Big Brother’s Jo O’Meara interviewed on GMTV this morning
Celebrity Big Brother’s Jo O’Meara, shaking and sobbing at 6.45 this morning was interviewed on GMTV. A very distraught Jo was asked about her stay in Big Brother, her relationship with Shilpa Shetty and the accusations of bullying and racism by the public and press. Although distraught, she stood adamantly by her statements of not guilty and said that Big Brother had edited the show in such a way as to paint the picture of her (and others) in the way portrayed and that the good parts had been left out e.g. the nice times with Shilpa who she said she had not bonded with as well as she did with others (the housemates had complained of Shilpa being very controlling and annoying) but that they had got on better, even well, later in the show. She said being portrayed as the continuously smoking, bathrobed person was also false as she had showered and dressed every day but with one shower shared by so many, this meant that some had to shower later than the others and like Jo, remained in their robes until the shower was available. She also pointed out that it had been like living in a fish bowl and all your faults high lighted and shown on TV (not to forget the editing to promote ‘more interesting’ viewing…. at the cost of three young women’s lives). If Shilpa and the housemates (even after seeing the edited worst parts in the house, said to have been taken out of context and sequence) could insist there was no bullying or racism (surely THEY should know, living in such close proximity) why do the media and public persist in their accusations? Are they happy (is Big Brother happy) when they see the results of their far worse bullying and exploitation? Many people have urged that Big Brother be closed down and not allowed to continue as no monitory gain is worth the cruel destruction of lives.
Jo explained that she had gone into the BB house in an effort to save her home which she said was about to be repossessed (and now she has lost her whole life, a shaking and sobbing mess, rocking back and forth, on the verge of a break down).
Dr Hillary, who was also on GMTV, said that Jo felt betrayed and let down by Big Brother and needed the full support of friends and family.
Is this what the public want to see? The product of media bulling far worse than anything shown in the very confined spaced Big Brother house. Big Brother should have been fair to these girls and also shown repeated full footage of the behaviour of others in the house which had brought about their dislike of Shilpa, in the beginning. Jade Goody and Jack Tweedy had obviously objected to the way Shilpa had spoken and behaved towards Jade’s mother Jackiey. They had not had a chance to get the know the nicer Shilpa that later emerged. Even the crowd booed Shilpa from very early in the show and right up to her being chosen as the winner of Big Brother. How do we explain this? Why were they booing her when BB said she had won with 63% of the votes
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January 30th, 2007 at 10:28 am
I feel sorry for jo for the state that she is in, however i do think she is responsible for her actions. There was continuos streaming of big brother and some of the comments she made were noticed on that rather than in the highlights. I think she needs support but by saying she was not wrong we are doing this young woman no favours. we will just be feeding into her rather dim personality which will never stand her in good stead.
January 30th, 2007 at 11:03 am
I have no sympathy with Jo at all.
But I understand, the show and the fickle nation of the media.
For once I agree with Evelyn, I dont believe shilpa had 63% of the vote. The whole thing was contrived and set up.
But again at least Jo has been given a platform to air her views. GMTV didnt want to know me when I left the house, because they were Sh@t scared of endemol.
As I keep saying Jo and her gang would be heroes normally , but Big Brother had to play the race card
this year and they have played it very well.
January 30th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Jo aint alone, in being messed up, but she is far richer than the usual contestant.
January 30th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Personally I am appalled at the current media witch hunt against these girls and in particular Jo. I watched CBB but I never saw any racism. At least not in the proper true sense of the word. Yes there was bullying but not racism. They did not like Shilpa at first and did what all of us do in our daily lives. When we talk about someone we dislike we all use derogatory terms. We pick on what makes them different from ourselves be they fat, bald short or whatever. We all do it. I might call a particular person a ” Fat B**** ” but it doesnt mean to say everyone I know who is fat I dislike. We are all guilty of this and anyone who disagrees I would call a liar. These girls picked on what made Shilpa different from them and that is all. A racist is someone who dislikes “coloured” people. They will dislike all who are “coloured”. I did not see Jermaine having a problem in the CBB house. This is a media witch hunt that is unjustly using the racist card purely to sell newspapers and that is wrong. Racism should not be tolerated but this farce just undermines the whole point of racism. Yes the girls picked on Shilpa but racist ??? No way. The media should be ashamed of themselves. They are destroying lives. These girls did not but who will bring the media into account ? Unfortunately nobody.
