OHMYGOSSIP — Kelle Bryan gets bombarded with racist abuse after she appears on ‘Loose Women’.
The former ‘Hollyoaks’ actress admitted she is targeted online almost every time she features on the panel of the daytime show, but she refuses to engage with the trolls and has learned to block them and move on.
She said: “You’d be amazed by the opinions people have.
“There is a section of society that is plagued by racism.
“As soon as I see things turn nasty on social media, I just block them.
“I don’t need that negativity in my life.
“I have no time for someone being racist.”
The 47-year-old star admitted producers shield her from the worst of the comments.
She added to the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: “The digital team don’t show me the racist comments. They do it to protect us. I appreciate it.”
But despite the abuse, Kelle won’t be turning away from social media and she welcomes opinions that differ from her own.
She said: “People have freedom of speech to judge what I say on ‘Loose Women’. They can agree or disagree.
“It can be quite aggressive on social media, but I know that’s what I sign up for by doing the show. I love being challenged on my opinions.”
In October 2020, the former Eternal singer took part in the show’s first all-Black panel and she previously admitted she and co-stars Charlene White, Judi Love and Brenda Edwards were abused afterwards.
She previously said: “There were lots of positive comments [afterwards] but, unbelievably, there was lots of racism, lots of racist comments. Like, ‘I switched off, who do they think they are?’ ‘As soon as I saw them…’ There was still lots of that kind of stuff.”