Shilpa is visiting the House of Commons today

[James]

One House To Another

Updated: 11:32, Wednesday February 07, 2007

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Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty has been visiting the House of Commons.

The Bollywood actress said: "It feels great (to be here), it's such an honour."

She joked near Big Ben: "This is what we always see on the postcards."

Shilpa is the special guest of Labour MP Keith Vaz.

She will watch Prime Minister's questions before meeting Leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw and Home Secretary John Reid, among other MPs.

The Indian star will then head to Leicester to launch her own charity.....


From http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13566894,00.html

Watch a video here - http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-shilpa_070207_1100,00.html

[J.C.]

Its a very rowdy PM`s questions today,I think they are showing off to Shilpa LOL. Sometimes one gets the feeling that the MPs have just come in from the Westminster Bar. It will be interesting to see if Shilpa comments
on the loudness of it all.She looked great infront of Big Ben and she is doing a press conference with Keith Vaz later.

EDIT; Shilpa is about to be on Andrew Neal`s program on BBC2

EDIT; Interview cancelled owing to Shilpa`s meeting with
The PM.

[Mrluvaluva]

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has swapped one famously rowdy house for another by visiting the Commons to watch Prime Minister's Question Time.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner, whose treatment by fellow contestants caused a serious race row, was greeted by frenetic scenes at the Houses of Parliament.

Watch her visit on Sky News Online
Accompanied by her mother, she was driven to the Commons entrance and met Labour MP Keith Vaz.

He had tabled a motion complaining about the Channel 4 show that was signed by nearly 90 MPs.

Mr Vaz's nine-year-old daughter Anjali placed a traditional Indian garland around the two guests.

They then posed for pictures in front of a large media scrum of reporters from the UK and India.


The actress and Keith Vaz Shilpa said she was "honoured" to be visiting Parliament, where she will also meet Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell and Commons Leader Jack Straw.

It is also possible she may meet Tony Blair, ahead of this week's exchange between him and Tory leader David Cameron across the Commons.

Shilpa won 63% of the show's final public vote after alleged racist bullying prompted a record number of complaints - more than 40,000 - to the media watchdog Ofcom.

The star, who has denied her fellow housemates were racist, has since seen her profile in this country rise exponentially.

Before entering the Commons, she said: "To see how so much respect has been bestowed upon me has truly been an honour."

She added that if she had the chance to speak to Mr Blair she would "thank him for the solidarity that he has shown me and my country".

[Mrluvaluva]

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[GiRTh]

How much publicity is she getting? She's met the Queen, Blair and visited parliament. I don't remember Bez getting this kind of treatment!!!!

[Mrluvaluva]

I know! Don't you think it's going a bit OTT now?

[GiRTh]

To be honest, not really. What with the international incident and all, she's hot property.

[Mrluvaluva]

I know she's hot property, but she's all over the news everyday. Personally, I am getting bored of it.

[GiRTh]

She becoming a bit of a photo op for all publicity *****s. Except Jade, of course.

[zachary]

Oh, damn...I didn't know she was going today!! I should have taken a stroll around there, I went to Westminister today!! :mad:

[andybigbro]

Cool thanks for the Info

[Sloan]

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[zachary]

Thanks for the pics :thumbs:

[Emilee]

Thanks, they are great! :cheer:

[x-ILoveHim--x]

Grr...shes getting so much publicity

[Mrluvaluva]

Our pleasure.

[tinkerbell]

Originally posted by x-ILoveHim--x
Grr...shes getting so much publicity

are you jelous?

[secrets]

Originally posted by GRiT
How much publicity is she getting? She's met the Queen, Blair and visited parliament. I don't remember Bez getting this kind of treatment!!!!


has she really met the queen.?

[tinkerbell]

They are trying to patch the racism row, so the indian government wont say anything, Chantelle didnt get that treatment last year

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by secrets
Originally posted by GRiT
How much publicity is she getting? She's met the Queen, Blair and visited parliament. I don't remember Bez getting this kind of treatment!!!!


has she really met the queen.?

She met the queen last week, I think.

[The_Hitman]

Shilpa is the kind of person people want to meet. Get over it losers.

[Emilee]

Originally posted by The_Hitman
Shilpa is the kind of person people want to meet. Get over it losers.

Are you always this mean to everyone? lol:wink:

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by The_Hitman
Shilpa is the kind of person people want to meet. Get over it losers.

I'm just saying that it would have been nice for Bez to have met the Queen. I bet she's a fan. Probably more early Black Grape than the Mondays.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by Emilee
Originally posted by The_Hitman
Shilpa is the kind of person people want to meet. Get over it losers.

Are you always this mean to everyone? lol:wink:

Yes he is, have you not read his posts? He thinks the media behind everything!!!!!

[The_Hitman]

Originally posted by GRiT

I'm just saying that it would have been nice for Bez to have met the Queen. I bet she's a fan. Probably more early Black Grape than the Mondays.


Nah, he'd twist her melon man. He talks too hip, he'd twist her melon man.

[The_Hitman]

Originally posted by GRiT

Yes he is, have you not read his posts? He thinks the media behind everything!!!!!

Hardly. The media control the media, and the idiots who are obsessed with the media. Thats all.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by The_Hitman
Originally posted by GRiT

Yes he is, have you not read his posts? He thinks the media behind everything!!!!!

Hardly. The media control the media, and the idiots who are obsessed with the media. Thats all.

I'm only messing wit cha.

[Emilee]

Originally posted by GRiT
Originally posted by Emilee
Originally posted by The_Hitman
Shilpa is the kind of person people want to meet. Get over it losers.

