Peter Andre (born 27 February 1973) is an English-born Cypriot-Australian singer, songwriter, businessman, and television personality. He gained popularity as a singer, best known for his singles "Mysterious Girl" and "Flava".
He is also known for appearing on the third series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, in which he was partnered with Janette Manrara.
Peter Andre claims he was subjected to heartbreaking racism by teacher at school
mirror.co.ukPeter Andre has told of the racist abuse he received at school - even from a teacher. The Mysterious Girl singer, 47, opened up about the struggles he faced as a kid when at school in Australia.
Peter, who has Greek Cypriot heritage, chatted about the vile bullying and racist taunts with brother Danny on The Sun's YouTube channel.
He said: "We suffered racism bad as kids and called greasy w*gs. I was beaten quite a few times from kids at the school." Peter added that he still doesn't wear his hair in its naturally curly style - for fear of bringing back haunting memories of the name-calling he endured.
But one event left his conflicted. A teacher, who had called Peter "a greasy w*g", saw the popstar years later and told him how proud he was
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