January 30th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Terminator: I dont agree with your definition of racism in the least. First it gives the impression that only caucasians can be racist and that is definitely not the case. A racist is a person who discriminates against a person because of differences in ethnicity and/or colour. It can be done by anyone against anyone else.
Also, a person can be racist against one group and not another. Saying that its completely understandable that they could treat Jermaine and Shilpa differently. Saying that a person cant be racist because they only treated Group A poorly and not Group B even though they are a different colour is inane.
The basic truth of it all is they are racist comments but the girls may not be racist themselves. Its a big stretch to go from a reality show with a bunch of z list celebs to a neo-nazi rally in Oregon but this who incident has brought a bunch of issues to light.
As for media witch hunt, whatever, she needs to go and get herself a publicist and shut the hell up. Everytime she opens that trap it just gets worse and to be honest Id love to see no more of her ashtray mouth
January 30th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Evelyn, wrong again! The housemates did not say that there was no bullying, in fact most of them have admitted that serious bullying did take place. It may not have been caused by racism but does that make it any better.
Jo may have been edited badly, but people should be aware that that can happen in the cbb house. They have 24hrs footage and an hours show, they are going to pick the most interesting stuff. If you don’t say nasty things and behave badly then BB will have nothing on you.
Jo could have made things a lot better for herself by apologising and admitting to her mistakes as both Jade and Danielle is. Out of all 3 I think that Jo is a nasty piece of work.
I don’t want to see her life ruined, i don’t want to see her at all. BB probably did treat her unfairly but as Dawn rightly points out that happens to all contestants, celebrities should be more aware before they enter the show. Shes a silly nasty girl and you do yourself no justice by affiliating yourself to her.
January 30th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
May I suggest that you read my post again hoodedfang.
I never mentioned that only caucasians could be racist or does my post imply that I mean that. I said and I quote.
“”A racist is someone who dislikes “colouredâ€? people.”"
Note the term coloured is in double comma,s. Yes I am so called “white” but you have no way of knowing that from my post. I could just have easioly been something else. You just formed a picture in your mind that you wanted to see. Yes I am “white” so to say a black person for instance I am a different colour to the and that is exactly why I put the term “coloured” in double comma’s in the first place simply to cover every ethnic group loosly. I certainly am not writing a 2000 word essay to explain myself when I make a post.
You are right when you say “A racist is a person who discriminates against a person because of differences in ethnicity and/or colour “. Where though you get the fact that I am referring to caucasians in the first place is beyond me. For all you know reading my post I could have been “coloured”. There is nowhere in there I refer to being white or from any other ethnic group. You are reading into my post content that you want to believe that isnt really there only because your opinion is different.
If we disagree then fine. Lets just agree to disagree. However this is all about one thing and one thing only. Newspapers making money. I never said once that what those girls did was right. Yes they were bullies but I stand by the fact that it was not racist. However the race card sells more newspapers and as far as I am concerned this media wich hunt is getting way out of hand.
Unfortunately.
January 30th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopgVw5B0FQ
heres the interview on youtube if anyone missed it.
January 30th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
I did not say that the behaviour of any of the housemates in BB was right when fighting and insulting one another but there were more than three girls involved in that and if Big Brother was to show the full footage of each fight and the full footage of each gossiper you would get a very different picture but as it is, we are shown repeatedly, only parts of footage showing up only three of the housemates. Why did Big Brother not step in sooner to prevent all this from getting so out of hand. Everyone asks the housemates why they did not step in but my question is why did Big Brother not do so?
January 30th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
One word…ratings.
January 31st, 2007 at 12:28 am
f*** off home is definitely racist… and from the context of the argument and the discussion… it means nothing but go back to the place where you came from. It is just not a damn interpretation I am making here but you really have to watch the footage… one would have to be really stupid to endorse racism categorically in the 21st century…Ignorance is not enough (Terminator…I hope you agree)
There was bullying… and it was racist-bullying as it picked on the elements of one being different from others for no fault of theirs… by which I mean Shilpa was picked on things that she was different which stem from where she was born, her culture… etc etc… and so even if the people weren’t racist, they resorted to racist-bullying.
