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Cherie Blair in 'banana' race slip | Daily Star Cherie Blair insulted a student on Jamie Oliver's Dream School

I’m going to call you Banana in a minute. I don’t want people walking out on a whim.

Cherie Blair to a student

Cherie Blair, wife of former PM Tony Blair, gives a bunch of GCSE failures a lesson on human rights.

But she has come under fire for her slot on Channel 4 show Jamie’s Dream School.

A student called Nana Kwame, 18, upsets her by walking out of the classroom clutching his mobile phone to his ear.

Cherie, 56, says he should have asked permission to leave and tells him: “I’m going to call you Banana in a minute. I don’t want people walking out on a whim.”

He replies: “I’m going to call you something that’s not very nice if you call me that. I left because I had to take an important phone call.”

Fellow student Carl West, 18, said: “I think it’s a racist comment. His name is Nana not Banana.”

Last night a Channel 4 spokesman said: “There is clearly no racial connotation to Cherie’s comment.

“We have received no complaint from Nana Kwame and we understand he enjoyed her lessons.”

The episode is due to be aired on March 30 at 9pm.