The Apprentice's Shama Amin breaks silence as fans slam show's 'prejudice' as she quits
dailystar.co.ukThe Apprentice's Shama Amin has broken her silence after quitting the popular BBC programme, as fans claimed she was treated with "prejudice" due to her medical condition.
In the most recent episode of the show, fans were completely taken aback by the shock exit that saw Bradford-born Shama Amin leave the show because of her health condition.
Shama suffered from rheumatoid arthritis long before appearing on the show, and it was because of this pre-existing health issue that she was forced to quit The Apprentice.Speaking about her departure, Shama said: "Because of medical reasons, due to this process being so physically demanding, despite the efforts the whole team has made to support me, I’ve had to make a difficult decision to leave the process.”Fans were quick to take to social media to discuss her departure, with one penning: "Very saddened to see a disabled candidate drop out The Apprentice process to be Lord Sugar's next business partner.
Just feel it was a missed opportunity to reasonably adj. More equality is needed in employment for those with disabilities."A second wrote: "Did Shama leave because of arthritis, or was it because those awful people were consistently awful to her?"While a third penned: "Wouldn’t be surprised if she just dipped because they treated her like s*** the last two weeks, big love queen Shama."Another added: "Lord Sugar appears to have missed the last 22 years of the equality act and the very well established duty to make reasonable adjustments for employees, applicants and service users…"But Shama has been quick to clear up any claims of discrimination.
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