TEARFUL Leona Lewis has revealed a racist shop assistant told her "not to touch" anything after she won The X Factor.
"I didn’t realise at the time that all of the other customers were white. Me and my dad were the only black people."The star said her dad tried to calm the situation down in the shop. With the memories stinging, Leona got more angry as she recalled the upsetting story Leona said: "It sparked a rage in me. I started saying, ‘No, I’m not going to put it down, I’m going to buy it. Why are you targeting us?
"[Eventually, he] managed to get me to leave the store. And I sat in the car that was parked around the corner, and I just sobbed, absolutely sobbed. And my dad came out, grabbed something from the car, and went back into the shop."Leona said her incredible dad had gone back inside with one of her CDs and explained who his daughter was.
Talk about trying to cash in.. Leono who? If your skint love, get on I'm a celebrity.
All these accusatory and derogatory comments just proves her point. The hate, ignorance, inconsideration, Lack of empathy and denial is the very reason there is so much disunity, oppression, inequality, injustice and why we need this movement for change!
Stop jumping on the bandwagon FFS
Why did you not name and shame the shop at the time of the incident, you sure had and still have the platform to do so
Maybe your just not allowed to touch stuff in the shop as a general rule.
Band wagon
Total bollox
Another so called celeb jumping on the band wagon.
Trying to become relevant again are ya
How the hell is that racist...
Most people have had this kind of thing said to them. Me included and I’m white. Who hasn’t been followed round a shop.
Don't comment if you haven't watched the entire video. This was a clear case of racism.
I just cant stand the illiteracy and idiocy in these tweets like didn't your parents teach to research before you open your mouth? I can see how y'all been raised and what have you learned from your communities. You are not the people who left the store YOU ARE THE RACIST LADY
Jesus people not getting what you want from a white person doesn't mean it comes from a racial place...I been told that before.
God I lost count how many times my grandmother told me not to pick her fruit when I was younger
Has she got an album on the way?
Course they did
If that is her best example of allegedly being subjject to racism then life isn’t that bad and as many would have us believe, a daily struggle against racism.
In NYC 1987, I, A White Young 26 Year Old Woman, A Rock-N-Roller, Well Groomed, Was Shopping At A VERY Expensive Designers Store, Was Told...' One Should KNOW To Only Touch The Tops Of The Hangers, And Never The Garments. I Was Left Humiliated. NOT AnyMore!
Zzzzzzzzz😴😴😴😴😴
And my new album will be realised on .....
Sounds like that Oprah Winfrey bollocks again
I’m not even shocked at the lack of small minded and uneducated idiots on this thread, You’s are the reason why there’s on going issues with racism etc. If you haven’t got anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut. It’s that simple.
Why didn’t she call it out 14 years ago when it actually happened. Ffs
lol ! What some of these shops don’t tell us that mice run all over those clothes when the shop is shut ! Sometimes the traps aren’t hidden that well ! Doesn’t matter how immaculate the shop looks !
I was told not to place my arms on the counter for everybody's safety. Since no one knows her, she's trying to lit up her singing career by playing her only card.
This is utter attention seeking crap
Bollocks, theres a pandemic doing the rounds. Morons.
Leona has also been marching so make sure you are proud of your own actions/words before you post something without thinking. Be proud of what you do before attacking others.
People please go watch the video instead of commenting on something you haven’t watched! You will see why it’s racism and she even tore up talking about it.
This is another thing it should of been dealt with when it happened why when everything kicks off do people then tell there story why not speak up when it’s happened because people might be surprised by the support they would get from genuine people against the racists
And you decided to speak out..........now? 14 years later? 😱
One way of getting attention and get publicity I guess
I’ve seen so not touch and been asked not to touch stuff many times, nothing to do with race
Who?
Bandwagon. Bless.
B O R I N G . Know your reader base because you are going down a very slippery road if you try to insinuate that the white van man is white and racist. C*NTS
So many comments saying 'I've been told not to touch stuff too', which proves you haven't even watched what she said. She looked around the shop and saw white people touching and picking objects up. The shop assistant then changed her attitude after finding out who she was.
Why people pull the race card?!
What a hard life.
She’s black ?
Omg iv been told not to touch things in a shop but dose that mean they was racist to me ? leonalewis
Ah celebrities trying to remain important
Imagine being told to not touch 😢😢😢😢😢 OMG I hope she is ok 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Fail to see the racist link ? Is it Possible that the shop keeper would of kept bleeding kept kept bleeding your nose for fingering unpaid items 🤷🏿♂️
Is she talking shit an just wants to get on the bandwagon why as it took this long to come out
Silly cow is she an Mel B tweeting together
Happens to all people
She’s a liar 👍
I’ve been told not to touch anything in a shop too...but I guess that’s not racist though.
We’re so racist as a country that you won X factor over a white man! Get of the bandwagon.
What did the shop keep say that made her/her racist though?
I've been told not to touch stuff before 🤷🏻♂️
You ever wonder why shops do this? You think they have not been burned before by people of color? I guess, we like to act like many of the crimes comitted are not done by minorities. We only like to see one side, never both.
So fucking what
Really? Not been in the public eye recently have you dear?
Leona you've just dropped your race card
Tearful. Now. After all this time? Utter bullshit
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