BBC Gardeners World presenter Arit Anderson reveals shock at being racially abused ahead of taking part in a charity triathlon with friends - after a man told her: 'Get out of here s****' TV gardening expert says incident happened at Blenheim Palace Triathlon Read more: Naomi Campbell says she'd never let her children work at 15 as she did - and reveals she refuses to identify with the word 'victim' despite saying she's been the only person of colour in 'so many rooms' By Melody Fletcher For Mailonline Published: 17:10, 11 June 2024 | Updated: 17:35, 11 June 2024 e-mail 10 View comments BBC Gardeners' World presenter Arit Anderson has revealed she was subjected to shocking racial abuse ahead of a charity triathlon at Blenheim Palace last month. The 54-year-old, who presented BBC coverage at Chelsea Flower Show last month and is a regular on BBC One show Garden Rescue , said she was shocked at the abuse hurled at her by a man riding past on his bike during the event. Posting a photo of herself on her Instagram account , with the two friends who joined her in raising money for Parkinson's UK, she told her 30,000 followers, that 'a few hours before I was told by a man on his bike as he rode by to "Get out of here s****"' She added: 'To say that two women in their fifties and one who is 70 were shocked was an understatement.
' The BBC Gardeners' World presenter said she was shocked to be the target of a racist slur while waiting to compete in the Blenheim Palace Triathlon with fri.