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Paul Hanafin, 20, said the driver threw his party of four out of the car after one pal kissed another man on the cheek in the backseat.

The group had booked the taxi after a night out celebrating a mate's birthday at Heaven nightclub in central London.

But Paul, a student and waiter, said the driver "turned cold" when one of his pals gave another a peck on the cheek during the trip in London.

The clubber alleged the driver told the group he didn't want "gay stuff" in his vehicle and demanded he and his friends to get out.

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Paul, from Thurrock, Essex, said: "We were all shocked. You don't expect that sort of homophobia in London in this day and age.

"It was literally a peck on the cheek between two of my friends to say thank you for coming out to celebrate their birthday.

"We had just been chatting away about what a good night we'd had but this totally spoiled it. We had to get a bus the rest of the way.

"He'd just picked us up from a gay club so it wouldn't have been hard for him to guess we were gay before he accepted the journey.

"Heaven is one of the most famous gay clubs in Europe. We had such a good time and all of a sudden the driver just turned cold on us."

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The disgusted student continued: "He said 'You're not doing that in my car.' We were a bit shocked by it. I said 'Excuse me?'

"I could maybe understand it if they were snogging but they were only holding hands and had a peck on the cheek.

"We were laughing because we thought it was a joke but he kept telling us it wasn't funny.

"He got dead serious and told us to get out. He told us he didn't want any 'gay stuff' in his car. It was so disgusting and so rude.

"Why should we hide who we are? When he kicked us out I had no idea where we were, our phone batteries were dying, and it was about 4am."

The reveller praised Uber for the way the firm handled the complaint.

He and his pals received a full refund.

A spokesperson for Uber confirmed the incident was investigated internally and the customers were "comfortable and happy" with how it was addressed. The spokesperson said that "immediate action" was taken against the driver but was unable to specify what this was due to "privacy".