The anti-racism performance sparked 15,000 complaints, but father-of-two Ashley insisted the response was mostly positive and said he will never be anything but proud of the performance. (Image: Ashley Banjo/Instagram)"The positive response has been huge, so thank you so much to everyone who has supported, shown love and stood by what we did." "We are feeling positive, proud, happy, confident and we stand by every single decision we made with that performance," he said. (Image: ITV)Heartbreakingly, Ashley said he was receiving vicious abuse following the routine: "Everything from racial abuse, to threats, to just some really nasty stuff." "Racism is very real, especially after this performance, I knew it before, and I definitely know it now."

Source: Daily Mirror September 13, 2020 19:12 UTC