Rochelle Humes says she was 'embarrassed' to be mixed race in a white home

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Rochelle Humes has opened up on what it was like to grow up as a mixed-race child in a white household, admitting she felt "embarrassed".The Saturdays singer and This Morning host even felt like she had to explain her background as a teenager, as though she came with a "disclaimer".The 33 year old pop star was born to a Jamaican biological father and an English mum, but she didn't have a relationship with her dad.

Instead, Rochelle lived with her mum Roz Wiseman, stepdad and half-sister Emily, 29. While the star even went as far as to say she had often wished to have the "picture perfect" family one day, becoming a mum herself to three children Alaia-Mai, eight, Valentina, five, and one year old Blake, helped her realise what really mattered.

Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter . Rochelle shared to The Sun: “My mum and dad split when I was less than one, and then she moved on and had my sister with another guy, who was lovely.

But me and my sister looked completely different, she is white and I am half black." The presenter went on to say that everyone is "brainwashed" to think families should look a particular way. "I think that was a lot of what was wrong when I was young," she mused. "I was embarrassed if I had my stepdad turn up to school.