She moved people after disclosing her mental health struggles in a powerful anti-racism speech in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
And weeks after her emotional words, Clara Amfo is reportedly being lined-up for a stint on Strictly Come Dancing.
The BBC Radio 1 presenter, 36, is said to have impressed with her coverage on the channel, with bosses also hoping to cast ‘diverse range of talent’, according to The Mirror.
Dancing Queen? Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo is reportedly being lined up for a stint on Strictly Come Dancing this year
A source told the publication: ‘Clara is now a familiar BBC face and producers want her. The show wants to cast a diverse range of talent.’
The publication reports that bosses were also impressed with Clara’s coverage on BBC One’s One World: At Home Together online concert in support of the NHS.
MailOnline have contacted representatives of Clara for comment.
Clara has previously expressed her love for dancing, stating: ‘I love to rave. I love to dance. Notting Hill Carnival is one of my favourite days of the year’, so no doubt she’ll be perfect for the show.
Line-up: The BBC Radio 1 presenter, 36, is said to have impressed with her coverage on the channel, with bosses also hoping to cast ‘diverse range of talent’, according to The Mirror (2019 cast pictured)
She joins a long list of celebrities on the rumoured Strictly line-up including Jessie J, Gillian Anderson, Sandi Toksvig and Paul Merson.
The reports comes weeks after Clara broke down in tears on her show back in June as she discussed her mental health struggles following the death of George Floyd.
The broadcaster delivered a powerful speech on racism as she told listeners she was unable to come into work the day before and speak with ‘happy intention’ when she had spent the weekend devastated.
The previous week, ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after a video surfaced of him crushing 46-year-old Floyd’s neck with his knee in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The DJ began her address: ‘I’m fully aware that we are in the middle of this devastating pandemic, and I’m fully aware that I’m not a medical professional or a frontline worker. I am just a woman who does a radio show.
‘But my job is very public facing, so I want to talk to you. Now if you have small children or would rather not hear what I’m about to say, because I am going to discuss race and violence, please check out something else for the next few minutes.’
Emotional: Radio 1 DJ Clara broke down in tears on her show back in June as she discussed her mental health struggles following the death of George Floyd
Clara continued: ‘Now as you know at Radio 1 we talk a lot about mental health and mine was in a really, really bad way yesterday. In fact it has been for the past few days, in particular, in relation to the death of George Floyd. George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died whilst being held under arrest.’
She continued: ‘Now, I didn’t have the mental strength to face you guys yesterday, to ask, “Hi, how was your weekend” like I usually do with my happy intention, because I know that my weekend was terrible.
‘I was sat on my sofa, crying, angry, confused, and also knowing, stuck at the news…’
Clara’s voice broke as she continued her emotive speech and while fighting back tears.
Devastating: The previous week, ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after a video surfaced of him crushing 46-year-old Floyd’s neck with his knee in Minneapolis, Minnesota
She said: ‘Stuck at the news of yet another brutalised black body. Knowing how the world enjoys blackness and seeing what happened to George, we black people get the feeling that people want our culture but they do not want us. In other words, you want my talent but you don’t want me.
There is a false idea that racism, and in this case anti-blackness, is just name-calling and physical violence, when it so much more insidious than that.’
Clara then shared a powerful quote by Amanda Seales, who said: ‘You cannot enjoy the rhythm and ignore the blues.’
The DJ added: ‘I say that with my chest.’
She ended her highly emotive speech: ‘Let’s do this. Let’s all be anti-racist.’
Speaking out: The broadcaster delivered a powerful speech on racism as she told listeners she was unable to come into work the day before and speak with ‘happy intention’