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Fears for 'bullied' housemate Jodie

12 January 2006

Anti-bullying campaigners have voiced concern over the plight of Jodie Marsh in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

The glamour girl has been reduced to tears by nasty comments from fellow housemates George Galloway, Pete Burns and Michael Barrymore.

Marsh, 27, has made Beatbullying her chosen charity while she is in the house.

The Essex girl became an ambassador for the children’s charity after suffering years of taunts at school.

A spokesman for the charity said: “Beatbullying has received a huge number of emails from young people across the UK who support Jodie’s stance on bullying, many of them very worried about some of the treatment Jodie is going through in the Big Brother house.

“Beatbullying will speak out against bullying whenever it happens. We will continue to support Jodie through her journey.

“Like all of the young people we work with, we know Jodie is strong and will stand up against bullies whenever she meets them.”

Marsh has said she was bullied so badly at school in Brentwood, Essex, that she contemplated suicide.

The housemates continued their scientific experiments task yesterday with Michael Barrymore smashing eggs against his forehead in a bid to answer the question: “Can you make yourself unlucky?”


Pete Burns and Dennis Rodman were given a pot plant each to test the theory that speaking to plants helps them grow.

“I hate plants. I hope it dies,” muttered Burns.

And Preston was forced to chomp through boxes of chocolate liqueurs to test whether or not they can get you drunk.

Meanwhile, ladies’ man Rodman was trying his luck with Faria Alam.

He turned his attention to England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson’s ex after flirting with Chantelle and Jodie.

Rodman made his first move by sliding his hand under Alam’s top. She gave him short shrift, removing his hand then pretending nothing had happened.

But the former basketball star, who counts Madonna and Carmen Electra among his previous conquests, was undeterred.

He made another play for her during a conversation about sugar daddies.

Dead Or Alive singer Burns mused: “I hope some 97-year-old blind, paraplegic billionaire sugar daddy is watching this so I can leave him outside Tiffany’s while I use his credit card before wheeling him home. And me and my partner could go and live with him and he wouldn’t even know.”

Source: Irish Examiner