[Red Moon]

SHILPA BANNED FROM SEEING SICK JO

CELEBRITY Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty has been dealt a bitter blow – she’s been barred from seeing troubled housemate Jo O’Meara.

Jo’s family fear that if the pair meet, it will push the fragile girl – who has stopped eating and already talked of suicide – over the edge.

Bollywood actress Shilpa, who was the target of racist bullies during the Channel 4 show, wanted to offer an olive branch to the former S Club singer.

Troubled Jo, 27, was among a gang of girls in the BB house accused of cruelly taunting and bullying the Indian actress – sparking a huge backlash from viewers and a global outrage which saw Jo become a hate figure and receive death threats.

It led the blonde chart-topper to sink into a deep depression, feeling her life and career are in tatters.

Big-hearted Shilpa, 31, has said she is prepared to forgive Jo for her antics and wants to meet her in the hope she can help her get back on her feet – but she has hit a brick wall.

Almost three weeks after Celeb BB ended, the film beauty has not been able to see Jo or even get a message to her.

Her family have slapped a ban on anyone from the TV show coming near her – because they are worried any such meetings will cause Jo to have a complete nervous breakdown.

The singer is too scared to go back to her home in Essex and has been holed up in a hideaway hotel since eviction.

She is on prescription drugs to try to beat her depression and only a small number of people have been allowed to see her – none of them CBB stars – for fear of triggering all the bad memories and experiences from the show.

Last night Shilpa – who has forgiven Jo for mimicking her Indian accent and joking that all Indians are thin because they get ill from eating undercooked food – issued a plea for Jo to get in touch. Her spokesman said: “Shilpa has not been able to speak to Jo and we would urge her to get in touch as soon as possible. Shilpa would really like to see her before she flies back to India next week.

“She wants Jo to know the door is open for her and she wants to help get her sorted and put all this behind her. So we want her to give us a call.”

Shilpa is not the only BB pal who has not been able to get near Jo.

Cleo Rocos, Ian “H” Watkins and Danielle Lloyd – who have all been worried sick about her after word leaked that she had been suicidal – have been unable to contact her.

A spokesman for Danielle, 23, said: “She is very concerned for Jo but she has not been able to reach her.”

And 30-year-old Ian’s agent added: “He had a mobile phone number for her but it is no longer working.

“It has not been possible to get hold of her.”

Pal Cleo, 44, revealed she is also having trouble getting a message to Jo, who she called her “soulmate”.

It appears the only people who are allowed to see Jo are her mum, a handful of family members and a close friend.

A family source said: “Jo is still very fragile and we think she needs to get herself sorted before she sees anyone from that dreaded show.

“We’re worried that if she meets up with Cleo or Shilpa or Dani in her current state it might trigger all the bad memories again and set her back – even though they are her friends.

“They know that Cleo, Dani, Ian and Shilpa mean well, but at the moment think it is best for her not to see them.

“She has been made aware that they have sent their love and want to see her.”

* SHILPA fans have set up a petition on the internet calling on her to take over disgraced Danielle’s £100,000 modelling job at Rocawear, the firm set up by rap star Jay-Z, 37.

Source: The Daily Star

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I hate how the Daily Star sensationalized the front page quote.

[GiRTh]

Awful Journalism.

[zachary]

Lol...they writing it like Jo is the victim of CBB!!!

''triggering all the bad memories and experiences from the show''?? Lol...she enjoyed it all!!

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by zacharybinx
Lol...they writing it like Jo is the victim of CBB!!!

''triggering all the bad memories and experiences from the show''?? Lol...she enjoyed it all!!

Agreed. It like she blames Shilpa for her predicament. That why I stated it was awful journalism. Trash hack.

[andybigbro]

Originally posted by zacharybinx
Lol...they writing it like Jo is the victim of CBB!!!

''triggering all the bad memories and experiences from the show''?? Lol...she enjoyed it all!!

i agree