Former Celebrity Big Brother contestant Jo O’Meara has reportedly been hospitalised after being hit by a glass bottle while she was on stage performing with fellow S Club 7 members Bradley McIntosh and Paul Cattermole at Bradford’s Tokyo nightclub.
It seems that a member of the audience threw a bottle toward the stage and it hit O’Meara on the head leaving her with a large cut for which she needed hospital treatment.
I am no Jo O’Meara fan by any means, but one has to pity the girl who is heavily pregnant and has now been forced to sell her home.
We have heard very little from S Club Jo since her disastrous appearance on Celebrity Big Brother last year, but whilst on the show she revealed that she was hoping to make enough money to save her country home, as she was struggling to keep up the mortgage payments.
Jo’s move backfired and after she left the show amidst a racism row, no-one wanted to touch her, never mind pay her.
The singer recently put the four-bedroom property in Noaks Hill, Essex, up for auction, but has now accepted an offer of £560,000. Read more & comment »
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.
Celebrity Big Brother winner, Shilpa Shetty recently traveled back to her home country to visit her ill father. But this week Shilpa will be making her return to the UK in order to help fellow Big Brother housemate Jo O’Meara.
It is said that Jo has suffered from agoraphobia since leaving the Big Brother house and has been unable to leave her hotel room since her reemergence into the real world.
Shilpa The Daily Star, “I would like to speak to Jo and make sure she is all right. I am very worried about her.”
“I know she is a good person and I hate to think of what she is going through. She doesn’t have much self-confidence and I know she must be having a terrible time.”
“I just want to speak to her and tell her to try to be strong. I have no ill feeling towards her. My heart goes out to her.”
What a shock! Jo O’Meara has this week revealed that she believes that Celebrity Big Brother should be scrapped.
She told Sky News: “I feel if this is what a TV show does to people then it shouldn’t be a TV show.
“I have got to pick the pieces up or I will end up going mad – more mad than I am.
“I don’t think you can get much lower.
“They say you have to hit rock bottom before you can build yourself up. I just hope I’m at the bottom now.”
Racism should be banned too Jo…oh thats right…IT IS!
Former S Club 7 singer O’Meara has issued a 900-word statement apologising for her behaviour in the Big Brother house.
“I have been asked why I did Big Brother. It was simply because I needed the money,” she said.
“I may lose my house and the fee offered was a lifeline which I took.”
She said that she had been issued with death threats and was too scared to go home.
“Am I the first person in the world to make a mistake or say regrettable things? I am devastated, sorry and honestly have no idea what to do next,” she said.
“I honestly believe that I was not a horrible person every day throughout the series”
Jo also blames Big Brother producers for manipulating situations inside the house.
“I think that as a group we would all have coped better if some of the surprise stunts hadn’t been pulled by Big Brother.
“Jade and her family entering the house late and the introduction of a slave/master culture is bizarre by anyone’s standards and automatically creates tension and a divide.”
Well it wasn’t much of an apology, but better late than never I suppose!
After watching Jo O’Meara’s interview on GMTV yesterday morning, The Duchess Of York, Sarah Ferguson asked her spokeswoman to phone the show and ask people to leave Jo O’Meara alone.
The Duchess said: “I didn’t watch the show and I don’t condone anything that was said or done. But I know what it’s like to be vilified. I’ve made mistakes.
“I watched her on television this morning and I saw this girl who was broken. All I’m saying is, it’s time to remove her from the stocks. Now it should stop.�
Presenter Fiona Phillips told viewers: “Sarah, the Duchess, is watching this morning. She is very upset by the Jo interview.
“She says she knows what it is like to be vilified and misrepresented and has a lot of sympathy for Jo.�
I wonder would she have been so understanding if she had seen the evil expiring from Jo whilst in the Big Brother house?
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
I hope that Jo O’Meara is not considering relaunching her pop career any time in the near future, I don’t believe she stands a chance.
Upon leaving the Big Brother house Jade Goody managed to look contrite, ashamed, apologetic and disgusted by her behaviour. Danielle too looked shocked by her behaviour and admitted that she had been a bitch and had easily followed the crowd. Jo however showed no such remorse. Jo did not apologise but reiterated the fact that Shilpa irritated her…..because that makes bullying ok doesn’t it?
