Author Candice Brathwaite has responded to messages of support from fans after she was removed from her role as host in a documentary about the high death rates of black women during childbirth in the UK.
Brathwaite, a Sunday Times bestselling author, journalist and TV presenter, was apparently dropped after Rochelle Humes was brought on to present a TV show with the same theme.
Brathwaite was apparently responding to Humes’s Instagram post made on Saturday 6 February, in which she announced her own project.
After Brathwaite’s post on Saturday, both she and Humes trended on Twitter as fans and critics accused the documentary makers of colourism.