I do agree that Channel 4 and newspapers found a new money making machine and it sad that Jade, Jo and Danielle are being victimised beyond redemption. (Thanks Tabby for the footage). Jade is already working on the damage and the first thing she did was accept (whether she really means it is a different question, but I think she has to accept to reverse the image in the media)…
Jo realises what has happened but doesn’t want to accept… and she stands by it…and that is courageous which I appreciate but she needs a professional to justify things she has said and she might be able to turn around. But I guess she has enough personal problems to deal with and there is no support from her family which is sad.
There is no news about Danielle… but she was under heavy criticism anyway after the Miss GB thingie… so media doesn’t perceive a big change I suppose.
January 31st, 2007 at 8:32 am
So many people have different views on what racism is but if all the inmates insist that there was no racism and they were on hand and experienced the full happenings in the house, whereas we are shown bits and pieces of footage which could easily be misrepresenting what really went on, then why can’t we accept what they say. Even Coronation Street knocked the calling everything racism in an episode shown this week. If the same remarks had been made about any other housemate, except Shilpa or Jermaine, would there still have been such a fuss. And is it only racism when the three girls say something, what about what has been said about them and especially about Jade and she received no apology. She was practically called ‘white trash’ If Danielle LLoyd and her team of lawyers, with the footage from the police station, come back doing their fair share of sueing for false allegations, dont be surprised.
January 31st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Racism is not a dislike of coloured people. Where the hell do you live evelyn, up a mountain with pixies and fairy folk.
Firtsly, Evelyn the word coloured suggests white is the right colour and all other races are coloured in. That is so effing offensive, I shant be marrying you, My milk of magnesia Godess (racially patronising).
Racism : is to treat someone differently (negatively) than other people in a similar situation, but you cannot give a logical reason for the treatment.
So lets get over Name calling, very few people are stupid enough to say ” I hate you because you are black”. As we are not living in a 1970’s UK sitcom , this is unlikely to happen.
If you have ten people in the same situation it is picking out the one person who is different and treating them in a negative way. ie walking away when the person walks into a room , not engaging in conversation with that person, being nonchalent to that person , excluding that person , purposely trying to humiliate that person, not showing the same interest in the different person etc.
Yes basically treating a person like Shabbaz was treated in BB7 and myself to a lesser extent.
So even Though I AM BLACK (NOT COLOURED) I might decide if I was with a group of Black women , not to talk to the only white woman in a group, simply because she was white. I would not have to call her anything offensive, just exclude, humiliate and subjugate her, with people of my own racial origin.
IE The white woman might break a cup and I would go mad with rage and incite all the other black women to join in. Then if a a black woman broke a cup , and I said “Its ok , these things happen”. That everyone is racism.
GOD no wonder , no-one has complained in their masses about racism in Big Brother before, some of you dont even know what it is.
Big Brother Producers never intervened on this occassion, because people have enjoyed seeing individuals beeing excluded in the past.
When Shabbaz was sent to Coventry by Richard and locked outside , the public agreed with it and would have done the same. But Folks that was pure Racism, he didnt have to say ” I am locking shabbaz outside and ignoring him because he his Asian”.
He just had to treat him differently to everyone else in the same situation.
The white girls did treat Shilpa differently to the other women and as she was the only ethnic minority , you have to ask yourself why.But it was mild !
You have to ask would Jo have said
” you dont know where her hands have been” if it was danielle ?” or comments such as go black to the slums.
Bleeding Tragic , I cant believe grown up people living in 2007 ( in a supposedly multi-cultural society , do not know what racism is).
Leo Sayer was the star for me he’s got white man Afro hair, broke down the doors and abused the female producers.
People you watch to much crap TV , you should start watching other programmes and educate yourselves.
Loaded , maxim, star mag, heat awaits the danielle and her sisters, don’t shed no tears.
Goddam I cant believe people didnt know what racism was.
January 31st, 2007 at 1:51 pm
History would suggests that whites are bigger racists than others, because of their domination of the world.
Which isnt racist, its a historical fact , as I like history. Yes there is racism within races and individual ethnic groups etc. But I am talking about one racial / ethnic group dominating the other
It is given a way in the english language that has spawned words such a nigger, nig-nog, coon, wog, golly,golly wog, john-john, spade,tar-baby, sambo, darkies, paki, blackie, you-people, coloureds, spear-chucker, sand-niggers, savages etc to describe the darker folk in the world.
