I'm sure that if the UK had the full 3 days to vote Jade would have beaten seezer....
How many hours did they have... 24 - 36 I think.
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What was Sezer's percentage when he was voted out?faceless wrote:I read also that she got about 82% of the vote - which means Sezer still remains as the most hated person ever. That just goes to show that a good proportion of the British (most likely English) public think she was right to say what she did....
Great wee cartoon there eh? haha
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DISGRACED Celebrity Big Brother star Jade Goody sensationally confessed: "Shilpa WAS a victim of racism and bullying."
And today we print the hard-hitting interview all Britain has waited for after voting out the foul-mouthed housemate by a landslide on Friday night.
The News of the World grilled the 25-year-old with the tough questions TV host Davina McCall failed to pose about her treatment of Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty after Jade's carefully stage-managed exit from the hit Channel 4 reality show.
Jade will get no payment for this article. Her £50,000 fee will go to charity—along with every penny of her £50,000 Big Brother fee. The £100,000 total will be divided between good causes nominated by Shilpa and Jade.
In the most emotional and important interview of Jade's life—which was punctuated by frequent tearful outbursts— we asked:
ARE YOU A RACIST?
No, I'm not a racist, but I accept I made racist comments. I don't see people for the colour that they are, or where they come from.
I'm mixed race myself and I speak to everyone of every colour, background and nationality. I don't care about where people are from.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE TENSION SHILPA TOLD CLEO SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE RACIST. WAS SHE THE VICTIM OF RACISM AND BULLYING?
She was a victim of bullying and racism, yes. I can understand why she would have said that.
HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THE COMMENTS YOU MADE TO SHILPA?
I'm not going to justify my actions because they were wrong. I was shocked to see how I behaved. I was shocked and disgusted at myself.
I don't know why I said those things to her or why those words came into my head. I wasn't thinking in my head a nasty thought.
I'm not making excuses because I know that it's wrong. I now know that it's offensive.
Maybe I'm just really stupid and nasty at heart. But I really don't think I am.
YOU SAID ABOUT SHILPA: "SHE MAKES ME FEEL SICK, SHE MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL."
I can now see how that's been interpreted, that people think I hate her, but I promise to God that if I was a racist I wouldn't have kissed her, cuddled her or ate her food.
DURING THE OXO CUBE ROW YOU SHOUTED AT SHILPA: "YOU'RE A F***ING LOSER AND A LIAR, YOU NEED A DAY IN THE SLUMS!"
I said: "You are a f***ing loser and a liar!" and I did say that.
I know that Shilpa doesn't live in the slums, because I took the time to get to know her. The slums is a word that Shilpa would have told me. I can't justify my actions for that. It wasn't meant as a racist comment.
YOU TOLD HER: "SHUT THE F*** UP! WHO THE F*** ARE YOU? YOU AREN'T SOME PRINCESS IN NEVERLAND, YOU'RE A NORMAL HOUSEMATE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE."
I remember saying that and it's wrong, but it's not a racial comment.
In my rage of anger that's why I said she wasn't a Princess and not a God, she's a normal f***ing person.
YOU ALSO REFERRED TO HER AS "SHILPA F***AWALLAH, SHILPA DURUPA, SHILPA POPPADOM".
I remember saying Shilpa F*** something.
DOES IT SHOCK YOU THAT YOU SAID THOSE THINGS?
My anger when I watched it on the screen shocked me. I didn't like it. I didn't know that my presence could be so intimidating or bullying.
I don't want that, but I don't know any other way to argue.
I've never blamed my past for anything I've done, but I don't know any other way. My only way to argue is to shout—to get louder and louder so that I can't hear what they're saying.
It's the way I am. I didn't know it was a problem until I watched it. I don't want people to be scared of me, or think that I'm intimidating.
YOU CAN SEE WHY SHILPA F***AWALLAH IS RACIST?
It is. Because I now know that in Shilpa's religion anything to do with swearing or the "f" word is seen as hurtful and racist. For me it's normal to say effing this and effing that. I didn't think that these words would cause offence.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT THOSE COMMENTS AND COMMENTS LIKE IT ARE RACIST?
I hold my hand up to my comments and to people reading them or hearing them and thinking I'm a racist. I can understand why those words would look racist because I didn't get on particularly well with Shilpa. It's offensive to her and her culture. I didn't think poppadom was a racist word. I now know that things that I may not think are racist can actually be racist. It's my own fault for not knowing enough about other people's cultures.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
I feel sh*t. I hate myself right now. The first time I was on Big Brother it was like a holiday camp but I've now got people out there who look up to me. I didn't want to get evicted for the wrong reasons. Evict me because I'm loud or annoying, but not because I'm a racist, because I'm not.
YOU GANGED UP WITH JO AND DANIELLE AGAINST SHILPA.
You sometimes click with people more than others. I clicked with Danielle and Jo because they are the same age, we live in the same area and we had things in common.
ALL THREE OF YOU MADE RACIST COMMENTS. DANIELLE SAID ABOUT SHILPA WHEN SHE HAD BLEACH ON HER FACE: "SHE WANTS TO BE WHITE" AND "SHE'S A DOG."
I wasn't there. I would have said: "You can't say that." Shilpa isn't ugly, she's a beautiful person. She had bleach on her face and I said to her: "Is it true that in India people do want to lighten their skin?"
IF YOU HAD HEARD DANIELLE'S COMMENTS WOULD YOU HAVE INTERVENED?
I would have because that's wrong, Shilpa's not a dog. I wasn't part of it. That's obviously a racist comment.
WHEN YOU WERE IN BED WITH JACK HE SAID: "I DON'T LIKE HER, IN FACT I HATE HER. SHE CAME INTO THIS HOUSE A C***."
