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Former Big Brother contestant Sophie Pritchard has told Sky News Online she was bullied by Jade Goody in the 2002 show.

Sophie said Jade "made her life hell" and she does see parallels with the current Shilpa Shetty situation in the house.

The 29-year-old, from Marlow in Buckinghamshire, said Jade is "not a nice person" and "every time you speak, she tries to put you down".

Sophie came in the late in the show and claims her fellow contestant took an instant disliking to her.

She said of the abuse in 2002: "You can't be yourself in the house. You get paranoid".

It was only when she came out of the show that she realised what a negative effect Jade was having on her.


When asked about the rows with Shilpa, she said "Jade used the same tactics to make my life hell."

She suggested that it could have been a class difference because Sophie is well spoken, with her friends calling her posh.

The single mother said that when Jade came out of the house originally "everyone despised her" but "in the last few years, people have forgotten what she was really like."

She said now the true Jade has come back to the surface.

Sophie also doubts the media will shun Jade because people want to hear her side of the story.

Two of her claims to fame are that she had the first Big Brother wedding with fellow contestant Lee Pritchard and the pair had the first BB baby, although they separated last February.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...247929,00.html