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Loose Women’s Charlene White reveals she was mistaken for Brenda Edwards 5 times in same day: ‘Black women don’t all look alike’-Charlotte Manning-Entertainment – Metro
She urged people to ‘stop being lazy.’
Charlene has been an anchor on Loose Women since 2021 (Picture: S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
TV presenter Charlene White has vented her frustrations after being mistaken for Loose Women colleague Brenda Edwards at a recent work event.
Charlene, 42, joined the ever-expanding Loose Women panel last year, and has quickly become a favourite amongst viewers.
The ITV News At Ten newsreader often acts as an anchor on the lunchtime show, appearing alongside the likes of Stacey Solomon, Judi Love and Linda Robson.
However, Charlene has now shared her upset after she attended a TV industry do this week, where she was mistaken for co-star Brenda five times.
Posting on Twitter, Charlene wrote: ‘I’m used to being mistaken for my other black @loosewomen ladies. We all are tbh. Some ppl are too lazy to work out black women don’t all look alike.
‘But I’ve spent today at a do with my LW fam where multiple times I was called Brenda. My response? “No, I’m the other black one”.’
Charlene (far right) with Loose Women co-stars Jane Moore, Nadia Sawalha, Judi Love (Picture: PA)
She continued: ‘You have no idea how many black women in the public eye get mistaken for each other. It happens routinely.
‘Not just us, too many minority women & men on a daily basis. It upset me more than usual today, probably because it happened to a few of us at the Pride parade on Sat too.’
Charlene went on to share with fans how incidences like this are often ‘laughed off’ as she continued her Twitter thread.
She concluded: ‘The first 4 times it happened today I shrugged it off. But the 5th time was as I was leaving, by someone who’d spent 10mins having a chat.
Charlene explained how she had been mistaken for co-star Brenda, above (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
‘I honestly left feeling that it doesn’t matter where you are in life, some ppl will always mistake you for the other black girl in the office.’
Charlene was met with a wave of support from followers, to which she added: ‘I’m done being polite about it.’
One fan told her: ‘Just horrible that this happens to you at all, never mind so often, but that response BURNS! That’ll teach ’em…hopefully!’
‘You front the news most days! Seriously,’ someone else pointed out.
Another agreed: ‘This is so horrible. I hope those responsible were ashamed of themselves, but somehow I doubt it.’
‘Don’t know how anyone can make that error Charlene. It must be hurtful to you. You are a very special and lovely person with a top personality…. Just remember that!’ Charlene was told by a fan.
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The newsreader has had a pioneering career spanning over two decades in the broadcasting industry.
This resulted in her being the first Black woman to present ITV News at 10, a position she took up in 2014.
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV
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