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Leona Lewis revealed that she was told to “touch nothing” by a racist saleswoman just after winning The X Factor in 2006.
The 35-year-old singer, born to a white British mother and a black father of Guyanese descent, fought tears as she shared her experiences of racism amid global protests for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Bleeding Love hitmaker said she was shopping with her father Aural in west London when the shocking incident happened.
Vile incident: Leona Lewis revealed racist salesperson told her to “do nothing” just after winning The X Factor in 2006
Rise to fame: 35-year-old singer, born to a white British mother and a black father of Guyanese descent, broke down in tears over her experiences of racism amid global protests for the Black Lives movement Matter (photo 2006)
She said: “A few years ago, my father and I were on a shopping street in London.
“At the time, my management company was in Fulham, so we were out for a walk after a meeting.
“I didn’t know at the time that all the other customers were white. My father and I were the only blacks.
The singer said that the woman then started to “hover” around them and said, “Finally she came to my father and me and said,” You have to put these things down, you are not allowed to touch them ”.
Painful memory: Bleeding Love hitmaker said she was shopping with her father Aural in West London when the shocking incident happened (pictured with father and mother Maria in 2016)
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Horrible: The singer said that the woman then started to “hover around” them and said, “Finally she came to my father and me and said,” You have to drop this stuff, you’re not not allowed to touch them »«
