Ashley Banjo didn’t leave home for weeks after backlash over Diversity’s performance

express.co.uk:

“We’d never had a negative reaction to anything really, and this was a huge reaction.” The star went on to reveal that he felt like he couldn’t leave his home for a few weeks. “I needed a little while to process what was going on,” he explained in an interview with Radio Times. “You don’t know how messages on Twitter or Instagram will translate in the physical world.” The star went on to acknowledge that he had been exposed to threats of physical violence and menacing messages warning his dance troupe away from training in their regular studio.

In response to whether he had received any threats following the memorable Britain’s Got Talent moment, he said: “Yep. People saying I’d get my head kicked in. “Then other people chiming in saying.