Former Great British Bake Off Winner Nadiya Hussain claims man refused to sit next to her on a train because she is MUSLIM
The baker said that a man would not sit next to her because she is a Muslim and said "his ignorance is his own ruin"
FORMER Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain said a man refused to sit next to her on a train because she is a Muslim.
The baker, of Bangladeshi descent, revealed on Twitter how the man said to her: "I ain't sitting near a Muslim".
She tweeted last night: "A man refused to sit next to me on the train today. "I ain't sitting near a Muslim" he said. His ignorance is his own ruin."
The winner of the 2015 series has previously said she lives with racist abuse as "part of life".
A contestant of this year's series, Rav Bansal, replied to her tweet to say he had also experienced "a similar thing" recently.
He added: "You are a much better person than he will ever be."
Nadiya, 31, was raised in Luton and said earlier this year that she still suffered anti-Islamic abuse.
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She has gone on to have a career centred around baking and cooking since she won the show, and has gained millions of fans.
The baker, who impressed with her use of spices and flavours, now has a newspaper column, written a cookbook and is about to release a novel.
She has been credited with having a positive impact on race relations in the UK but said she found this "astounding" as she still experiences racism.
During an interview on BBC 4's Desert Island Discs, she told host Kirsty Young: "I've had things thrown at me and been pushed and jabbed. It sounds really silly because I feel that it's just became a part of my life now.
"I expect it. I absolutely expect to be shoved or pushed or verbally abused because it happens, it's been happening for years."
She said she thinks the best way to bring up her children in Britain is to not react to such abuse, but to instead encourage a love of the country in her own family.
She added: "Yes, there are those negative people but they are the minority. I love being British and I love living here. This is my home and it always will be regardless of all the other things that define me.
"I want my kids to be proud of that. I don't want my kids to grow up with a chip on their shoulder, so I live as positively as I can."
This week it was revealed Sue Perkins shed a tear as she recorded the voiceover for her last ever Great British Bake Off.
The presenter – who appears alongside her best pal Mel Giedroyc on the show – made the decision to quit after the baking programme was bought by Channel 4.
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