I didn’t expect Jo to admit to being racist, I don’t think that she necessarily is, but a blind man could see that she was being a *itch. Why couldn’t she just admit that?
I would be surprised if Jo recovers from this fiasco. People will not only think of her as a nasty piece of work, but she will be remembered as the one who wasn’t sorry. The one who thought she was right. I think we can safely kiss any S Club 7 reunions goodbye!
Well, they couldn’t really let Jo go out and face the music on her own, could they?
Pretty sneaky move on the part of Big Brother, as we sort of wanted to see someone take the fall for last week’s racism and bullying extravaganza. It looked likely that Jo was going to take the fall…until they chucked Cleo Rocos out at the same time.
So – Jo’s boos were mixed with Cleo’s cheers and now the production crew have about an hour to brief Jo and Cleo on what’s been happening for the last couple of weeks. So, the voting public are denied the look of shock on Jo’s face as she discovers just how vile most of the nation thinks she is. Not fair.
On a personal level, I’ve been very disappointed by Jo on Celebrity Big Brother. I used to admire her in S Club 7, and always assumed that she was a leader in that group and not a follower. To find out she picks on people and invents huge vendettas against people was a big letdown…..
Well, contrary to what I expected Davina virtually made mincemeat of old Jo. No holds barred, although how much did Jo know in the hour leading up to the interview? I don’t know.
Still, she didn’t seem to have the wit to properly distance herself from the Shilpa/Jade debacle. Davina: “So, was that what you’re really like?” Jo: “Duh, yeah Davina. Smoking, hating, that’s me love. Did you like me dressing gown?”
It’s just a shame that the hack job that Jade “emotional damage” Goody should have received fell to Jo, who was really only a bit player!
Poor Cleo, all she did was stood by and watched, but Davina needed to know why she didn’t intervene. And having seen her swift destruction of Jo O’Meara, she was obviously a bit guarded. Although Davina treated her as an accomplice by not getting involved and choosing instead to drag in Jermaine.
Never mind, Cleo still came across pretty well, given the circumstances. The post-Big Brother press circuit will tell whether she’s got staying power.
Cleo Rocos has today revealed to Big Brother that not only has she made some new friends in the house but she has also found a soulmate in Jo O’Meara.
Speaking in the diary room, Cleo said:
“We’ve become close to soulmates in a short time… I haven’t had a friend like that for many, many years. That’s not something you can fake,”
“It’s somebody you least expected it to be. I think she’s fantastic… she’s very genuine,”
Either Big Brother is editing Jo’s footage really well or Cleo is dillusional. Jo does not come across as genuine, in fact I have yet to see a characteristic of Jo’s that I like. Jo has been portrayed as nasty, bitchy, whiny and grumpy…I just don’t see what Cleo likes so much.
Brit Award Nominee, Amy Winehouse has been the latest celebrity to speak out about the Big Brother rcae row.
Speaking to The Mirror Amy said:
“Jade’s a scapegoat. The other two are worse.
“Jade is someone who will walk down the street and people will either boo or give her a hug. But the other two, they will get pelted.
“If I was in the house, I’d kick their heads in,” she added.
I don’t know if I agree with Amy that Danielle and Jo are worse than Jade, but I do think they will find it harder than Jade to recover from this incident. Both Danielle and Jo have less established careers and less fans than Jade. Jade may recover from this debaucle but i doubt that Jo and Danielle will be able to.
Maybe Jo O’Meara senses that all is not well on the outside, last night she was having difficulty sleeping because her mind was racing. Luckily, Shilpa Shetty was on hand to calm her nerves.
“You ok?” Shilpa asked, joining Jo on her bed. “It’s just I’m really nervous… I can’t switch my mind off…” Jo explained before asking: “Can’t you sleep either?”
“I was thinking about how to re-invent you!” Shilpa giggled. “I swear to God, I was thinking of what outfit to give you… you are so good!” she said, bigging up her housemate.
“I’m so worried… but I don’t know why,” Jo whimpered.