Then I didn't see any wrong in it. My reaction now is that this is all wrong. Yes I'm responsible, yes I've said things that can be interpreted as being a racist and a bully, but I don't like that person. I won't let that happen again. I said poppadom and I said f*** in anger but I never said Shilpa wanted to be white or that she should go back to her own country.
AFTER THE OXO CUBE ROW DANIELLE SAID: "THAT WAS F***ING FANTASTIC. I LOVED IT, I THINK SHE SHOULD F*** OFF HOME"—A BLATANTLY RACIST COMMENT.
Yes it is, but that didn't come from me. I didn't say anything as I was too angry.
YOU WERE THERE WHEN JO THEN SAID: "THAT'S MADE ME FEEL BETTER. I MUST SAY, IT'S MADE MY DAY."
I wasn't taking any notice of what they were saying. I was so angry at the time. I was angry with me.
DANIELLE THEN SAID ABOUT SHILPA: "SHE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH PROPERLY."
I feel ashamed about that. I'm ashamed about everything.
DO YOU AGREE THAT YOU, DANNIELLE AND JO HAVE MADE RACIST COMMENTS?
Yes they're wrong.
DID YOU BULLY SHILPA?
Looking at it, yes. I didn't think that my presence was that strong and that people were copying me. I didn't think that I was bullying.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONTROL OVER THIS INTERVIEW?
None whatsoever. I want to face the toughest questions possible. Everyone knows the News of the World is a tough paper and won't shirk from asking what people want to know. I'm happy to put myself through this so people can see what I did was wrong and I'm truly sorry.
And today we print the hard-hitting interview all Britain has waited for after voting out the foul-mouthed housemate by a landslide on Friday night.
The News of the World grilled the 25-year-old with the tough questions TV host Davina McCall failed to pose about her treatment of Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty after Jade's carefully stage-managed exit from the hit Channel 4 reality show.
Jade will get no payment for this article. Her £50,000 fee will go to charity—along with every penny of her £50,000 Big Brother fee. The £100,000 total will be divided between good causes nominated by Shilpa and Jade.
In the most emotional and important interview of Jade's life—which was punctuated by frequent tearful outbursts— we asked:
ARE YOU A RACIST?
No, I'm not a racist, but I accept I made racist comments. I don't see people for the colour that they are, or where they come from.
I'm mixed race myself and I speak to everyone of every colour, background and nationality. I don't care about where people are from.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE TENSION SHILPA TOLD CLEO SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE RACIST. WAS SHE THE VICTIM OF RACISM AND BULLYING?
She was a victim of bullying and racism, yes. I can understand why she would have said that.
HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THE COMMENTS YOU MADE TO SHILPA?
I'm not going to justify my actions because they were wrong. I was shocked to see how I behaved. I was shocked and disgusted at myself.
I don't know why I said those things to her or why those words came into my head. I wasn't thinking in my head a nasty thought.
I'm not making excuses because I know that it's wrong. I now know that it's offensive.
Maybe I'm just really stupid and nasty at heart. But I really don't think I am.
YOU SAID ABOUT SHILPA: "SHE MAKES ME FEEL SICK, SHE MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL."
I can now see how that's been interpreted, that people think I hate her, but I promise to God that if I was a racist I wouldn't have kissed her, cuddled her or ate her food.
DURING THE OXO CUBE ROW YOU SHOUTED AT SHILPA: "YOU'RE A F***ING LOSER AND A LIAR, YOU NEED A DAY IN THE SLUMS!"
I said: "You are a f***ing loser and a liar!" and I did say that.
I know that Shilpa doesn't live in the slums, because I took the time to get to know her. The slums is a word that Shilpa would have told me. I can't justify my actions for that. It wasn't meant as a racist comment.
YOU TOLD HER: "SHUT THE F*** UP! WHO THE F*** ARE YOU? YOU AREN'T SOME PRINCESS IN NEVERLAND, YOU'RE A NORMAL HOUSEMATE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE."
I remember saying that and it's wrong, but it's not a racial comment.
In my rage of anger that's why I said she wasn't a Princess and not a God, she's a normal f***ing person.
YOU ALSO REFERRED TO HER AS "SHILPA F***AWALLAH, SHILPA DURUPA, SHILPA POPPADOM".
I remember saying Shilpa F*** something.
DOES IT SHOCK YOU THAT YOU SAID THOSE THINGS?
My anger when I watched it on the screen shocked me. I didn't like it. I didn't know that my presence could be so intimidating or bullying.
I don't want that, but I don't know any other way to argue.
I've never blamed my past for anything I've done, but I don't know any other way. My only way to argue is to shout—to get louder and louder so that I can't hear what they're saying.
It's the way I am. I didn't know it was a problem until I watched it. I don't want people to be scared of me, or think that I'm intimidating.
YOU CAN SEE WHY SHILPA F***AWALLAH IS RACIST?
It is. Because I now know that in Shilpa's religion anything to do with swearing or the "f" word is seen as hurtful and racist. For me it's normal to say effing this and effing that. I didn't think that these words would cause offence.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT THOSE COMMENTS AND COMMENTS LIKE IT ARE RACIST?
I hold my hand up to my comments and to people reading them or hearing them and thinking I'm a racist. I can understand why those words would look racist because I didn't get on particularly well with Shilpa. It's offensive to her and her culture. I didn't think poppadom was a racist word. I now know that things that I may not think are racist can actually be racist. It's my own fault for not knowing enough about other people's cultures.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
I feel sh*t. I hate myself right now. The first time I was on Big Brother it was like a holiday camp but I've now got people out there who look up to me. I didn't want to get evicted for the wrong reasons. Evict me because I'm loud or annoying, but not because I'm a racist, because I'm not.
YOU GANGED UP WITH JO AND DANIELLE AGAINST SHILPA.
You sometimes click with people more than others. I clicked with Danielle and Jo because they are the same age, we live in the same area and we had things in common.
