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BIG Brother legend Jade Goody would be horrified by the race storm exploding in this year’s TV house, her mum said yesterday.

Jackiey Budden, 55, said her daughter would be turning in her grave at the shock developments on the show.

On Monday night socialite Gina Rio branded cougar housemate Jemima Slade, 41, a “racist bitch” for revealing she would not date a black guy.

But yesterday Jackiey accused Gina, 24, of getting it “all wrong”.

And she warned the clash could destroy Jemima’s life the way rowing with Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, 38, ruined Jade’s.

Jackiey said: “What happened in the Big Brother house with Shilpa caused Jade a lot of trouble with the public.

“Big Brother bosses need to be very careful how they play it with Jemima, or it could happen again.

“The poor woman had to go to the diary room and get a strike.

“I wasn’t very happy for her – she shouldn’t have had a warning.”

Jade, who died of cancer in 2009 aged 27, sparked a worldwide storm after she called the actress “Shilpa Poppadom” in Celebrity Big Brother 2007.

Jemima angered Gina on Monday when she said: “I wouldn’t generally go for a black guy.

“I like darker guys, but not black guys. I wouldn’t go for Chinese guys. I wouldn’t generally.

“That’s not my taste. I like mixed race.”

And she further enraged Gina by telling her: “You probably wouldn’t date a white guy.”

But she snapped back, screaming at Jemima: “I’d be ashamed if I knew you.”

Yesterday Jackiey backed dating site owner Jemima, saying: “I think Gina was taking it all wrong.

“She’s blowing it out of all proportion. Jemima hasn’t said or done anything wrong.

“If I was her I would have just said: ‘No I am not racist, I am not prejudiced, I just tend not to go for black guys.’

“I don’t think there was anything racist in what Jemima said whatsoever. She wasn’t abusive, she didn’t swear.

“If Jade was here I think she’d be against Gina, telling her she’d taken it out of context.”

Jackiey said watching the spat made her “livid” and she accused Gina of using sneaky tactics.

She fumed: “I think Gina is playing a big game. She’s causing this disruption so she won’t get evicted.

“She is the one who made it a problem, she is making it as big as she can. She does nothing in the house except put on make-up.”

Big Brother fans also reacted with fury following the clash between Gina and Jemima.

Many agreed with Jackiey that Gina had “played the race card” and Jemima had done nothing wrong.

Viewers hit the web to register their disgust that she had been given a formal warning. Reece Reid tweeted: “Are people not allowed to have preferences without being branded a racist?”

SkyBlueTuffy added: “The race row is ludicrous. Racist because black guys aren’t to her taste? Really?”

JazzSmithx blasted: “I can’t believe they are turning it into a racist comment.”

And JoeGibbons93 said: “Wasn’t even remotely racist. Pathetic from Gina.”

Gina, who once lived in London’s Savoy Hotel and receives a £10,000-a-month allowance, is now 4-11 favourite to be the first housemate
evicted on Friday.

Catch the next episode of Big Brother on Channel 5 tonight at 10pm.

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