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Peter Andre accused of 'posing in modern blackface' after taking on Jamaican gangster role in 'profoundly disrespectful' new film


The Mysterious Girl singer, 52, stars as lead character Gary Buckle in crime-comedy, Jafaican, which is set for release later this year.

In the film, Gary is tasked with mastering a Caribbean accent and culture in order to pose as a Jamaican crime lord and pull of a heist to pay for his grandma's care. In the film, Gary is tasked with mastering a Caribbean accent and culture in order to pose as a Jamaican crime lord and pull of a heist to pay for his grandma's care Tweets read: 'Peter Andre starring as the lead character of a film called JAFAICAN where he's pretending to be a Jamaican and wearing a dreadlock wig is not something I was expecting to see in the year of our Lord 2025 but here we are...';

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