ALL THREE OF YOU MADE RACIST COMMENTS. DANIELLE SAID ABOUT SHILPA WHEN SHE HAD BLEACH ON HER FACE: "SHE WANTS TO BE WHITE" AND "SHE'S A DOG."
I wasn't there. I would have said: "You can't say that." Shilpa isn't ugly, she's a beautiful person. She had bleach on her face and I said to her: "Is it true that in India people do want to lighten their skin?"
IF YOU HAD HEARD DANIELLE'S COMMENTS WOULD YOU HAVE INTERVENED?
I would have because that's wrong, Shilpa's not a dog. I wasn't part of it. That's obviously a racist comment.
WHEN YOU WERE IN BED WITH JACK HE SAID: "I DON'T LIKE HER, IN FACT I HATE HER. SHE CAME INTO THIS HOUSE A C***."
Then I didn't see any wrong in it. My reaction now is that this is all wrong. Yes I'm responsible, yes I've said things that can be interpreted as being a racist and a bully, but I don't like that person. I won't let that happen again. I said poppadom and I said f*** in anger but I never said Shilpa wanted to be white or that she should go back to her own country.
AFTER THE OXO CUBE ROW DANIELLE SAID: "THAT WAS F***ING FANTASTIC. I LOVED IT, I THINK SHE SHOULD F*** OFF HOME"—A BLATANTLY RACIST COMMENT.
Yes it is, but that didn't come from me. I didn't say anything as I was too angry.
YOU WERE THERE WHEN JO THEN SAID: "THAT'S MADE ME FEEL BETTER. I MUST SAY, IT'S MADE MY DAY."
I wasn't taking any notice of what they were saying. I was so angry at the time. I was angry with me.
DANIELLE THEN SAID ABOUT SHILPA: "SHE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH PROPERLY."
I feel ashamed about that. I'm ashamed about everything.
DO YOU AGREE THAT YOU, DANNIELLE AND JO HAVE MADE RACIST COMMENTS?
Yes they're wrong.
DID YOU BULLY SHILPA?
Looking at it, yes. I didn't think that my presence was that strong and that people were copying me. I didn't think that I was bullying.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONTROL OVER THIS INTERVIEW?
None whatsoever. I want to face the toughest questions possible. Everyone knows the News of the World is a tough paper and won't shirk from asking what people want to know. I'm happy to put myself through this so people can see what I did was wrong and I'm truly sorry.
DANIELLE LLOYD will come out of the Celebrity Big Brother house unaware she has been DUMPED by horrified boyfriend Teddy Sheringham, the News of the World can reveal.
A source close to the West Ham footballer said he felt forced to act or risk undoing years of good work trying to kick racism out of the sport. A third of Teddy’s team-mates are black.
The source said: “No matter how much she says she’s not racist, no one’s ever going to believe her. Teddy’s in an impossible position playing in a mixed race team like West Ham."
Some of his team-mates have been bitterly hurt by her comments and reckon Dani’s gone over the top. Teddy’s completely embarrassed by her behaviour and deeply ashamed of it.”
“She’s been acting like a horrible kid and nothing she can say when she comes out will make it better.”
The besotted 23- year-old model will be devastated.
She went into the house with a blue teddy bear drenched in the 40-year-old striker’s aftershave and even discussed marrying him in the show.
She was also expecting him to be the first person to greet her when she leaves the house.
But the source said: “Teddy’s never had any intention of meeting Danielle outside the BB house and has not co-operated with the show at all.
But the source said: “He’s found the entire appearance toe-curling and can’t accept the way she’s been. Now he’s washing his hands of the woman.”
Being ditched will mean Danielle having to move her things out of Teddy’s Essex mansion. The source went on: “Danielle’s got a load of stuff there. She loves it at his place and will be devastated.”
Since Jade told housemates she believed she was being evicted for racism, Danielle has been frantically trying to cosy up to Shilpa. She told the Bollywood actress: “I am young and naive. I feel disgusted the way I treated you.”
Meanwhile, fellow bully Jo O’Meara, 27, reckons her family will be delighted by her bitchy Big Brother display. The former S Club 7 singer said: “My family and friends will be proud of me for doing it. I thought I would be here for one week. I know a lot have walked but I’m still here.”
A source close to the West Ham footballer said he felt forced to act or risk undoing years of good work trying to kick racism out of the sport. A third of Teddy’s team-mates are black.
The source said: “No matter how much she says she’s not racist, no one’s ever going to believe her. Teddy’s in an impossible position playing in a mixed race team like West Ham."
Some of his team-mates have been bitterly hurt by her comments and reckon Dani’s gone over the top. Teddy’s completely embarrassed by her behaviour and deeply ashamed of it.”
“She’s been acting like a horrible kid and nothing she can say when she comes out will make it better.”
The besotted 23- year-old model will be devastated.
She went into the house with a blue teddy bear drenched in the 40-year-old striker’s aftershave and even discussed marrying him in the show.
She was also expecting him to be the first person to greet her when she leaves the house.
But the source said: “Teddy’s never had any intention of meeting Danielle outside the BB house and has not co-operated with the show at all.
But the source said: “He’s found the entire appearance toe-curling and can’t accept the way she’s been. Now he’s washing his hands of the woman.”
Being ditched will mean Danielle having to move her things out of Teddy’s Essex mansion. The source went on: “Danielle’s got a load of stuff there. She loves it at his place and will be devastated.”
Since Jade told housemates she believed she was being evicted for racism, Danielle has been frantically trying to cosy up to Shilpa. She told the Bollywood actress: “I am young and naive. I feel disgusted the way I treated you.”
Meanwhile, fellow bully Jo O’Meara, 27, reckons her family will be delighted by her bitchy Big Brother display. The former S Club 7 singer said: “My family and friends will be proud of me for doing it. I thought I would be here for one week. I know a lot have walked but I’m still here.”