All of which I had the pleasure of being called sometime in my life.
I believe john-john is the most amusing and blackie is the most obvious. I was once called an “abo” as in aborigne, which just showed me that even racists get dementia.
Conversely only “honky” and the feeble American “cracker” are derogatory terms to describe whites. So it shows we blacks dont spend much time thinking of nasty names to call our white brethren.
And I’m supposed to have the stereotypical ” Chip on the shoulder” riiiiiii………ght!.
I have noted so many uk people get offended by the word ” white trash” , but that was a word derived from the white southern americans to describe “very poor, poor whites”, who they believed lived like niggers or “coons” or their blood wasnt pure anglo-saxon.
If you watch a lot of films pre 1970’s in the USA , that word is commonly used by the likes of Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Vivian Leigh, Shelly Winters etc
Its amazing how sensitive and fragile a race of people can be about insults concerning themselves, but are all ” sticks and stones”, when they want other races to accept negative treatment and language.
Some people just aint lived,just aint lived!
Dawn Blake who is all of the above names in the darker person’s list.
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January 31st, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Evelyn,
Inmates felt there was no racism because they didn’t know about what happened behind them. Most of the racist comments have happened in mutual exclusion.
Shilpa just got an inkling there is something racism when Jade said go back for a day in the slums and go to your community who look up to you.
When the Daily mirror showed her the back stabbing it was nauceating and she couldn’t believe.
So going by what inmates believed is not the best way to conclude there wasn’t racism I suppose.
Moreover, why we can’t accept what they say is these comments are something which every ethnic minority has experienced at some point of time in his/her life (not necessarily in Britain, may be even elsewhere). So they relate to it readily and thats why there were 40000+ of them knocking Ofcom.
Were there any racist comments made against Jade?
I haven’t seen the footage of Danielle called ‘White Trash’… thats a fair point though… but I would imagine it was something in reponse to a similar comment previously made by Danielle or any of the girls…For instance Jermaine didn’t really like Jade questioning him if his parents were Black etc..
Secondly, no matter what Danielle’s team of lawyers do by which I mean, even if they come up with positive aspects of Danielle in the house in general and with Shilpa, they would have a tougher situation to handle with Danielle being two-faced then. Jade has already branded her. I agree the editing could be mis-representative but at the same time Channel 4 is not stupid to be unfair with any particular contestant or group of contestants especially in Britain where the legal and regulatory system is far developed.
January 31st, 2007 at 8:57 pm
what goes round comes round
January 31st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Jo said in the diary room that dirk would explode if you pushed him to far and so she was pushing him to make him explode because thats the type of girl she is.
They were her own words. I think she’s a bully and is really thick.
Big brother should not have let her in the house if she was so close to a break down.
I will not be watching big brother again
February 1st, 2007 at 7:26 am
Maz, Cleo was the first to talk about pushing Dirk too far to get rid of him, but no one has called her a bully. Why single Jo out? Be fair to all.
We were not living in the house and have not seen all the footage, therefore not experienced what the inmates experienced. Had we been, what would our reactions have been? Dirk was very rude to everyone, very, very moody and did not care what he said. He lived for himself and looked after himself and did a fair share of backbiting (all the usual BB things) he must have been dreadful to live with. All behaved badly but only three have been made to pay and the highest price possible i.e. having their lives destroyed.
RACISM: Shilpa has been put on a pedestal and all her wrong talking and bad behaviour forgotten and never apologised for but one really good thing that she said in a press conference was ‘the word racism should be struck out of the dictionary and people should just forget all about it and except each other for themselves’ Dawn I did not mention ‘coloured people’ as far as I can see but in SA there are people who call themselves coloured and proudly, because their parents are of mixed colour. There is no shame in that. When talking of Shilpa and Jermaine being treated differentlhy because they had become the untouchables, probably because of their celebrity status, it had nothing to do with anyone’s colour. How ridiculous would that have been!!
