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16 January 2007
EXCLUSIVE: DISGRACE
CELEB BIG BROTHER: DAY 12 Jade and her pals accused of Shilpa slurs
By Nicola Methven, Tv Editor, And Stewart Maclean
ANGRY Celebrity Big Brother viewers yesterday accused Jade and friends Danielle and Jo of disgraceful racist bullying over their treatment of Shilpa.
More than 200 complaints have flooded into TV watchdog Ofcom - and last night it was announced Jade had been dumped as patron of a horrified anti-bullying charity.
Furious Rabyia Patel, 32, one of those who called Ofcom to protest, said. "I can't believe they've been allowed to broadcast some of the stuff that's been happening in the house.
"It's racism, plain and simple. Why has Big Brother let it happen?"
The complaints accuse the trio of repeatedly insulting Shilpa over her background and ridiculing her Indian accent.
The anger was fuelled by internet reports that Jade's boyfriend Jack Tweed called Bollywood star Shilpa "a ****" during a latenight chat that was bleeped out.
Channel 4 chiefs denied it - but admitted Jack had referred to her using a revolting four-letter swear word. But protesters say his outburst was merely one in a series of racist slurs. In one incident, the three girls mocked Shilpa as she applied facial hair bleach. Danielle asked: "Do you get stubble?" Jo laughed and said: "Like a man!" Danielle then told Jade: "She wants to be white."
The three have also grumbled about Shilpa's "too spicy" cooking.
And Jade said of Shilpa: "She makes me feel sick. She makes my skin crawl." Danielle added: "She's a dog." Before she was evicted, Jade's mum Jackiey refused to call Shilpa by her name - referring to her instead as "Princess" or "The Indian". At one point, she asked: "Do you live in a house or a shack?"
Ofcom yesterday said they had asked for unedited tapes of the show to decide whether the complaints had any foundation.
Channel 4 said: "We can confirm that in Thursday night's broadcast, in a conversation between Jack and Jade, Jack used the word "*******" which was bleeped out." The spokesman insisted the racism complaints were taken seriously, adding: "BB does not tolerate bullying or racist abuse. We are closely monitoring housemates."
Viewers last night saw Shilpa burst into tears after she was again targeted by the girls. A clearly-distressed Shilpa later asked ex-Steps singer Ian Watkins: "Why do they hate me? Why am I detested?"
The charity Act Against Bullying yesterday took pictures of patron Jade off their website and vowed not to work with her again after receiving scores of complaints.
Founder Louise Burfitt-Dons said: "We have been inundated with angry emails."
nicola.methven@mirror.co.uk
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I don't understand how laughing at someone for putting bleach on is racist.
The article states that Shilpa burst into tears after being 'targeted by the girls', but she burst into tears after a one on one coversation with Jade, and Jade in no way intimidated her or offended her through any name calling , or treated her in anyway that would be associated with bullying. Jade was merely expressing how she felt, and Jade even comforted Shilpa at the end of the discussion, in no way was it malacious or able to be considered as bullying.
Shilpa herself has made fun of Jade/Jo and Danielle's accent, even bursting out loud at Jade's pronounciation of the word "whale" ...
None of this article would lead me to believe Jade Jo Danielle or Jack were racist. Danielle saying Shilpa is a dog is just a nasty word, it doesn't mean she is racist.
The only one is Jackiey but I would say her comments are just down to her ignorance and lack of awareness of other cultures. |