AS Jade faced yet more tough News of the World questions she broke down and sobbed at the enormity of what she has done.
Shown TV footage of her bullying, she begged tearfully: "I can't watch it. I feel so guilty. Please switch it off." Throughout the interview she grabbed for tissues, squirmed and yanked her hair as we asked:
THE RACISM ROW BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. DO YOU FEEL YOU LET BRITAIN DOWN?
Yes. And I've let my two kids down, too. My actions have upset and offended a lot of people. If it's resulted in people from other races having problems I'm so sorry and it's not acceptable.
HOW DO YOU FEEL TO BE THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN BRITAIN?
No one wants to be told that— but I can understand why people hate me.
DO YOU THINK THIS HAS THIS KILLED YOUR CAREER?
Yes. I understand why people won't like me any more. If this is my punishment then it's my fault for the way I am. I'm so upset with myself. If that's the end of my career then I only have myself to blame.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR PERFUME BEING PULLED FROM STORES AND A LIVING TV SHOW BEING CANCELLED?
I promise you, it means nothing. I deserve everything that's coming for me.
DID CHANNEL 4 TELL YOU THAT RACISM AND BULLYING WERE UNACCEPTABLE BEFORE YOU JOINED THE SHOW?
Yes, it's in the contract. We knew we'd be booted out for that.
DID BIG BROTHER SAY THAT IF YOU RACIALLY ABUSED SHILPA YOU WOULD BE KICKED OUT?
No.
YOUR BEHAVIOUR CHANGED BEFORE YOU LEFT THE HOUSE. DID BIG BROTHER BRIEF YOU ABOUT THE RACIST COMMENTS?
Big Brother can only be Big Brother—he's not allowed to tell you anything. They have to call you up when you do something wrong, like that racial comment that Danielle made. She got brought into the diary room. We didn't know why. I'm not sure exactly what it was because she wouldn't tell us.
WERE YOU WARNED BY BIG BROTHER THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CROWD TO GREET YOU?
No.
WERE YOU BRIEFED ABOUT THE EVICTION?
No. I was called to the diary room and they simply asked me how I was feeling. I had no idea what was going on. But I knew a story had broken out because of the aircraft that were over the house. I said I thought it was something to do with me and Shilpa and the argument.
DID BIG BROTHER TELL YOU TO KISS AND MAKE UP WITH SHILPA?
No, I swear on my children's life. She invited me into the diary room. It wasn't a set-up.
DURING YOUR INTERVIEW WITH DAVINA YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO REALISE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. WHY WEREN'T YOU EMOTIONAL?
I was so scared sitting in that chair and the atmosphere was dead. I was trying to not make light (of it) and I was saying sorry to people.
YOU ARE CRYING AND VERY EMOTIONAL NOW. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS INTERVIEW AND DAVINA'S?
On TV I was scared, genuinely scared. I was shocked. I knew something was bad.
DID DAVINA GIVE YOU AN EASY RIDE?
She let me speak. She wanted to know what I thought.
DO YOU THINK IT WAS RIGHT TO BAN CROWDS AT THE EVICTION?
Yes. I have fans, and so does Shilpa. If they let two groups of people who hate (each other) come together, then it wouldn't have been the right thing to do.
DO YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM CONTROLLING YOUR ANGER?
I do agree. I don't know another way. I haven't been taught anything different.
DO YOU ACCEPT YOU NEED HELP FROM A PSYCHOLOGIST?
Yes. I spoke to the show's psychologist last night and said that I didn't know that I could be like that. To see it played back was horrible. I don't want to argue like that. I'm a mum and to think that I spoke to another woman's child like that is awful. I told the psychologist I don't like my rage. And I'm so sorry to Shilpa's parents.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE PROBLEMS CONTROLLING YOUR ANGER?
I'll never blame my past on anything, but I don't know another way. I don't want people to look at me and feel hatred and think I'm a nasty person and a bully.
DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD GET REGULAR HELP FROM A PSYCHOLOGIST?
I'm not a nutcase but there are things about me that I need to work on. I don't know how to argue or to control my temper.
DO YOU REGRET GOING ON CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER?
No, because I've learnt a lot about myself this time round.
AFTER YOUR EVICTION JO SAID SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE'D DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
She has done everything wrong.
DO YOU THINK CHANNEL 4 STITCHED YOU UP?
No, They couldn't have edited me if I didn't behave like that. I'm not going to make excuses. They were my words and it's embarrassing.
IT'S BEEN SAID THAT YOU ONLY SAID SORRY TO PROTECT YOUR CAREER. IS THAT TRUE?
This is far more important than my career. I don't want to make a penny from this. I don't want it. I don't want money from something that is wrong. I'm going to give it all to charity. (A total of £100,000 pounds—her £50,000 BB fee and £50,000 from the News of the World.)
IS A TV SHOW WORTH AN INTERNATIONAL RACE ROW?
A TV show is not worth all the hurt and the protests but I don't think it'll happen again. I think it's brought to light that things that you may not think are racist can offend lots of people.
ARE YOU NOW CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR FAMILY'S SAFETY?
I'm genuinely worried about how my life will be. I have children but if people shout at me in the street I won't retaliate.
I've hit rock bottom and I've never felt as low.
IS THIS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE?
Yes. I've always said that I don't have regrets—but I do now.
WILL YOU MARRY JACK?
I don't know. I might not be able to afford to now.
WOULD YOU EVER DO A REALITY SHOW AGAIN?
I probably need all the work I can get, yes.
Shown TV footage of her bullying, she begged tearfully: "I can't watch it. I feel so guilty. Please switch it off." Throughout the interview she grabbed for tissues, squirmed and yanked her hair as we asked:
THE RACISM ROW BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. DO YOU FEEL YOU LET BRITAIN DOWN?
