The dance professional revealed that she was spurred on to win after receiving horrific racist abuse, including being told that she wouldn’t “make it” as “black people are lazy”.
The Strictly judge said: “When it came to competitions against white children, I was made to feel unwelcome in the beginning.
“I didn’t fit in, I didn’t have the right costumes because we couldn’t afford them.”
However, the star revealed that the animosity she received only made her work harder to achieve her dreams.
