Celebrity Big Brother: Jo O’Meara Speaks
I have just been reading Jo O’Meara’s interview featured in todays News Of The World.
I think it was awful that a girl was driven to making a suicide attempt over a TV show and I do pity Jo and recognise that she is in a sorry state.
Howver a few things strike me as not quite right.
First of all she comments that after her failed suicide attempt, she decided not to go to hospital because:
“I knew if I went to hospital it would get out and everyone would know. Things would be a million times worse, and I couldn’t face that.”
Well selling your story to The News Of The World certainly didn’t help you keep the secret did it Jo?
Jo also claimed that the public’s perception of her was based on bad editing on the CBB editors part. I can see how the editors can manipulate a programme, I know that is common practice. However Jo said some awful things, the producers did not make those up. The whole row between Jade and Shilpa was completely unedited, we saw Jo blatantly laugh in Shilpa’s face when she asked for help…that cannot be blamed on editing, that was Jo being Jo.
Jo has been badly treated by the Big Brother staff. They used her and left her out to dry, however she needs to take some responsibilty for her actions. Jo O’Meara may not deserve to be the national hate figure that she has become, certainly things have been blown out of proportion. But Jo did behave badly. She was nasty and bitchy and showed a very bad side of herself. If she had the guts to admit that much maybe I wouldn’t dislike her so much.
Move on Jo, Danielle certainly has.
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March 5th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Totally agree with your comments regarding Jo O’MEARA ( cbb )
March 5th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Tabby - I’m a fan of Jo’s (at least musically). But I think your comments are very fair. The only slight quibble I have is that the Oxo fracas wasn’t Jo’s argument and I don’t think Jo had any obligation to help Shilpa out of a fight that she (perhaps even deliberately)had picked.
As they’re both running out of excuses to avoid the meeting each publicly wants (Shilpa’s back in the UK next week) let’s hope they achieve some closure and we can see two talented performers getting back to what they do best.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Jo could have got up showed disapproval for Jades horrid attack and simple walked off to the bedroom or outside, she didnt have to or was forced to sit and laugh and sneer and thereby TOTALLY show support for what was going on. HER CHOICE AND HER FAULT every bit as much as Jade and Danielle. Rod
March 5th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
I’m not sure about the TOTALLY Rod - Jo had told the other housemates in the servants’ quarters she was scared of Jade (I acknowledge that Shilpa didn’t hear that) and Shilpa was forcing her to make a choice between them at the worst possible moment.Cleo didn’t fancy taking Jade on either. I think it was cowardice rather than outright malice. Note how they started to bond (in so far as Jo was capable of bonding with anyone by that stage) once Jade had gone.
May 25th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Make no mistakes please. Both Jo and Danielle changed their behaviour when they realised something wasn’t right outside when Davina called to evict Jade (Jo: Why no sound ? Jade: I know why). That night Danielle and Jo changed instantly. So please don’t glorify all three. A racist is as much a racist for the rest of living life, just like a paedophile..