February 1st, 2007 at 7:33 am
f… off home and other comments made in the house must have been made by many folk out in the world, at some time or the other simply through anger or dislike (not a nice thing say, I agree) so why is it racist when Danielle felt that way about Shilpa in the heat of the moment. Remember all the housemates said Shilpa had been very dominating, controlling and some felt she looked down on them and this would bring negative responses. Later when they got to know each other they found things to like and became friends.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:32 am
The point is racist or not, bullying is also a factor,I have taken a stand against any kind of bullying most of my life, now, the real people at fault here are the BB organisors and BB team, at any sign of aggression they should have reprimanded the people becoming aggressive, in the main Jade, but as in any form of bullying, the bully has its supporters who stand by and not only watch the bullying process but encourage it and enjoy it, that is what was evident fron JO and Danielle as Jade waded in to Shilpa.Jo says with NO APOLOGY whatsoever, that certain situations make her laugh, That is well and good and a fact and in some situations you cant avoid the situation but in this instance, she could have shown her apparent discomfort if she had any and disapproval by going elsewhere in the house or outside, Shilpa looked to her for a bit of support and got a snigger, thats shocking. Also on the footage where JO makes comments that are against Shilpa the snigger goes and a nasty jeer comes on her face as she says her comments on Shilpa.Jo is traumatised as she’s been seen for what she likely is, to me she came across as a thoroughly nasty piece of work.
As for her comment that she isnt a racist because her cousin is married to an Indian is rediculous as all that proves is THAT HER COUSIN isnt a racist.
These people in there are celebrities, they know what its like being in front of a camera lots of the time,and BB is far more heavy on ordinary BB contestants than it ever was on these 3 totally shocking people who are examples to no one and shouldnt make one penny from their time on CBB at all. Shilpa whether she was liked or not, insulted no one, used no foul language and rose above the bullying of a pack of 3 horrible individuals with the utmost dignity.
Jo was disgusting and along with Danielle wre as bad as the bully Jade by not stepping in to cool it but chose to sit and laugh thereby actively encouraging all that went on. Im sad for Jo but she says she’s been herself in the house, if thats so, she aint nice to know at all.Rod.
February 1st, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Evelyn
Ps people in south africa were not proud to call them self coloured that was a name forced on them in apartheid. you probably think that the blacks didnt mind living this way either.
No-one can possible say what someone else should perceive as racist behaviour. You tread on dangerous and supremacy grounds when you begin to tell people what they should personally find offensive. Especially when they are receiving the treatment.
This line of thinking is dangerous and I dont believe people really know how arrogant they actually are, when they speak like this.
You in this life can only speak for yourself and NO-ONE ELSE.
Too many people elect themselves moral adjudicators of the world, without no experience or diplomatic voting whatsoever.
You are no better than saddam hussain or Hitler if you adopt this attitude. If you aim abuse and someone and they find it offensive , so it is. It’s not up to outsiders to wade in and argue the toss otherwise.
The producers know what they are doing and what they do well is appeal to people’s arrogance and there is plenty of that around. People seem to be having yet another futile conversation.
In reality this argument is all bunkum and codswallop as none of you are eyewitnesses to any event. So your views really dont count.
The people in the programme could ask OFCOM to intervene if they feel misrepresented. As they probably would have to forfeit their fees THEY AINT GOING TO DO THIS. SO THIS MASS DEBATE WILL GET YOU NOWHERE.
Evelyn, I would hate to meet your Kids in the future as it sounds like you have probably created the second Hitler YOUTH.
PS most blacks p from the Carribean and American will have mixed parentage due to slavery.(Slave masters taking advantage of female slaves). I have never anyone proud to call themselves coloured unless they are ashamed to be called mix-raced or black.
Remember to subjugate a person comes in stages.
1)You remove their rights and speak on their behalf
2)You make them appear child like or sub-human and remove any opinions they have.
3)You laugh and humiliate them
4)You bully them and terrorise them
5)You finally kill them
Every dictator in the world has used these methods , some people need to take a long hard look at themselves.
February 1st, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Channel 4 is confident no-one in the programme will complain about racism, not because of the UK justice system either.
The Big Brother contract states ” they are not liable for any emotional damage you may suffer”. So Jo’s emotional trauma is her own affair.
Channel four is a position where they will never get challenged by anyone in the programme because there contract is water-tight. They are also allowed to “EXPLOIT” people in the Big Brother contract.
