Ashley Banjo says his Black Lives Matter-inspired dance surprised onlookers at the dress rehearsal – but he was given ITV’s full support.
Diversity’s Britain’s Got Talent performance, which featured a dancer playing a white police officer kneel on Banjo, sparked over 24,000 complaints to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.
Banjo told GQ Hype: “I don’t think I’ve had anything but full support from the production company and ITV. “I’ve done a lot of work with ITV, so they trust me creatively. “I said to them on the phone that week before, ‘This is what I think I’m going to do’.
And they were great with it. That’s really important. “They didn’t say anything until we turned up on the day. We turned up and we rehearsed.
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