Romesh Ranganathan has opened up about his sons suffering “abhorrent” racist abuse at school. The BBC star has three sons Alex, 16, Theo, 14, and Charlie, 11, with his drama teacher wife Leesa. Speaking on his podcast Wolf and Owl with co-host Tom Davis in an episode that aired on Friday (28 August), Romesh shared his three boys have had “racist abuse - not loads, not as much as I did, but they have had comments.” He added: “We had a bit of an incident. One of the kids was chatting to a girl, just some friend at school, and one of the other kids said, ‘I don’t know why you’re bothering to chat to her. You’re going to end up marrying your cousin.’” The comedian also shared how his eldest son “has had the P-word said to him when he’s been walking around school.”

Romesh Ranganathan has revealed his three sons have faced racist abuse at school, whilst recalling his own experience with racism as a teenager.

TV star Romesh Ranganathan has revealed that his sons have suffered "abhorrent" racist abuse at school and candidly discussed his own experiences when he was growing up as well.