Mrluvaluva
08-02-2007, 09:09 AM
From todays Star:
THE millionaire uncle of Jade Goody’s boyfriend has revealed how the CBB race row forced him to apologise to his business contacts in India.
Graham Tweed is dubbed “Mr India” by friends because of his long list of connections there.
He is close to Jack Tweed, 19, and Jade, 25 and put them up on his Norfolk estate this week.
Graham, 45, said: “Jack and Jade are very aware of our family’s Indian connections, which is why I don’t believe they are racist – they were just stupid and immature.”
Graham employs 150 people in India and he uses British Indian staff at the London shipping firm that distributes millions of pounds of tea worldwide.
He is also launching a chain of Indian restaurants in America.
He said: “After the row turned into an international incident the people who run my tea company factory in India knew straight away about my relationship with Jack and Jade.
“As a result I had to put out a statement both to the staff there and at the shipping firm in London – who also made the link – to ensure there was no bad feeling or repercussions.
“I said that views expressed on BB were not the views of my family, my companies or their representatives.”
THE millionaire uncle of Jade Goody’s boyfriend has revealed how the CBB race row forced him to apologise to his business contacts in India.
Graham Tweed is dubbed “Mr India” by friends because of his long list of connections there.
He is close to Jack Tweed, 19, and Jade, 25 and put them up on his Norfolk estate this week.
Graham, 45, said: “Jack and Jade are very aware of our family’s Indian connections, which is why I don’t believe they are racist – they were just stupid and immature.”
Graham employs 150 people in India and he uses British Indian staff at the London shipping firm that distributes millions of pounds of tea worldwide.
He is also launching a chain of Indian restaurants in America.
He said: “After the row turned into an international incident the people who run my tea company factory in India knew straight away about my relationship with Jack and Jade.
“As a result I had to put out a statement both to the staff there and at the shipping firm in London – who also made the link – to ensure there was no bad feeling or repercussions.
“I said that views expressed on BB were not the views of my family, my companies or their representatives.”