That is the exact wording folks.
The only issue you can sue them for is negligence, as they have not been negligent to any of the contestants, no-one has a legal leg to stand on. No-one is arguing that Channel 4 or endemol has been negligent have they ?.
There really is no argument here and people are only shouting after this crap programme, because it went horribly wrong.
Krishna you are wrong the endemol contract is not an equal opportunities contract and you get signed on as individuals. Hence some people get paid more than the others. i think shilpa had 6 times more than the likes of JADE. You couldnt do this in an “ordinary” employment contract.
Some people in the “Normal” Big Brother get paid and others don’t. Endemol do what they like once you sign the contract.
The legal system in the UK is powerless against any contract as a contract is legally binding.It doesnt have to be FAIR !
So if you have signed a ridiculous contract that gives you no rights after the programme, the law cannot step in after because you dont like it in practice. You just shouldnt have signed the contract or gone on the programme.
There are many loopholes in legislation which Big Brother exploit, which allows this UK programme to be very different to the USA version.
The USA big Brother could not use racism as a topic in their programme. Broadcast legislation in the UK is extremly weak and the producers take advantage of this.
If you have ever tried to cmplain about a programme in the UK, you will see how weak legislation is in the UK.
People automatically think it is strong, simply because they have never complained or ever tried to take legal action.
IT is virtually impossible to take any legal action against a broadcaster in the UK, so nothing will come of this.
Shilpa wont complain and around 25,000 complaints came from India, which means their complaints will be dismissed eventually as they are not uk reseidents.
The 15, 000 people in the UK have also wasted their time as Shilpa will have to complain about her treatment, for OFCOM to launch a formal investigation.
SHILPA WONT BE COMPLAINING TO OFCOM.
Only JO O’mera will possibly complain , but I dont think she has the Guts to do this cos
1) She might loose her fee (£50,000 methinks )
2) I dont think Jo has been as nice as she has said, so any unbroadcast footage would not corroborate her story.
If you know unbroadcast footage would save you , surely you would demand for an independant body to view it.
So the British Public have worked themselves up into yet another ” rabid medieval, torch carrying, cross burning witch finding frenzy” for absolutely no reason. Will you ever learn.
Ever thought you been HAD ?
I’m glad lauren or justin from Darkness didnt appear in this watery poo programme, so at least that was positive.
Dawn Blake
February 1st, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Evelyn,
Every body say that all the time in the world and they don’t realise it is racist… Imagine walking down the street and some body said that…you don’t go complain ofcom or the police about it or probably people even don’t know whom to complain… as this happens to be the case when you are cross country.
The important thing is this was on TV and everybody empathised with it and this was the moment of truth… and it is a racist comment which leads to believe that the person is racist… one could be thick skin and shrug it off… but by all means one could have a go as it being racist if one really has to… and Shilpa is no ordinary person… she is popular and this happens on TV… how do you expect people to just shrug it off. Its new to her as well and she didn’t know what to do within that environment after signing all that messy contract which Dawn seems to know a lot about. So that precisely is the plight of a commoner under different set of parameters which has been peeled off in the last three or four weeks…
Moreover, even if you were to argue f’off home is not racist then you have to judge the comment from the merit of it being(not being) racist within the context. Even then things are not in favour of Danielle…A blanket statement f’off home is not what we are talking about here… [Jade]“blah blah chiken fight… a day in slums go back to your community etc…” [Danielle] “she can’t even speak english properly anyway”, ” I think she should f’off home”. tell me what is ambiguous about it.
What could save Danielle is that she is an easily led person (as per her HMs) and it was Jade’s argument that led her to say that… and of course many people in the heat of the moment don’t realise what they are saying which is the case with many people across the world as you say Evelyn. But, (there is always one) in a country like Britain where Racism is Crime (Dawn, Correct me if I am wrong) you ought to know that you don’t abuse somebody in a racial way as that leads to guilty of being racist and supporting racism. The girls were ignorant… but (again) Ignorance is not an excuse… the law is blind and thankfully, Shilpa is not.
February 1st, 2007 at 7:43 pm
We have heard so much about racism and there are a lot of hurting people out there, what can we DO about it? THERE MUST BE SOMETHING.
