South African Model Under Fire for Palestine Shithole Comments

TV personality and model Shashi Naidoo has held a press conference following heavy criticism for calling the Gaza region a "sh*thole" during a debate about the Palestine-Israel conflict with an Instagramer. Naidoo said that she "stupidly copied and pasted" the response she gave verbatim from a friend, in a feeble attempt at appearing "smart".  She has apologised for her comments but has since lost several endorsement deals.

Shashi Naidoo

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