Are you always this mean to everyone? lol:wink:

Yes he is, have you not read his posts? He thinks the media behind everything!!!!!

LOL hes annoying. And he thinks John Cena is S***! lol

[The_Hitman]

Originally posted by GRiT

I'm only messing wit cha.

Ah, but mis-representing me in the process, which just wont do my good sir.

[The_Hitman]

Originally posted by Emilee


LOL hes annoying. And he thinks John Cena is S***! lol

Pipe down you. You only dont like me cause Im not a Cena fan. Everyone knows Cena's a chump.

[Red Moon]

Big Brother's Shilpa thanks Blair
Big Brother's Shilpa Shetty has thanked Tony Blair for his support during a meeting at the Houses of Parliament

The Bollywood actress watched prime minister's questions in the Commons before meeting Mr Blair afterwards and declaring: "He was very sweet."

She was invited by Labour MP Keith Vaz, who was among those who criticised the TV show after Ms Shetty's treatment by other contestants caused a race row.

She said she had thanked the PM for his support "to me and my country".

Her visit attracted widespread media attention - she was greeted on arrival at Parliament by a media scrum, including 23 reporters from India.

'An honour'

That arrival was broadcast live on television and the scale of media interest led to a planned press conference having to be moved from a room inside Parliament, to the steps of the MPs' office building, Portcullis House, just across the road in Westminster.

"To see how so much respect has been bestowed upon me has truly been an honour," she said.

The Commons chef prepared a special dessert in her honour "Shilpa's delight" and she met both Mr Blair and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell briefly after prime minister's questions.

On Mr Blair she said: "He was very very kind and said he was very sad to see what I had had to go through in there [the Big Brother house]."

She was also very fond of Ms Jowell, although she stressed to reporters that she was not "politically inclined".

The actress won Celebrity Big Brother, following clashes with housemates Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd who were accused of bullying and racism - something all three denied.

'Oppose racism'

Media regulator Ofcom received more than 40,000 complaints from viewers.

And the row reached both the House of Commons and India, where chancellor Gordon Brown found media coverage of his attempt to boost bilateral relations overshadowed by the programme's fall-out.

When Mr Blair was asked about the row in the Commons, he admitted he had not seen the programme, but added: "Of course, I would agree entirely with the principle that we should oppose racism in all its forms."

Ms Shetty has said she does not believe her fellow contestants were being racist, but that their remarks had stemmed from jealousy, or a "lack of education".

Asked how prime minister's questions compared to life in the Big Brother House, she replied: "They are way more polite in there and they get to leave and know what's going on in the world outside."

Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6338035.stm)

[Emilee]

Originally posted by The_Hitman
Originally posted by Emilee


LOL hes annoying. And he thinks John Cena is S***! lol

Pipe down you. You only dont like me cause Im not a Cena fan. Everyone knows Cena's a chump.

LMAO. Well.. Yer whatever! You win! I give up.

friends?

[tinkerbell]

Leave Hitman alone his emotionally disiturbed :blush2:

jus kidding

[Emilee]

Ok lol

[Sasha]

She was someone before the BB House..... Gordon Brown in India was met by Bollywood Stars whats the difference visa versa

Whats Jade famous for and she was the biggest publicity *****!

Anyway if they invited Jade to the house of commons shes so dumb she'd think its a pub in Essex!

[tinkerbell]

lol sasha!!!:bigsmile:

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by The_Hitman
Originally posted by GRiT

I'm only messing wit cha.

Ah, but mis-representing me in the process, which just wont do my good sir.

It was meant in jest my good man. No harm done, I hope?

[The_Hitman]

Originally posted by GRiT
Originally posted by The_Hitman
Originally posted by GRiT

I'm only messing wit cha.

Ah, but mis-representing me in the process, which just wont do my good sir.

It was meant in jest my good man. No harm done, I hope?

Ah well, you know, I had to spend a couple of days in the priory to get over it but everythings fine now. Please, PLEASE, dont be so insensitive to me again.

[Red Moon]

Did anyone else hear Labour MP Keith Vaz belittling and bullying a mother of a solider who died in Iraq on Radio 5 live this morning? She wanted to meet the PM to talk about her son and Blair has been turning down the requests to meet her.

It is shameful that Keith Vaz acted like a bully when it was him that complained about the bulling in the Celebrity Big Brother house and made the whole thing a political football.

While it also seems unfair that Shilpa, who clearly need to visit the House of Commons for the good of relations between the UK and India, gets to spend time with PM while this mother of a man who died in Iraq gets her request dismissed so lightly by the PM. And what about the pensioners who matched to London to lobby parliament?

Interesting to note if parliament and Keith Vaz hadn't had got so involved it wouldn't have become such a big diplomatic incident as it did.

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[abs]

Originally posted by tinkerbell
They are trying to patch the racism row, so the indian government wont say anything, Chantelle didnt get that treatment last year

chantelle is stupid! so is bez & jade. they have no class. even though bez is a joker, him & MPs is like oil & water. shilpa on the other hand is someone that can relate to most people - likes to have fun yet can be serious when called for. her education speaks for itself. the kind of person MPs would love to meet, & be a good role model for youngster, unlike danielle, jade, anthony etc...

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by amit
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Just shows what Labour MP Keith Vaz thought what he could get out of it. It is a shame he was such a bully on the radio. Maybe they should put him in next years house.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by amit
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She looks like a waxwork dummy in this pic - Which is what she's becoming, by the way. Oooooh, the backlash has started!!!

[amit]

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It's all about the hair flick baby! llol :blush2: