Holby City’s Laila Rouass has spoken out about the horrid racial abuse she suffered as a child that saw bullies throw urine at her on a daily basis.
The 49-year-old actress, who is half Indian and half Moroccan explained that she found herself being the victim of ‘racism “every single day”.
Her ferocious attackers would stoop as low as covering her in bodily fluids just because of the colour of skin.
The actress said: “I got p**s thrown at me every single day.
“Just a couple of months ago some guy cut me up in his car and shouted: ‘F*** off, you f***ing P**i.”
Laila suffered horrid attacks daily because of her skin colour (Image: BBC)
Speaking to The Mirror Laila continued: “It’s terrible. If you tell people they don’t believe it happens so often.”
The stunning TV star propelled to fame on the hit ITV drama Footballers Wives as bombshell Amber Gates.
Back in 2003, the Holby City star also landed herself a role on the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks but due to on-set allegations of racism, she left ahead of her contract finishing.
Laila speaks out at bullies who showered her in urine every day in racist attacks (Image: Getty Images)
Laila described being left feeling degraded after she claimed bosses of the show forced her to strip off for a sexy calendar shoot.
She claimed on Twitter: “To those ‘at the top’ – I spoke to @Hollyoaks when I was there about comments made to me… you did nothing. Absolutely nothing!
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“The fact is… you made me fear for my job so much so that I begged my agent to find me something else.
“You called me stupid, silly and so much more.
Laila shot to fame on the hit TV series Footballer Wives (Image: lailarouass/Instagram)
“My agent found me something else, I left and you made me pay 10’s of thousands of pounds to get out of my contract a couple of months early despite my experiences there…
“When I told you I didn’t want to feature in you annual calendar where we were instructed to wear almost nothing, you booked my flight to Spain anyway. Your reasoning… ‘We don’t have anyone that looks like you on the show’. The pressure you put on me made me feel helpless and stuck.
“I got on that plane, I took the photos, I felt dirty and weak afterwards but luckily I got another job, paid my way out of the contract (which I’ve never heard of any actor doing) and I wasn’t featured in the calendar. It was the best money I spent.
“So now you’re going to do something about it. I can’t tell you how happy I am to hear that. But the truth be told… where were you when I reached out? I can’t begin to imagine what other stories may surface but that was my experience. I managed 8 months and it was enough.”
Show bosses released a statement following Rachel Adedeji’s allegations of racism on-set.
The production company said: “Hollyoaks has been deeply shocked and saddened by issues that have been brought to our attention.
“Lime Pictures strives to have zero tolerance of racism or any form of discrimination across all of its shows but it is clear we have further work to do.
“We must stamp out implicit bias which means calling out racism wherever and whenever we see it.
“We will continue to add to our action plan as we continue and broaden our dialogue with cast and staff.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
