Jordan Banjo reveals his children received death threats after Diversity’s BLM routine on BGT

Jordan Banjo has revealed that his children received death threats in the wake of Diversity’s Black Lives Matter inspired routine on Britain’s Got Talent last year.

The dancer, 28, and the group performed a hard-hitting routine which amid a summary of 2020, narrated the death of George Floyd, with the dance garnering over 25,000 Ofcom complaints. 

And following on from the performance in September, Jordan revealed he’s still being subjected to vile messages on social media, with haters even attacking his car with cement as he described the abuse as ‘a red rag to a bull’.

Shocking: Jordan Banjo has revealed that his children received death threats in the wake of Diversity’s Black Lives Matter inspired routine on Britain’s Got Talent last year (pictured in 2020)

Speaking on The British Entrepreneur podcast, the TV star said: ‘When I’m sat at home and you’re telling me really horrible stuff like “your kids are so ugly, they should die”, “I hope your kids get caught in a house fire”, it’s crazy stuff, mad — especially since last year when we did that performance on BGT. 

‘From then, it was like a red rag to a bull.’

He added of the backlash: ‘There were some people who had a genuine grievance with it and then some people, when this whole storm was kicking off, tried to antagonise you. I’m talking thousands upon thousands of messages.

‘Even my car’s had cement thrown all over it, my Aston. It was crazy.’

Powerful: The dancer, 28, and the group performed a hard-hitting routine which amid a summary of 2020, narrated the death of George Floyd, with the dance garnering over 25,000 Ofcom complaints

Powerful: The dancer, 28, and the group performed a hard-hitting routine which amid a summary of 2020, narrated the death of George Floyd, with the dance garnering over 25,000 Ofcom complaints

Jordan shares children Mayowa, one, and Cassius, three, with fiancée Naomi Courts.  

Discussing how people have even targeted his home, he went on: ‘I don’t live in a huge, gigantic house. I just live down a normal road. 

‘There were times when I’ve been in my office — my garage is converted — and I came out and people are trying to climb out over my garden gate.

‘It’s really weird how people react to stuff.’

Britain’s Got Talent was embroiled in controversy after Diversity took to the stage with a Black Lives Matter-inspired performance, sparking over 25,000 complaints to media watchdog Ofcom. 

Family: 'When I’m sat at home and you’re telling me really horrible stuff like "your kids are so ugly, they should die"... it’s crazy stuff, mad'

Family: ‘When I’m sat at home and you’re telling me really horrible stuff like “your kids are so ugly, they should die”… it’s crazy stuff, mad’

Backlash: following on from the performance in September, Jordan revealed he's still being subjected to vile messages on social media, with haters even attacking his car with cement as he described the abuse as 'a red rag to a bull'

Backlash: following on from the performance in September, Jordan revealed he’s still being subjected to vile messages on social media, with haters even attacking his car with cement as he described the abuse as ‘a red rag to a bull’

Diversity, who won the third series of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, performed the routine which amid a summary of 2020, narrated the death of George Floyd, who was killed when police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for eight minutes in May.

Lead dancer Ashley even had a white man lean on his own neck as part of the stirring performance.  

The routine, which also covered lockdown and Covid-19, was met with a flurry of mixed responses from viewers, with some calling out the display as making a ‘political statement’ and others hailing the dance ‘powerful’.

Targeted: 'There were some people who had a genuine grievance with it and then some people, when this whole storm was kicking off, tried to antagonise you'

Targeted: ‘There were some people who had a genuine grievance with it and then some people, when this whole storm was kicking off, tried to antagonise you’

Reaction: 'Even my car’s had cement thrown all over it, my Aston. It was crazy'

Reaction: ‘Even my car’s had cement thrown all over it, my Aston. It was crazy’

Diversity’s performance became the second most complained about TV moment of the past 10 years.

ITV ‘stood with Diversity’ as they featured adverts in national newspapers in support of the controversial dance while Ofcom announced they will not investigate the complaints any further. 

In January, Jordan’s brother Ashley Banjo revealed his Black Lives Matter routine on Britain’s Got Talent caused ‘division’ in his family. 

Speaking to the Daily Star, Ashley admitted that the performance was not universally praised in his family and some didn’t like it. 

Defiant: Britain's Got Talent was embroiled in controversy after Diversity took to the stage with a Black Lives Matter-inspired performance, sparking over 25,000 complaints to media watchdog Ofcom

Defiant: Britain’s Got Talent was embroiled in controversy after Diversity took to the stage with a Black Lives Matter-inspired performance, sparking over 25,000 complaints to media watchdog Ofcom

He said: ‘Even among my own family and friends the performance sparked conversation. 

‘There has been some negativity with my family. There was division.

‘People didn’t directly disagree with the performance but there was a conversation about if it was really necessary. I saw it happen in my own household.’

Ashley also said there are still some people in his life who ‘haven’t spoken [to him] at all’ since the performance aired. 

Honest: Ashley Banjo revealed his Black Lives Matter routine on Britain's Got Talent caused 'division' in his family

Honest: Ashley Banjo revealed his Black Lives Matter routine on Britain’s Got Talent caused ‘division’ in his family

The TV star admitted he still receives online abuse from trolls to this day over the episode, despite Ofcom not taking any action over the complaints. 

Ashley has also since admitted he has been encouraged to ramp up his BLM campaign following the ‘hate’ he received over his Diversity routine.

He would perform the same routine 100 times over, despite the fact it received so many complaints.

Controversy: He said: 'Even among my own family and friends the performance sparked conversation. 'There has been some negativity with my family. There was division'

Controversy: He said: ‘Even among my own family and friends the performance sparked conversation. ‘There has been some negativity with my family. There was division’