A TRAIN passenger branded a "white idiot" in a row with a fellow traveller after she put her feet on his seat has been revealed as a politician responsible for transport.

Keith Prince, of the Greater London Assembly, said he should have just "walked away" after becoming embroiled in the blazing row with the woman.

8 The video starts with the animated woman calling the man sitting opposite an 'idiot' Credit: Caters News Agency

The Tory politician, who is married to a Nigerian woman called Temitayo, said: "I regret getting involved in such a petty dispute. This is one of those situations in which it is better to simply walk away.

“By the end of the journey we were joking with each other and having a pleasant conversation.

"That said, I’d like to apologise to my fellow commuters for the disturbance our initial disagreement caused.”

The argument is believed to have broken out after the man accused his fellow commuter of putting her muddy feet on the seat, with the woman firing back that he was a "white idiot".

8 Keith prince with his Nigerian wife, Temitayo Credit: Twitter

8 Keith Prince has said he should have walked away from the row

8 The row was captured by a fellow passenger Credit: Caters News Agency

The five-minute bust up culminated in the woman telling the man that his wife was cheating on him, later saying: "My feet is literally by your balls, I'm literally grabbing you by your balls".

But a person claiming to be the woman has since spoken out, telling the Sun Online she was mortified at her reaction.

The woman, who refused to give her name, said: "I had sat down and put my feet up, and when he walked in, I took my feet off the seat.

"He sat down on the train and asked me why my feet were on the seat.

"Then he sat down and put his feet on my clothes, and that’s why I first started to get angry."

The woman said she was immediately apologetic after unleashing the rant at the man, saying: “I said I’m sorry, because I wasn’t feeling well.

"It was a bad day for me, I was late for work and he had put his feet on my work clothes.

"The way it went should have not happened."

She added: "At the end of the day, we felt it went overboard."

The way it went should have not happened. Woman involved

The fight saw fellow commuters stunned as the pair traded insults on yesterday's Southeastern service.

At one point in the footage, the woman pointed at the man and sneered: "Stop touching me," adding: "That's why you're not married."

He replied by waving his wedding ring in her face, saying his wife was a "lovely Yoruba lady".

To which the woman shot back: "Your wife is from where I’m from – you know we have the same accent. Trust me, she doesn’t love you, she is using your money, you idiot.

"Touch me again and I will slap you, the same way your wife treats you at home."

But the man disagreed with this and spat: "My wife is not like you."

And with that, the woman was filmed putting her foot up on his seat between his legs and saying: "I’m literally grabbing you by your balls, do you understand this? You know you can’t do sh*t."

8 Keith with his wife Temitayo Credit: Twitter/Keith Price

8 When she says, 'That's why you don't have a wife,' he replies by waving his wedding ring in her face Credit: Caters News Agency

8 The Tory councillor is responsible for transport in London Credit: Facebook/Keith Price

A witness said: "It started because she had her feet on his chair as he went over to sit down.

"She took her feet off of the chair and then brushed them against his suit – he wasn't happy anyway and this pushed him overboard.

"The man then put his feet back on hers and that's when she kicked off."

But another witness who did not want to be named, said the argument ended peacefully - with the pair involved apologising to each other and eventually getting off at the same stop "laughing and talking".

The young woman said: "It didn't last very long, maybe two or three minutes, then they cooled down.

8 Kieth Price and his wife on the campaign trail Credit: Twitter

"They got talking again and they apologised - and then she got up and apologised to everyone."

She said the woman had explained she had been having a "bad morning" and tried to make amends to others in the carriage.

The witness told The Sun Online: "She got up and said sorry to disrupt your day.

"It was two people having a bad morning and it was just heart-warming to know that they apologised."

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The passenger claims to have taken the video on the 8.50am Dartford to London Charing Cross Southeastern train on December 7.

The video went viral after it was posted on Dartford Rail Travellers Association’s Facebook page.

A spokesperson for Southeastern said: "Southeastern can confirm that they have not received any reports of the incident so far."

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