The Apprentice’s Kenna Ngoma slams Lottie Lion’s ‘racist comment’ after being kicked off the show

AXED The Apprentice star Kenna Ngoma has slammed Lottie Lion for her "racist comment" towards Lubna Farhan.

The Sun On Sunday exclusively revealed how the 19-year-old told Lubna, 33 - whose parents are Pakistani - "Shut up, Gandhi", in a WhatsApp group for the contestants.

But Kenna, 24, has hit out at Lottie for her "racist comment"; after leaving the show.

Speaking to The Sun Online, he said: "It's a racist comment, but you can't judge someone as a racist without knowing their intentions.

"But I don't know if she's racist or just misinformed, it's in that space. It's a racist comment. No one can dispute that.

"If you say, like, "Oh it's taken out of context" - it's not taken out of context. It's misinformed/racist. In that space."

Kenna is referring to Lottie's comment to The Sun, where she said the Gandhi jibe was "taken out of context".

The row started when Lottie claimed she never spoke to a black person before - which was proven untrue after Lubna posted an image of Lottie with a black friend to the WhatsApp group.

Kenna was the second person to get eliminated from this year's The Apprentice after the team failed to sell enough of their ice lollies to beat the girls.

The ice cream company owner doesn't think he should've been fired: "Dean was terrible! I remember it from the time, then I watched it again and I was like, how did he not go?"

Speaking about the sub-team - made of Ryan-Mark, Dean and Souleyman - he continues: "It was really tough to manage them. It was like babysitting kids, I was like, shut up for one minute.

"You know when teachers are like, "one voice please", that's what I asked and got four back."

The sub-team failed to make any sales of their "premium" ice lollies to their corporate client, partly because the lolly looked like something a bit rude.

Kenna had faith in the product: "I thought [the comparisons to a penis] were harsh. The thing is, they were definitely sellable.

"It's not something someone would be like, I cannot buy that. The girls sold a product with six inches of rosemary sticking out of it. I was like, oh my god, I lost to these!"

The Apprentice is on BBC One at 9pm.

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