Yes. And I've let my two kids down, too. My actions have upset and offended a lot of people. If it's resulted in people from other races having problems I'm so sorry and it's not acceptable.
HOW DO YOU FEEL TO BE THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN BRITAIN?
No one wants to be told that— but I can understand why people hate me.
DO YOU THINK THIS HAS THIS KILLED YOUR CAREER?
Yes. I understand why people won't like me any more. If this is my punishment then it's my fault for the way I am. I'm so upset with myself. If that's the end of my career then I only have myself to blame.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR PERFUME BEING PULLED FROM STORES AND A LIVING TV SHOW BEING CANCELLED?
I promise you, it means nothing. I deserve everything that's coming for me.
DID CHANNEL 4 TELL YOU THAT RACISM AND BULLYING WERE UNACCEPTABLE BEFORE YOU JOINED THE SHOW?
Yes, it's in the contract. We knew we'd be booted out for that.
DID BIG BROTHER SAY THAT IF YOU RACIALLY ABUSED SHILPA YOU WOULD BE KICKED OUT?
No.
YOUR BEHAVIOUR CHANGED BEFORE YOU LEFT THE HOUSE. DID BIG BROTHER BRIEF YOU ABOUT THE RACIST COMMENTS?
Big Brother can only be Big Brother—he's not allowed to tell you anything. They have to call you up when you do something wrong, like that racial comment that Danielle made. She got brought into the diary room. We didn't know why. I'm not sure exactly what it was because she wouldn't tell us.
WERE YOU WARNED BY BIG BROTHER THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CROWD TO GREET YOU?
No.
WERE YOU BRIEFED ABOUT THE EVICTION?
No. I was called to the diary room and they simply asked me how I was feeling. I had no idea what was going on. But I knew a story had broken out because of the aircraft that were over the house. I said I thought it was something to do with me and Shilpa and the argument.
DID BIG BROTHER TELL YOU TO KISS AND MAKE UP WITH SHILPA?
No, I swear on my children's life. She invited me into the diary room. It wasn't a set-up.
DURING YOUR INTERVIEW WITH DAVINA YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO REALISE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. WHY WEREN'T YOU EMOTIONAL?
I was so scared sitting in that chair and the atmosphere was dead. I was trying to not make light (of it) and I was saying sorry to people.
YOU ARE CRYING AND VERY EMOTIONAL NOW. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS INTERVIEW AND DAVINA'S?
On TV I was scared, genuinely scared. I was shocked. I knew something was bad.
DID DAVINA GIVE YOU AN EASY RIDE?
She let me speak. She wanted to know what I thought.
DO YOU THINK IT WAS RIGHT TO BAN CROWDS AT THE EVICTION?
Yes. I have fans, and so does Shilpa. If they let two groups of people who hate (each other) come together, then it wouldn't have been the right thing to do.
DO YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM CONTROLLING YOUR ANGER?
I do agree. I don't know another way. I haven't been taught anything different.
DO YOU ACCEPT YOU NEED HELP FROM A PSYCHOLOGIST?
Yes. I spoke to the show's psychologist last night and said that I didn't know that I could be like that. To see it played back was horrible. I don't want to argue like that. I'm a mum and to think that I spoke to another woman's child like that is awful. I told the psychologist I don't like my rage. And I'm so sorry to Shilpa's parents.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE PROBLEMS CONTROLLING YOUR ANGER?
I'll never blame my past on anything, but I don't know another way. I don't want people to look at me and feel hatred and think I'm a nasty person and a bully.
DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD GET REGULAR HELP FROM A PSYCHOLOGIST?
I'm not a nutcase but there are things about me that I need to work on. I don't know how to argue or to control my temper.
DO YOU REGRET GOING ON CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER?
No, because I've learnt a lot about myself this time round.
AFTER YOUR EVICTION JO SAID SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE'D DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
She has done everything wrong.
DO YOU THINK CHANNEL 4 STITCHED YOU UP?
No, They couldn't have edited me if I didn't behave like that. I'm not going to make excuses. They were my words and it's embarrassing.
IT'S BEEN SAID THAT YOU ONLY SAID SORRY TO PROTECT YOUR CAREER. IS THAT TRUE?
This is far more important than my career. I don't want to make a penny from this. I don't want it. I don't want money from something that is wrong. I'm going to give it all to charity. (A total of £100,000 pounds—her £50,000 BB fee and £50,000 from the News of the World.)
IS A TV SHOW WORTH AN INTERNATIONAL RACE ROW?
A TV show is not worth all the hurt and the protests but I don't think it'll happen again. I think it's brought to light that things that you may not think are racist can offend lots of people.
ARE YOU NOW CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR FAMILY'S SAFETY?
I'm genuinely worried about how my life will be. I have children but if people shout at me in the street I won't retaliate.
I've hit rock bottom and I've never felt as low.
IS THIS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE?
Yes. I've always said that I don't have regrets—but I do now.
WILL YOU MARRY JACK?
I don't know. I might not be able to afford to now.
WOULD YOU EVER DO A REALITY SHOW AGAIN?
I probably need all the work I can get, yes.
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Thanks for posting all that 6ULDV8. She said pretty much what I'd expect but it was still interesting
She had no other recourse than to admit she was a bully and made racist comments, and I feel she deserves any negative coming her way.
As for Ted Sheringham getting rid of that slapper, I hope it's true. If it isn't he'll look completely foolish, and to be honest that's the news I've been waiting for.
I hope it was reported on correctly and was what he actually said because if he touches that filth then his career should be in jeopardy.
I have no pity or bad feelings for when she's evicted and finds all this out. As a matter of fact I'll have a big fat smile on my face like the Grinch that stole Christmas.
These bitches deserve a good slap of reality, and that's just what they're all going to get.
