Rakie Ayola appears on BBC Breakfast, and in character in The Pact
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The Pact star Rakie Ayola praised over reaction to ‘loaded’ question on BBC Breakfast

Rolled her eyes before thoroughly taking 'boring' proposition apart

The Pact star Rakie Ayola has been praised for her reaction to ‘ridiculous’ questioning from a BBC Breakfast presenter.

Actress Rakie, who plays Christine in the BBC One drama, was interviewed on Monday’s (October 24) show.

However, at one point it was put to Cardiff-born BAFTA winner Rakie that The Pact features what some viewers might consider a “woke version of a Welsh family”.

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But Rakie did not seem impressed by such terminology, rolling her eyes at the suggestion from presenter Victoria Fritz.

The Pact star Rakie Ayola in character in the BBC drama
The Pact stars Rakie Ayola as DS Christine Holland (Credit: BBC)

The Pact actress Rakie Ayola on BBC Breakfast

Rakie, 54, challenged the intellectual laziness of any categorisation using the term ‘woke’.

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Rakie Ayola appears on BBC Breakfast

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Robert Leigh
Freelance writer