Former Celebrity Big brother winner, Shilpa Shetty is hoping to fly in and visit dying Jade Goody at her home this week.

The pair met on the Channel 4 reality TV show where Jade was accused of displaying racist and bullying behaviour towards the Bollywood star, however the pair are said to have struck up a friendship in recent months.

“Shilpa has been keeping in touch with her for months and they are good friends,” Max Clifford told the BBC.

“She desperately wants to see her if she’s well enough.” Clifford added that Goody was comfortable, but “very weak”.

“She has deteriorated, she is very weak,” said Clifford. “We are on the edge of a precipice.”

Jade Goody is apparently being consoled by Shilpa Shetty as she battles with cancer.

The pair very publically fell out when they were on 2007’s Celebrity Big Brother, and accusations of bullying and racism were levelled against Jade. However, according to Now magazine, the pair have now “put their differences behind them.”

Jade was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August while she was appearing on the Indian version of Celeb BB which was hosted by Shilpa.

“We met up in India, then [Shilpa's] been calling me to see how I am,” Jade told Now, adding: “Next time she’s here, we’re going to go for something to eat.”

The 27 year old recently underwent chemotherapy and a hysterectomy as part of her treatment for the potentially fatal disease.

Bollywood star, Shilpa Shetty, has revealed that she was shocked when she found out that Jade Goody is due to enter the Big brother India house.

Shetty, who was branded ‘Shilpa Poppadom’ by Jade in the UK’s Celebrity Big Brother last year, is presenting the newest Indian Big Brother series and so will most likely come face to face with Goody at some point.

Shilpa said: “When I found out Jade was going on Big Brother India I was as shocked as when I first met her. Why go through this again?

“But part of me was really happy because it is an opportunity to show how welcoming we are.

“She’s going in as someone who has had misconceptions about our country. I hope Jade learns first hand about our culture and how wonderful our people are.”

Former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, Shilpa Shetty, has landed the role of presenter on an Indian version of the show.

Shilpa left the UK show amidst a row over alleged racist behaviour towards her. The show even had to take a year out in 2008 to recover from the scandal. However all this has not stopped Shetty from getting involved with Indian ‘Big Boss’ in which celebrities and normals Joes live together.

The actress told Reuters: “When I heard the concept, and the fact that I only needed to come in for one elimination round every week, I said OK. Plus they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.”

Talking about her approach to the show’s participants, Shetty commented: “I’ll try to give them a little respite as I know that they will be going through a tough time. I remember what it was to live with strangers in a house cut off from the outside world with nobody to trust and vouch for.”

She added: “The winner needs to just be oneself… that’s the main mantra.”

Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty has been arrested at an Indian airport after officials insisted she was still wanted in connection with recent obscenity charges.

The Bollywood actress reportedly burst into tears after being stopped at Mumbai Airport, on her way to the opening of the Miss Bollywood musical in Berlin.

Her spokesman, Dale Bhagwagar, said: “She called me in the middle of the night and was in tears.”

Shetty said: “I can understand something like this if I’d committed a criminal offence.

“But what was my offence, when I’m just an actor, going to perform a musical on foreign land.”

Shilpa was eventually allowed to leave the country after a prolonged period of questioning.

Indian actress, Shilpa Shetty is being tipped as the next Bond girl to star opposite Daniel Craig.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner is said to be very close to completing the deal, and the filmmakers are desperate to sign her due to her popularity all over Asia.

Shilpa Shetty, the original Big Brother racism victim has said today that she supports Channel 4’s decision to remove Emily Parr from the house after making a racist slur.

The Bollywood star was at the launch of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) celebrations in Leeds when she said she was ”really happy” about the decision to eject Emily from the house.

MSN report Shetty as saying: “I’m glad that Channel 4 has taken action. Well I’m really happy and I compliment them on the action they have taken.”

Richard Gere landed himself in hot water this month by kissing Celebrity Big Brother winner, Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS Awareness event. The Indian government have ordered his arrest and Indian males have been burning efigies of him all week.

Richard has there fore thought it necessary to make a public apology for the incident, saying:

“What is most important to me is that my intentions as an HIV/Aids advocate be made clear, and that my friends in India understand that it has never been, nor could it ever be, my intention to offend you.”

“If that has happened, of course it is easy for me to offer a sincere apology.”

I assume he is hoping that the Indians will now stop baying for blodd and he’ll be allowed to forget about this very silly incident.

An Indian court ordered the arrest of Hollywood movie star Richard Gere on Thursday for kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS campaign event this month saying it was an obscene act committed in public.

Gere’s repeated kisses on Shetty’s cheeks at an event to promote AIDS awareness in New Delhi sparked protests in some parts of India, mostly by Hindu vigilante groups, who saw it as an outrage against her modesty and an affront to Indian culture.

The order by a court in the northern city of Jaipur came in response to a complaint by a local lawyer.

The judge watched a video recording of Gere kissing Shetty and found him guilty of violating Indian laws against public obscenity, the lawyer, Poonam Chand Bhandari, said.

The court also summoned Shilpa Shetty to appear on May 5, Bhandari said, adding that Gere was also ordered to be arrested.

Gere can be sent to jail for up to three months or fined or both for the crime if he is arrested. He is not in India now but can be held if he visits the country again.

The Hollywood star is a devout Buddhist and a vocal supporter of the Tibetan cause and visits India frequently to meet the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in northern India.

After the huge controversy surrounding Shilpa Shetty in this years Celebrity Big Brother, you would think that she would be puyt off the experience for life.

But Shilpa Shetty has decided to return to the show that made her recognised worldwide and will be appearing on the non-celebrity Australian version of the show later this year.

A Channel Ten spokesman said: “We are trying to work out just how long she can spend in the house.”

While the show’s executive producer Tim Toni added: “You have got to throw in a few hand grenades!”