She had no other recourse than to admit she was a bully and made racist comments, and I feel she deserves any negative coming her way.
As for Ted Sheringham getting rid of that slapper, I hope it's true. If it isn't he'll look completely foolish, and to be honest that's the news I've been waiting for.
I hope it was reported on correctly and was what he actually said because if he touches that filth then his career should be in jeopardy.
I have no pity or bad feelings for when she's evicted and finds all this out. As a matter of fact I'll have a big fat smile on my face like the Grinch that stole Christmas.
These bitches deserve a good slap of reality, and that's just what they're all going to get.
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I snapped this off live feed just now.
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Here's Carole's article from today:
HIDEOUS, HATEFUL BUT NOT RACISM
21 January 2007
THE INSIDE TRACK ON BIG BB ROW
IF anyone had told me Jade Goody was capable of whipping up an international furore that involved the Indian Prime Minister, politicians from Pakistan and Bangladesh, not to mention our very own Prime Minister and his Chancellor, I'd have laughed in their faces.
I suspect Jade would have, too.
Yet, that's what's happened. It seems incredible that as a nation we have given undue prominence to the spiteful bullying of a girl who at her best is a decent mum, a grafter and who (until CBB) had captured the hearts and minds of the working classes and who at worst has proved herself to be a spiteful, loud-mouthed bully. Not to mention a bit jealous.
And while I have read reams of copy pontificating about what's going on in the CBB house, while I've listened to hysterical protests of "racism" about events inside those psychedelic walls, the fact is I KNOW what's going on because I was in there.
For 10 days I spent every waking hour with these people. And yes, I'm devastated that women I've become incredibly close to have been hurt and damaged so badly. Shilpa Shetty and I bonded the minute we entered the house. We were the first people to get close, mainly because as soon as I got in there I realised CBB bosses had forgotten to deliver my shoes. It was Shilpa who immediately offered me a pair of hers (the only thing she possessed that would fit me), and when I tried to give them back a couple of days later she told me: "Keep them and give them back when you come to visit me in India."
What she was saying is that she liked me and, yes, I liked her. And I'll admit I was more than a bit fascinated by her. I'd spend hours quizzing her about her culture, her career, her country, her love life (although she'll kill me if I tell you about that). I never understood how idolised and adored Bollywood stars are, what kind of privileged lives they lead.
"How I wish the men I date would just like me and not idolise me," she said to me one day when I asked why at 31 she still wasn't married. "It's very very hard for me to meet someone who is my equal in India. When I marry it has to be to a man who is richer and more important than me otherwise it won't work." And being older I understood what she meant. But I knew when she came out with stuff like that the younger girls - Jade, Danielle, Jo - would listen and make faces because they thought Shilpa was being arrogant and big-headed.
But neither Cleo, I, nor the guys ever felt like that about her. The woman is a glorious contradiction - beautiful, imperious, self-possessed, a multi-millionairess and, yes, she's a bit bossy. But for all her wealth and poise she still lives with her parents and has to ask their permission every time she leaves the house (she does it out of respect, NOT because they tell her to). And at 31 she still has to be home by 2am at the latest - no matter what glamorous movie star she might be dating.
Shilpa's already made 50 films and has a fortune of £15million. Add that to the fact that every man she meets goes ga-ga within seconds and every woman wants to be her friend and you can begin to see why Jade and Danielle resented her. Both of those girls are young, sometimes childish and often silly. And while they spent hours putting on make-up, deciding what to wear, comparing lip glosses and jewellery, Shilpa would emerge from the bathroom every morning looking like the movie star she is - with very little effort. She is everything they will never be and they resented her for that. Had I been their age I might have too.
But Shilpa did try to be one of the girls. She and I had this standing joke about her feet. Her toes were long and skinny and I used to take the mickey out of them: "At least God gave you something that isn't perfect," I'd shout and she'd just giggle. She actually liked that kind of banter because no one would ever dare do it to her at home. She liked being one of the girls because she admitted to me that in India she didn't have friends because her whole life - since she was 17 - has been about work. She was excited at the prospect of working here in England and having girlie nights out with me and Cleo and Jo and Danielle. And that's why what's happened is so upsetting: "Is this what England is like?" she asked plaintively the other night after she and Jade had had their worst spat yet (Jade said she was "so far up her own backside she could smell her own s**t").
And that was the first time I got really angry, the first time I felt a shiver of revulsion. Because no matter how rich or how beautiful or how privileged Shilpa is, no matter how imperious or how bossy she is, she didn't deserve that.
I am so sorry I'm not in that house now because I don't believe Jade or Danielle would have behaved like that if I was. When I first met Jade she was very sweet and a bit nervous of me. I did my best to make her feel at ease. We laughed about the nasty things I'd written about her and I thought how street-savvy and grown-up she'd become since she was last in the house. We found common ground and she was respectful of me. She also hated the fact that some of us housemates had been made to be servants to wait on her and her family. And yes, I felt guilty because I thought: "I've made a mistake about this girl". She talked endlessly about her two sons, whose photos she had pinned up on the wall beside her bed, along with some of their drawings.
When my name came up for eviction she was furious on my behalf and refused to take part in a vote (as did Danielle), which forced the housemates to choose between me and Cleo after we'd broken Big Brother's rules by discussing evictions a few days earlier. She was also angry on my behalf when I was actually chosen for eviction because she thought Shilpa should have done more to save me (Shilpa had also been involved in the conversation about eviction but Big Brother chose not to punish her as they had Cleo and I).
So I knew there was going to be trouble because when Davina said it was me who was being evicted Shilpa looked scared. She hugged me and said: "I'm dead now you're going." I told her not to be silly and that everything would be fine, but in my heart I knew it wouldn't be. As I left she handed me a beautiful pair of earrings made of precious stones and pearls. She'd bet me I wouldn't be evicted and was so convinced she said she'd give me her best earrings if I was. I felt so sad to be leaving her. But I was sad to be leaving them all.