Shilpa has done and said a lot of good since leaving the house but in the house she was rude about Jades Mom and to her, to and about Jade, upset housemates with her controlling and dominating ways, ran the girls down for not doing dishes, behind their backs but neve asked them to help, used bad language, so bad that Dermot mentioned it on one of his shows,dragged Jermaine into the shower room to say she wanted to leave because she did not like the commom Goody family and could not take their loud voices and on and on but says she has done nothing wrong, said nothing wrong and has not apologised
February 1st, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Evelyn,
Yes there are hurting people out there… what can WE do about them? I don’t know. but SOMEBODY can teach them how to resolve conflict with dignity, how to show compassion when someone needs help, and how to embrace different cultures or the least be sensitive to different cultures. As for WE, we can sensitise our near and dear with racism and what can be perceived as racist.
“there is such a thing called manners, a way of treating people”
As for Shilpa, in my opinion she hasn’t done anything wrong. “Common Goody Family”, I don’t think these are Shilpa’s words. In fact it was Jermaine who said to Shilpa in the shower that Jackiey is getting on to his nerves because of her voice … and he wants to leave and Shilpa said… don’t leave on your own…stay. I have seen/heard this clip many times and I don’t see what you are referring to.
Shilpa’s behavior has been reactive … and she hasn’t done anything to apologise.
But let me point to something where she did apologise and what happened. There was tension and friction between Jackiey and Shilpa and it started with the name pronunciation… but these frictions magnified to the extent that at some point before the surprise eviction, Jackiey said to Shilpa that “she is a nightmare for her”. Shilpa tries to clarify and even apologised (a clear apology in words) to Jackiey in an attempt to sort things out if such was her behavior… Jackiey then says she didn’t want her to be sorry for that its just she is afraid of her and so nightmare but didn’t mean to offend her… and she walks away. Now how rude is that … even if someone wants to iron the friction, one couldn’t with Jackiey and she has a funny way of being honest and yet not rude or offensive.
On rude to Jade… being controlling or dominating is a personality, she was controlling even with Jermaine when she refused to have his brocolli tossed with soup on the pan… just two days before the final. That is just her personality and I don’t believe she has to be apologetic about it. Jermaine, Carole, Cleo and others were able to deal with it, but these girls resorted to bitching, racial comments and bullying which was not the best thing to do and that behavior is apologetic not Shilpa’s.
I feel you are being picky with Shilpa for an apology.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Bullies like their victims will eventually end up in tears and alone.
Simply because their supremacy eventually isolates them from all around.
OFCOM Nov 2006 states ” bigotry, expressions of racial differences and other anti-social behaviour may come to the surface in housemates on Big Brother” These do not break our codes.
Sorry folks ofcom state racism is a part of life and so in the broadcast world. “It is ok to be a bigot”.
No-one should apologise for their behaviour as they are all being who they are.
It is also not Big Brother protocol to apologise to those you have offended so why should anyone start now.
It is good for people to be shown for what they are , not only in their own country , but to other nations.
We all know if India couldnt pick celeb big brother up on the internet nothing would have happened on this scale.
So what if people are hurting, hurt is a fact of life.
As I have always been told. “Hurt” will kill you or make you stronger.
Only time will tell.
Dawn Blake
February 1st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Jo and co should just move on with their lives and show the world they are happy.People will soon forget about this when Big Brother 8 comes on.
So no harm really has been done to anyone, all concerned will continue to make money from selling their stories and various products.
Jo , Danielle and Jade are top earners as their target audience is the magazine world, so they won’t end up vagrants on the street. So why all the fuss about their well-being?. Arent their better causes in life to worry about than three bigoted rich white women on a reality TV programme. Jo wont loose her posh house anyway and in this financial climate she is lucky to have one so bleedin expensive.
Her mate Jade can always slip her some dosh cos she’s loaded and Danielle wil get loads of dosh from the magazine “loaded”. Too much fuss and nonsense about three spoilt princesses.
Dawn Blake
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:51 am
When I was in Big Brother in opened up my eyes that there is real hate in the world and it wont change.
Shilpa is lucky and was put in the programme to prove their isnt, but her circumstances are so unusual. She in fact proves the point racial hatred is alive and kicking and has no intention of dissapearing.
