FORMER EastEnders star Michelle Gayle revealed she was told to focus "less on the black stuff" during her career. The 49-year-old actress opened up about how she overheard actors on the BBC soap refer to black actors as "token".
Michelle found the comments so distressing it made her want to quit the show immediately. She told Grazia: "I heard an actor say black actors were 'tokens' without realising I was there.
I didn't complain. All I did was think, 'If that's how we're thought of, I can't wait to get out'. The actress said she "internalised" the comment because she had faced so much racism in her career, she'd learnt to not speak up.
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