And yes, those people who have spotted that Shilpa can be a bit bossy and likes her own way are right. She is and she does. She wants to dictate the agenda and she's not used to people saying no. But none of that makes her a bad person.
But life inside that house - the sharing, the sacrifices, the compromises - is not what she's used to. And let's not forget there's a huge class divide here. Jade's father wasn't around when she was growing up, her mum didn't have much in the way of sense or money. Jade has been mum to her mum Jackiey since she was five.
She has never known the stability or security of a loving family. Shilpa has. She's had a privileged upbringing. She's never known poverty or insecurity. She's been showered with love. No one has ever disrespected her and her future was always assured whether she made it in movies or not. Let's not forget she's an actress. And that while she's undoubtedly upset at what's happening courtesy of Jade and Co she also knows that there will be huge support for her in the Indian community.
When I was "inside" and saw the start of the bullying I told her to nip it in the bud, tell Jade in no uncertain terms to back off. She said she couldn't, because she was representing her community and couldn't be seen screaming like a banshee. "But the Indian community won't stand for this," she said. "They're very protective of me and will be very angry about this." Not even Shilpa could realised quite how much. Or could she?
But I'll make a prediction here. Jade and Shilpa WILL have made up by the end of Big Brother. Because when Jade realises what she's done and how she's been portrayed she'll prostrate herself at the feet of the British public. She'll beg Shilpa for forgiveness and because Shilpa's grown-up and gracious, she'll accept. They'll never be bosom buddies but for the sake of the cameras and their careers they'll look like they are.
And remember everyone in that house went in having being paid vast sums of money - Shilpa more than most - and knowing precisely what it was about. And they aren't prisoners. They're free to walk out at any time - but none of them will because if they do they won't get paid.
And as I've said from the start, I refuse to accept that what's happening in there is racism. Yes, Jade's right to say she's disgusted with herself. And if she wants forgiveness from the British public (and Shilpa) she's got to say it a whole lot more - and like she means it. Because we don't want justification for her behaviour, we want a heartfelt apology.
Shilpa was savaged and abused for wrong and hateful reasons and it was hideous and uncomfortable to watch. But it wasn't racism. Just because someone with a brown skin is bullied and insulted it doesn't automatically mean she's the victim of racism. Why is it when everyone thought Jack had called her a "Paki" it was an outrage, yet when we discovered he'd actually called a c*** everyone said: "Oh well, that's all right then." So hurling crude obscenities is fine, calling someone a Paki isn't.
I wonder what people would have said if the housemates had ganged up on Cleo or me? Would there have been a public outcry? We know the answer is no. It would have been justified as the price celebrities pay for appearing on a reality TV show, the consensus being: "They took the money, let 'em take the consequences."
Shilpa went into that house knowing what Big Brother was about. She had her reasons for doing it and those reasons remain the same. I'm sorry she's being bullied and if I was there I'd do everything in my power to stop it, unlike the weasly blokes who just stand there and gawp and then "comfort" her afterwards when it's too late.
If CBB has sparked a international row about racism perhaps the place we should next look to is India itself - where the caste system is a damn sight more racist than anything that happens on these shores.
HIDEOUS, HATEFUL BUT NOT RACISM
21 January 2007
THE INSIDE TRACK ON BIG BB ROW
IF anyone had told me Jade Goody was capable of whipping up an international furore that involved the Indian Prime Minister, politicians from Pakistan and Bangladesh, not to mention our very own Prime Minister and his Chancellor, I'd have laughed in their faces.
I suspect Jade would have, too.
Yet, that's what's happened. It seems incredible that as a nation we have given undue prominence to the spiteful bullying of a girl who at her best is a decent mum, a grafter and who (until CBB) had captured the hearts and minds of the working classes and who at worst has proved herself to be a spiteful, loud-mouthed bully. Not to mention a bit jealous.
And while I have read reams of copy pontificating about what's going on in the CBB house, while I've listened to hysterical protests of "racism" about events inside those psychedelic walls, the fact is I KNOW what's going on because I was in there.
For 10 days I spent every waking hour with these people. And yes, I'm devastated that women I've become incredibly close to have been hurt and damaged so badly. Shilpa Shetty and I bonded the minute we entered the house. We were the first people to get close, mainly because as soon as I got in there I realised CBB bosses had forgotten to deliver my shoes. It was Shilpa who immediately offered me a pair of hers (the only thing she possessed that would fit me), and when I tried to give them back a couple of days later she told me: "Keep them and give them back when you come to visit me in India."
What she was saying is that she liked me and, yes, I liked her. And I'll admit I was more than a bit fascinated by her. I'd spend hours quizzing her about her culture, her career, her country, her love life (although she'll kill me if I tell you about that). I never understood how idolised and adored Bollywood stars are, what kind of privileged lives they lead.
"How I wish the men I date would just like me and not idolise me," she said to me one day when I asked why at 31 she still wasn't married. "It's very very hard for me to meet someone who is my equal in India. When I marry it has to be to a man who is richer and more important than me otherwise it won't work." And being older I understood what she meant. But I knew when she came out with stuff like that the younger girls - Jade, Danielle, Jo - would listen and make faces because they thought Shilpa was being arrogant and big-headed.
But neither Cleo, I, nor the guys ever felt like that about her. The woman is a glorious contradiction - beautiful, imperious, self-possessed, a multi-millionairess and, yes, she's a bit bossy. But for all her wealth and poise she still lives with her parents and has to ask their permission every time she leaves the house (she does it out of respect, NOT because they tell her to). And at 31 she still has to be home by 2am at the latest - no matter what glamorous movie star she might be dating.