“You’re just anxious,” Shilpa told her, comforting her with an arm rub. “Everything is well outside, just keep saying that. There must be so many people out there who would love to be in your shoes…”
“I don’t want to be in my shoes. Not at the moment,” Jo replied softly.
“Shuuut up!” Shilpa said, trying to cheer Jo up. “This is a good thing for you!”
“I’m panicking about when it’s my time to go through the door.” Jo finally revealed.
“You have a great body, you have a great attitude, you have a great voice…” Shilpa told her sincerely. “If you have it, show it. You have a great ass, show it!”
“You’re very sweet,” Jo eventually smiled.
Unlike you Jo!
Jo O’Meara has admitted that she is not trying to revive her singing career by appearing in the Big Brother house, rather she was desperate for the appearance fee so she could save her £450,000 house from repossesion.
Jo said: “This will give me a glimmer of hope to keep it.
“I did not come in here to try to get a record deal.
“I want to be a mum and a wife with a house and my dogs.
“I know I’ve had opportunities which probably I should have took – but I said no for a reason.�
I actually feel sorry for Jo at this point. She is coming out to face a controversy that she can’t even contemplate and the one booking she had lined up looks like it may fall through. Jo had agreed to do a show in London’s top club G-A-Y but it now looks as though that may be in jeopardy due to the recent Big Brother race row.
A source said: “People have been calling G-A-Y and are angry Jo is going to perform and be paid after her comments and bullying towards Shilpa.
“So now the idea is that Jo will only get to sing – and get paid – if she wins the CBB vote.
“Promoters up and down the land may be having the same thoughts about Jo because of the problems.
“And the cash she makes from the show may not be enough, on its own, to save her house.�
This article was written earlier today on our forum by Ruby Firecracker. We thought it spoke volumes and wanted to share it with all our readers. ENJOY!
The unfortunate thing about his whole sorry episode is that the three b***hes off CBB are actually a good representation of many young British girls…
Watching them, I am instantly reminded of girls I went to school with (all within the same sort of age group as Jade and co)… Aside from the racism issue, what is happening is the dominant girl (who is obviously resorting to dominanace/bullying because of her shortcomings) is leading her pack of inferior girls (ie. less famous in this situation) into targeting a member of the house who is easy to target because she is the least similar to them… This happens in schools and communities all over Britain all the time. It does not have to be about race.. anything that makes a person stand out, or different to the dominant ‘pack’ can trigger this behaviour.
The girls have targeted Shilpa because she is the least recognisable.. none of them know who she is. To the b***hy gang, she might as well be a punter off the street. They deem themselves as more important because they’d heard of eachother before, and some of them even suspect she may be a fake. They seek comfort by targeting her because of their own insecurities… to respect Shilpa as an artist is difficult for them because they are only famous for themselves, not their talent or work (or at least, not work of any artistic credibility)
Jade and co have twisted Shilpa’s words to justify their awful behaviour.. saying sorry isn’t good enough. This behaviour is unacceptable in any circumstances, and should not be tolerated, as it would not be in any British workplace. I do not particularly like Shilpa, but in any case, it is never justifiable to attack people, especially over petty issues.
Danielle came into the house saying she wanted to show people a ‘different side to her’.. well done Dani… you’ve shown a public who were indifferent to you that you are a silly, easily led little idiot, who will form her opinions based on those of the dominant member of the group, and try to make amends quietly behind your ‘friends’ backs… and then backtrack !!
Watching this reinforces why my friends are in their 30s – 60s (I am 24) and why I have chosen to lose contact with my peers from school. This sort of behaviour is terribly common, and I myself exerienced a similar situation with a dominant girl and her gang at school.
I work with many young people who come from Africa who have spoken to me this week about their bewilderment and disgust at this behaviour… I am proud to be a young person who does not follow the pack, and at the same time, I am sad that my peers do not do the same. I was brought up in a racist family in a BNP area, moved to a predominantly Asian area of Birmingham aged 18 of my own accord, and found friends, culture and understanding.
There is NO excuse for ignorance.. These girls are a disgrace.
The only good thing that can come of this is that Jade Goody fades back into obscurity… she has NO endearing qualities and NO talent.
Thanks for reading!
Love
Ruby
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