In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a new film starring Peter Andre as a fake Jamaican gangster coming out, and as you might’ve guessed, it’s stirred a bit of controversy.
Basically people are not happy that Peter Andre is putting on a fake Jamaican accent and wearing fake dreadlocks to portray the role, although you have to give him props for stopping short at blackface.
The storyline hook is as follows: “Desperate to secure £35,000 for his gran’s care, small-time crook Gazza jumps on a risky tip-off and hatches a daring scam. With just 21 days to pull it off, he must immerse himself in Jamaican culture to con his way between London and Jamaica.”
It’s obviously a completely unserious film, but there’s been enough backlash that Peter Andre has now deleted the trailer and all promotional bits for ‘Jafaican’ off his socials, though you can still catch the full trailer on YouTube:
The comments under the trailer are pretty great, to be fair:
Meanwhile on Twitter…
So embarrassing seeing anyone supporting that stupid Jafaican film. It’s actually such low hanging fruit at this point the “jokes” aka a fake dreadlocked wig & what can only be described as black face..it’s so washed this is not even close to the kind of racism that gets a laugh
— ✨D I V I N E✨ (@divineneza98) April 23, 2025
Not to start a diaspora war but the fact a Nigerian writer/ director is behind this is further insulting. I do expect better from people in the diaspora. I also expect people to understand the gravity of having our likeness +/ culture used as a parody in such a lowbrow way. Yuck https://t.co/QzUBPhOEd0
— A R L I I I Y A H (@arliiiyah) April 15, 2025
In 2020, we had that high offensive skit about Jamaican people on TV show Famalam – with all the stereotypes you can think of.
In 2025, we have a film called Jafaican with fake Jamaican accents and more stereotypes.
It’s getting BORING now. It’s offensive and disgusting!
— Sinai Fleary 🇬🇩🇻🇨 (@S_Fleary1) April 16, 2025
Been avoiding that stupid Jafaican trailer. I can’t believe Oliver Samuels is in it. I’m not surprised it’s written and directed by a non-Jamaican. Peter Andre being given licence to don a Tyler Perry dreadlocks wig and minstrel some Patois after leaning right wing is a joke. 🗑️
— Luke Elliott (@LukeElliottS) April 15, 2025
On big big IMDB the film summary for “Jafaican” concludes, “learn to be a Jamaican or die trying”. Everyone involved should be ashamed. https://t.co/rN1waCpRIC pic.twitter.com/thutbWvqSz
— A R L I I I Y A H (@arliiiyah) April 15, 2025
Despite the backlash on social media, it does seem like the film is still set for release later this year. At best, we can probably hope it lands in the ‘so bad it’s good’ category, but who knows? Maybe Peter Andre’s acting chops will blow us all away. Personally I’m hoping for a Mysterious Girl remix on the soundtrack. Make it happen, Peter! Brap!
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