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Jourdan Dunn slams London nightclub over racial discrimination
Jourdan Dunn has suggested in a Tweet that a London club was racist when they denied entry to her brother.
He was on the guest list for the launch party of her second season collection for London Fashion Week at London Reign Showclub when her brother was not let in. She was forced to leave the party to work out the issue with management.
“The brother was getting annoyed and Jourdan asked him to calm down so it was a pretty tense situation,” said one source close to the situation.
“The manager seemed to have an attitude problem, he was the one calling the shots with guests gaining entry.”
Jourdan’s brother was only allowed into the event when she threatened to shut down the entire party.
Other than that blip, the party was a great success according to those in attendance.
When the party was over she took to Twitter to share her disgust over the situation. She called the way she was treated “disgusting.”
Some of her tweets read, “DO NOT GO TO REIGN NIGHTCLUB I REPEAT DO NOT GO REIGN NIGHTCLUB THEY DONT LIKE BLACK PEOPLE!
“THEY WAY I WAS TREATING AT MY OWN EVENT WAS DISGUSTING! [sic]”
She finished her Twitter rant with, “THEY WANT TO PLAY OUR MUSIC BUT DONT WANT …