I personally will never work again and have been isolated by the press, who followed the Big Brother Housemates and producers.
My own life is ruined as the press set out to do, because everyone waded inwithout giving me a right of reply .People only talked about me to ridicule or castigate me.
So all things being equal I should not be the only person singled out for negative treatment by the press and I am happy for the likes of Jo to join in me in absolute misery, vilification, abuse and poverty.
Jo was luckier as she had alliances in the Big Brother House and I was hated the minute I step on the set.
Its amazing how we have ended up in a similar situation, Jo of course faring a lot better than myself due to her white skin, contacts and money.
She can squeeze sympathy out of people such as evelyn lewis , who was in favour of positive discrimination on Big Brother until it worked against a few anglo saxon princesses.
Dawn Blake
February 2nd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Krishna that is sound thinking and if only all of us could live like that but even if we REALLY TRIED, practice makes perfect. It is a very positive approach to a painful problem. One can either become bitter and go down or be positive and come out a far better person.
Dawn you are right, the best thing Jo, Jade and Danielle can do now is to get positive and get on with their lives with a smile. They are almost old news now with so many more important things happening. They will still have to cope with a few on going problems but could get on with the rest of their lives. Morning TV presenters are very strong on this. The media coverage has been so contracdictary that we just do not know what to believe any more but it is their lives and they will have to decide for themselves what to do with them.
Krishna I am not picky with Shilpa for an apology but very much so, for fairness.
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Stop defending all 3 of them they got what they deserved!! I just hoped it carried on to show the world all round what certain society of the UK are really like! Snidy,Two faced, Ignorant, arrogant, Uneducated, decieving and big cry babies!And finally Hidden Racists just like jews who try to hide the fact they are jewish!
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Evelyn I was being sarcastic as I know they three will be alright and protected by soceity . ZaZ I agree with you , but I,m not sure about the jew comment.
I,m not sure if that is a dig at Channel 4’s Daniel Cohen who is ultimately responsible for Big Brother.
I have noticed there have never been any anti-semetic comments or insults on Big Brother.
Frankly this story is trash. I have been sidetracked by the 29 year old who pretended to be 12 and went to school in Arizona.
Which leads me back to ZAZ, I think you mean there are a lot of impersonators in this world , who will continue to lie and get away with it until they are exposed. It is suprisingly hard to expose such people as they are very good at manipuation.
Dawn Blake
February 6th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
I think Jo should have stuck up for Shilpa the night the massive row errupted with Jade, anyone could see that Jade was totally in the wrong but when Jo was asked by Shilpa for help she just laughed!!!!
What comes around goes around! i think Danielle and Jo were just as bad if not worse than Jade as they sat by and let this happen.
They had so much to gain by CBB and they threw if all away themselves and they have no one else to blame (they showed there true colours)
Well done to Shilpa she is a real lady!!!!
February 6th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Peopl in Big Brother normally sit back and laugh at others because they are Narcissitic whats new.
When have you seen anyone stick up for anyone else who is different from themselves on Big Brother.
Never, it doesnt happen , the contestants are usually egocentric and stay in packs based on what they have in common. So all young white girls tend to stick together.
As chantelle stuck with Jody marsh and Preston.
When Pete Burns had a go at Tracy everyone walked away, no-one intervened, so lets not get hypocritical because another country has pointed out flaws in UK celebrities.
This is nothing new
February 6th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Jade started off by trying to calmly explain to Shilpa about the chicken cubes but Shilpa would not let it go and eventually Jade snapped when Shilpa said it was the ONLY thing she ordered. Jade raved about her lying and all in house share everything and then got into a really ugly rage…Jo and Danielle, her friends from the start and who were also cheesed off with Shilpa’s domintating and controlling ways, obviously did not go against their friend. Shilpa started the whole fight and always had HER.
February 6th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Sorry, dont know what went wrong there but to finish the above
‘Shilpa always had her group of friends behind her ie Jermaine, Dirk, Ian and Chloe…the latter in both camps, so did not have to call on one of Jade’s.’
February 26th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
laz n luz here, personally our view is that your all rather sad havnt you got anything better to do than write on this and complain about something that dosnt even matter. get over it cuz shilpa has. life is too short to argue and be uptight so, get a life and have some fun! peace out xxx
February 26th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
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