If there was one place to be last weekend, it was at Stylist Live.

The three-day extravaganza, which took place at Truman Brewery, saw speakers take to the stage and share their inspiring words of wisdom and advice with hundreds of guests – and one of the highlights was AJ Odudu.

The television presenter, who is reportedly tipped to host next year’s Big Brother reboot, shared her thoughts on joy, positivity, confidence and self-care on 13 November – and she also took the time to tell guests about her experience as a presenter over the years and the accent discrimination she’s faced throughout her career.

“I feel like several times in my career there’s been moments where I’ve been told to turn down my accent,” she revealed.

AJ Odudu gets real about being accent-shamed in her career and why she refuses to tone hers down