Krishnan Guru-Murthy reveals he still feels anger at his consultant father being spat on for being an immigrant as he reflects on the racism he faced growing up Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By ROSS KANIUK FOR DAILY MAIL Published: 00:39, 24 January 2025 | Updated: 00:48, 24 January 2025 e-mail View comments Krishnan Guru-Murthy has revealed he still gets angry about his consultant father, who helped many hospital patients in Burnley, being spat at in the street for being an immigrant in the town. Channel 4 news presenter and former Strictly star Krishnan said his family have always had to face up to racism, even though it has become less blatant.
The journalist's father was a poor orphan who grew up in India but went on to train as a medic before coming to Liverpool in 1962 to progress his career and become a junior doctor. Krishnan said his dad didn't own a pair of shoes until he went to medical school and as a result he still feels the need to work at the age of 91. Krishnan, who was born in 1970 before the family moved to Pendle, Lancs, four years later, said: "My dad went from the kid who didn't have any shoes and parents and food, to being a consultant in the NHS who gave his kids everything.
" But he told how along the way his parents accepted the family would have to contend with racism, which was worse in the sixties and seventies but he said still exists. Krishnan Guru-Murthy has revealed he still gets angry about his consultant father, who helped ma.
