[MrGaryy]

Originally posted by Ruth

But I read her saying that she knew that there was a chance that she might have the illness when she went to India

I still think if she really wanted to protect her children from 'the truth' about her illness, she wouldn't be on loads of magazines talking about it.

Thats how Bigg Boss execs twisted it and how the papers turned it, she said that in her book she had been given the all clear.

[Ruth]

How do you know that it was Jade who was being truthful?

[MrGaryy]

Originally posted by Ruth
How do you know that it was Jade who was being truthful?

I have no reason to believe she wasn't.

[Arneldo]

The fact is Jade isnt doing loads of interviews about her illness. She did one for Living TV because she had already signed a contract with them before she knew and she done one with OK! Every other story is from the papers with no direct source from Jade, or her agent.

Jade isn't getting much TV work these days and she has a family to support. She can hardly go and apply for a new job down in a butchers now, can she? She is being offered money to tell her story and to tell others how she is dealing with her illness.

On "Living With...' Jade explained she went for test but she was told it would be okay to go into "Big Boss", so she did because it was an opportunity she couldn't turn down. She admitted she needed the money and it gave the Indian public a chance to see the real her.

[Fom]

Originally posted by Arneldo
The fact is Jade isnt doing loads of interviews about her illness. She did one for Living TV because she had already signed a contract with them before she knew and she done one with OK! Every other story is from the papers with no direct source from Jade, or her agent.

Jade isn't getting much TV work these days and she has a family to support. She can hardly go and apply for a new job down in a butchers now, can she? She is being offered money to tell her story and to tell others how she is dealing with her illness.

On "Living With...' Jade explained she went for test but she was told it would be okay to go into "Big Boss", so she did because it was an opportunity she couldn't turn down. She admitted she needed the money and it gave the Indian public a chance to see the real her.

She owns a salon shop! If she never got another Celeb related job again she still has an income coming in...

[Tom]

Originally posted by Arneldo
The fact is Jade isnt doing loads of interviews about her illness. She did one for Living TV because she had already signed a contract with them before she knew and she done one with OK! Every other story is from the papers with no direct source from Jade, or her agent.

Jade isn't getting much TV work these days and she has a family to support. She can hardly go and apply for a new job down in a butchers now, can she? She is being offered money to tell her story and to tell others how she is dealing with her illness.

On "Living With...' Jade explained she went for test but she was told it would be okay to go into "Big Boss", so she did because it was an opportunity she couldn't turn down. She admitted she needed the money and it gave the Indian public a chance to see the real her.

So she doesn't already have millions and she doesn't have a book, perfume etc? She probably wakes up richer than when she went to bed the night before.

[Ruth]

Well - I'm not going to fall out with anyone over this. Everyone on this thread is a decent person, but we all have our own views. Those that like Jade will think one thing, those that don't will think another.

Even though I do not, never have and almost certainly never will like her at all, I would not wish cancer on her or anyone else. I have seen the damage and pain that this awful illness can cause to sufferers and their loved ones, and I do hope that she makes a full recovery.

[Ruth]

Originally posted by Gazbo

I have no reason to believe she wasn't.

Her history of lying makes it hard for me to believe her.

Incidentally, she didn't write the book - just like her column in Now, and her previous book, this one is ghostwritten, although obviously she would have some input into it. But everyone involved in that book will be in Jade's cap - remember, it's all designed to put her in the best possible light. It's part of the huge publicity machine that is Jade Goody.

In response to your other question when you asked why I thought that people had to help others to be considered a good person - I didn't actually say that. I did say something in response to a specific point which Sticks made, when he compared Jade to Craig Phillips.

[Sticks]

According to one tabloid, because of the publicity around her case more women are coming forward to have the smear test, which can not be a bad thing if in the long run this saves lives

[Ruth]

Originally posted by Sticks
According to one tabloid, because of the publicity around her case more women are coming forward to have the smear test, which can not be a bad thing if in the long run this saves lives

Well if that's true, it is certainly a good thing. I can believe it - stories like this do make people more aware of the potential risk to themselves.