Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock reveals horrific racial abuse she suffered as a child
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thesun.co.ukLITTLE Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has revealed the horrific moment a classmate told her she was "from the jungle". Leigh-Anne, 29, said the racist slur was written in a note that was then passed to her in school by a boy.
Speaking in her BBC show Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power, the singer said: "The only time I ever eperienced racism was one time at primary school. "A boy handed me a note that just said, 'Name: Leigh-Anne, Age: 9, from the jungle'." "I was devastated.
I'd never been made to feel like I didn't belong before. "It turned out I wouldn't be made to feel like that again until my life changed overnight a decade later." Leigh-Anne landed a place in Little Mix when she was 20, having won The X Factor with her new bandmates - Jesy.
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