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Mr Motivator details horrifying racism he faced while trying to land TV role

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Mr Motivator has detailed the racism he encountered while trying to crack the TV industry in the 80s. The 67-year-old, whose real name is Derrick Evans, was a staple of breakfast television in the Nineties, leading workouts on GMTV.

Getting on to our TV screens proved to be a huge challenge, with Mr Motivator coming up against some horrifying racist views that looked to curtail his career before it got started.

Speaking to the Radio Times magazine, he said: "When television came along, it took me 10 years to get a break as an on-screen fitness trainer. "Every time I went to the studios, the guys would say, 'Look, for a white lady with two kids, a black guy on TV would never work.' But I kept on persevering." Speaking about his experiences

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