yelled, ‘man should not kiss man’.

The taxi driver then allegedly pulled over and ordered them out the car but when they refused to leave he called the police.

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Sam said they were just 1.14 miles in to their journey when they were kicked out (Picture: Samuel Simons)

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Sam, a hairdresser, told Metro.co.uk: ‘He just kept yelling at us and ordered us to sit on opposite sides of the back seat.

‘It was not like we were ripping each other’s clothes off we literally just gave each other a peck on the lips.’

Sam and Santiago, 20, had been on a night out at the Queens Head pub in Chelsea when they ordered the taxi to take them to Greenwich.

They had been sat on the back seat looking at pictures together on a phone when Santiago put his arm round Sam and kissed him.

Santiago Figeuroa was left shaken by the incident (Picture: Santiago Figeuroa)

When they police arrived Sam said the driver was making kissing noises and pointing at them.

Officers managed to defuse the situation and ordered the men a new taxi.

Sam, who is originally from Australia, said: ‘Santiago was really upset but I have snapped him out of it now.

‘I have never come across this before in London but Santiago says he has.

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‘The driver said we were distracting him but it was not like we were all over each other. It was a peck- we could have been brothers for all he knew.’

A spokesman from Uber told Metro.co.uk: ‘”As a company we do not tolerate any form of discrimination whatsoever, and we have been in contact with this rider to offer our support.

‘Uber prides itself on providing the highest quality, safest and most convenient service, so we take any incident where we fall short very seriously.

‘In any incident, such as this, we suspend the driver in question while we investigate.”

Metro.co.uk have contacted the Met Police about the incident but they are yet to provide a comment.