The Apprentice star Shazia Hussain has claimed that she was ‘racially bullied' by her fellow candidates on the show.
, was ‘verbally abused’ by her fellow co-stars after she came up with a giraffe character named Yogita during a task to create a pre-school cartoon, but some of the other members of her team felt children wouldn’t be able to pronounce the name.
Reflecting on the moment, the former TV personality, 40, admitted that she was ‘exposed to aggression’ because of it, adding: ‘I think it was racist.’, Hussain revealed show bosses brought in a ‘diversity specialist’ to speak with the hopefuls but nothing changed. ‘They [the BBC] brought in a diversity specialist to talk to everyone but I feel nothing changed. The teams were also rearranged but I feel the bullying continued,’ she told‘I feel like I was bullied and harassed to the point that I asked to leave the house. I feel like the BBC have failed me.In a statement sent to: ‘The Apprentice has a zero-tolerance policy on any kind of bullying or threatening behaviour.
‘The Apprentice has a strict code of conduct and we take all complaints very seriously and investigate when needed. As a result, when action is required, we take it.’
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