Shilpa's already made 50 films and has a fortune of £15million. Add that to the fact that every man she meets goes ga-ga within seconds and every woman wants to be her friend and you can begin to see why Jade and Danielle resented her. Both of those girls are young, sometimes childish and often silly. And while they spent hours putting on make-up, deciding what to wear, comparing lip glosses and jewellery, Shilpa would emerge from the bathroom every morning looking like the movie star she is - with very little effort. She is everything they will never be and they resented her for that. Had I been their age I might have too.
But Shilpa did try to be one of the girls. She and I had this standing joke about her feet. Her toes were long and skinny and I used to take the mickey out of them: "At least God gave you something that isn't perfect," I'd shout and she'd just giggle. She actually liked that kind of banter because no one would ever dare do it to her at home. She liked being one of the girls because she admitted to me that in India she didn't have friends because her whole life - since she was 17 - has been about work. She was excited at the prospect of working here in England and having girlie nights out with me and Cleo and Jo and Danielle. And that's why what's happened is so upsetting: "Is this what England is like?" she asked plaintively the other night after she and Jade had had their worst spat yet (Jade said she was "so far up her own backside she could smell her own s**t").
And that was the first time I got really angry, the first time I felt a shiver of revulsion. Because no matter how rich or how beautiful or how privileged Shilpa is, no matter how imperious or how bossy she is, she didn't deserve that.
I am so sorry I'm not in that house now because I don't believe Jade or Danielle would have behaved like that if I was. When I first met Jade she was very sweet and a bit nervous of me. I did my best to make her feel at ease. We laughed about the nasty things I'd written about her and I thought how street-savvy and grown-up she'd become since she was last in the house. We found common ground and she was respectful of me. She also hated the fact that some of us housemates had been made to be servants to wait on her and her family. And yes, I felt guilty because I thought: "I've made a mistake about this girl". She talked endlessly about her two sons, whose photos she had pinned up on the wall beside her bed, along with some of their drawings.
When my name came up for eviction she was furious on my behalf and refused to take part in a vote (as did Danielle), which forced the housemates to choose between me and Cleo after we'd broken Big Brother's rules by discussing evictions a few days earlier. She was also angry on my behalf when I was actually chosen for eviction because she thought Shilpa should have done more to save me (Shilpa had also been involved in the conversation about eviction but Big Brother chose not to punish her as they had Cleo and I).
So I knew there was going to be trouble because when Davina said it was me who was being evicted Shilpa looked scared. She hugged me and said: "I'm dead now you're going." I told her not to be silly and that everything would be fine, but in my heart I knew it wouldn't be. As I left she handed me a beautiful pair of earrings made of precious stones and pearls. She'd bet me I wouldn't be evicted and was so convinced she said she'd give me her best earrings if I was. I felt so sad to be leaving her. But I was sad to be leaving them all.
And yes, those people who have spotted that Shilpa can be a bit bossy and likes her own way are right. She is and she does. She wants to dictate the agenda and she's not used to people saying no. But none of that makes her a bad person.
But life inside that house - the sharing, the sacrifices, the compromises - is not what she's used to. And let's not forget there's a huge class divide here. Jade's father wasn't around when she was growing up, her mum didn't have much in the way of sense or money. Jade has been mum to her mum Jackiey since she was five.
She has never known the stability or security of a loving family. Shilpa has. She's had a privileged upbringing. She's never known poverty or insecurity. She's been showered with love. No one has ever disrespected her and her future was always assured whether she made it in movies or not. Let's not forget she's an actress. And that while she's undoubtedly upset at what's happening courtesy of Jade and Co she also knows that there will be huge support for her in the Indian community.
When I was "inside" and saw the start of the bullying I told her to nip it in the bud, tell Jade in no uncertain terms to back off. She said she couldn't, because she was representing her community and couldn't be seen screaming like a banshee. "But the Indian community won't stand for this," she said. "They're very protective of me and will be very angry about this." Not even Shilpa could realised quite how much. Or could she?
But I'll make a prediction here. Jade and Shilpa WILL have made up by the end of Big Brother. Because when Jade realises what she's done and how she's been portrayed she'll prostrate herself at the feet of the British public. She'll beg Shilpa for forgiveness and because Shilpa's grown-up and gracious, she'll accept. They'll never be bosom buddies but for the sake of the cameras and their careers they'll look like they are.
And remember everyone in that house went in having being paid vast sums of money - Shilpa more than most - and knowing precisely what it was about. And they aren't prisoners. They're free to walk out at any time - but none of them will because if they do they won't get paid.
And as I've said from the start, I refuse to accept that what's happening in there is racism. Yes, Jade's right to say she's disgusted with herself. And if she wants forgiveness from the British public (and Shilpa) she's got to say it a whole lot more - and like she means it. Because we don't want justification for her behaviour, we want a heartfelt apology.
Shilpa was savaged and abused for wrong and hateful reasons and it was hideous and uncomfortable to watch. But it wasn't racism. Just because someone with a brown skin is bullied and insulted it doesn't automatically mean she's the victim of racism. Why is it when everyone thought Jack had called her a "Paki" it was an outrage, yet when we discovered he'd actually called a c*** everyone said: "Oh well, that's all right then." So hurling crude obscenities is fine, calling someone a Paki isn't.
I wonder what people would have said if the housemates had ganged up on Cleo or me? Would there have been a public outcry? We know the answer is no. It would have been justified as the price celebrities pay for appearing on a reality TV show, the consensus being: "They took the money, let 'em take the consequences."
Shilpa went into that house knowing what Big Brother was about. She had her reasons for doing it and those reasons remain the same. I'm sorry she's being bullied and if I was there I'd do everything in my power to stop it, unlike the weasly blokes who just stand there and gawp and then "comfort" her afterwards when it's too late.
If CBB has sparked a international row about racism perhaps the place we should next look to is India itself - where the caste system is a damn sight more racist than anything that happens on these shores.
