“I shouldn’t have won Malaysian Idol because I’m not Malay” - Jaclyn Victor recalls racist remark

RENOWNED local artist Jaclyn Victor has recently alleged to have heard a remark in regards to her race pertaining to her Malaysian Idol win 20 years ago.

56-year-old songstress and businesswoman spoke up about the statement how she should not have gotten the Malaysian Idol title, simply because she is not Malay, as per her claim.

Jaclyn was the first singer to be crowned the winner of Malaysian Idol in 2004.

After a bit of a shocked silence between the podcast host, Syuhaida Ariffin, and the ‘Gemilang’ singer, Jaclyn mentioned that there was no need to touch on the topic further however, she pointed out that she heard the remark in the beginning of her musical journey.

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