Nagra: 'Race issue out of proportion'

Majid Nagra has denied claims of racism on last night's episode of The Apprentice.

Some media commentators had questioned contestant Yasmina Siadatan for asking white teammate Phillip Taylor to take the place of Noorul Choudhury in the commercial for their product because she favoured a mix of ethnic backgrounds.

Nagra told the BBC: "It was a small thing that was blown way out of proportion.

"I think from a business point of view you've got to cater for everything, whether it be a white man, a green man, a yellow man, a purple man, it doesn't really matter."

He added: "In the house everybody got on with everybody, there was no such thing as race, there was no such thing as that, it never even materialised."

Nagra became the latest contestant to leave this year's series of The Apprentice when he was fired by Sir Alan Sugar for not contributing enough to his team.