Celebrity Big Brother - General Discussion

[Debs]

They have apparently nominated and jade and shilpa are up!

Jade wil go, she is relaly hated at the mo!

i thought jo might win this too, but now she has no chance!

[no1abbafan]

One thing that strikes me is Jade's other half is getting off very lightly here, he is as big a problem as the girls, more dangerous IMHO, he passes these comments, like, "she should be made live outside" and is getting away with it. I don't like him at all. When those 3 "Celeb" witches get evicted, then TV and radio and newspapers should ignore them, not interview them, then see how they like disappearing into obscurity!! its what they deserve, don't give them airtime.

[Chloe O'brien]

The difference between Jade and the others is that she is not hiding her hatered for Shilpa she is saying what she has to say and is not bothered if Shilpa hears the nasty comments or not, but Jack and the others are trying to be sneeky with their comments so they can play "oh I'm thick as mince and I wasn't aware I said those things card" and when she comes out on Friday I hope she gets booed you will see the terror in Jack, Jo and Danielles face when they hear the reception she gets, what the little weasels change their attidude towards shilpa.

[Debs]

Carphone warehouse have withdrawn their sponsorship of cbb and ch 4 are realeasing a statement at half 2 about the situation!

not statement, holding a press conference!

[Jojo]

Carphone Warehouse has suspended sponsorship of Celebrity Big Brother following allegations of racism toward actress Shilpa Shetty on the C4 show.

The company said its sponsorship would be removed from the current series "with immediate effect".

The move follows media watchdog Ofcom's demand that C4 must respond to complaints about 'racist' comments.

"Clearly what is happening is very serious," said Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards.

A record 30,000 complaints have been made over alleged racist remarks towards Indian actress and Big Brother contestant Shetty.

Three of her fellow housemates have been accused of racist behaviour, with Jade Goody receiving the brunt of the public criticism.

However a spokeswoman for Goody, 25, who had an explosive row with Shetty on Wednesday, has denied she is a racist.

"I would urge anyone who says that Jade is a racist to produce the evidence to support the claim," she said on Thursday.

"I have not heard Jade say anything that could be interpreted as a racist remark."

Ofcom chairman Ed Richards said that "any allegation of racism is very serious".

He said Ofcom will write to Channel 4 shortly but "in the meantime, it is Channel 4's responsibility to respond to very significant viewer concerns."

He added that the watchdog was "taking the matter very seriously and monitoring the situation very, very carefully".

"One can think of other circumstances where people have rushed to judgment and repented at leisure," he added.

He told a media conference in Oxford that the watchdog would not conduct a "kangaroo court".

'Victim'

Shetty spoke for the first time of fears that she is a victim of racism on Wednesday.

She told housemate Cleo Rocos that she feared she was being targeted because of her race.

Rocos, comforting the Bollywood actress following the row over stock cubes, told Shetty: "I don't think there's anything racist in it."

But Shetty said: "It is, I'm telling you."

Reports say Shetty and Goody are to go head-to-head in the next Celebrity Big Brother evictions on Friday, with Goody 1-5 favourite to get the boot.

'Go home'

Contestant Danielle Lloyd has also hit out at the Bollywood star, saying Shetty should just "go home" , adding that "she can't even speak English properly".

In a statement, Channel 4 said there had been "no overt racial abuse or racist behaviour," despite more than 27,000 complaints from the public to media regulator Ofcom and 3,000 directly to the channel.

"Unambiguous racist behaviour and language is not tolerated under any circumstances in the Big Brother house. Housemates are constantly monitored and Channel 4 would intervene if a clear instance of this arose," it said.

However, Channel 4 admitted there had "undoubtedly been a cultural and class clash between her and three of the British females in the house."

However, the explosion of media coverage has seen audience figures rise, with 3.5 million viewers tuning in on Monday, 4.5 million on Tuesday and 5.2 million on Wednesday - equalling the highest figure for this series since the live launch.

The story has made the headlines in India, and a small-scale protest in the eastern Indian city of Patna saw the burning of an effigy of the show's organisers.

Politicians have entered the row, with Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Jack Straw among those commenting on the programme.

The leader of Unison, the UK's biggest trade union, has attacked Channel 4 over the Big Brother controversy, accusing the station of promoting a "circus of racism" and giving publicity to "louts".

Former England batsman, Geoff Boycott, a friend of Shetty, told the BBC Asian Network that he was not impressed by what he had seen so far.

"It is totally alien to most Asian girls, in particular Shilpa Shetty, who's known in India for being a really nice girl; she's not up her own self; she's not full of herself," he said.

And the National Bullying helpline has reported a rise in phonecalls since the alleged bullying on Celebrity Big Brother.

[babyblue]

I want danielle out more than I want jade out, and the way BB dealt with her was ridiculous. It was plain to see what she meant when she said it but she wriggled out of it and they let her.

[Abbie]

I soooooooooo hope Jade goes, i hate her so much, I though before she was ok and a laugh on telly but now I just find her disgusting.

[soapyclean]

Boot this lot out and then can the show, it's a load of drivel.

[Chloe O'brien]

Jade has told Big Brother that appending "poppadom" to Shilpa's name was not intended as a racist comment.

In scenes to be transmitted tonight on Channel 4, Jade was called to the diary room and asked about a conversation with Danielle in which she called Shilpa 'Shilpa *******awhiler' and 'Shilpa Poppadom'.

"Shilpa Poppadom," Jade reiterated when confronted. "I explained that for the other two trying to get her name out. Her name is not Shilpa Harry or Shilpa Tweed or Shilpa Mackintosh, she is Indian, so will have an Indian name. No racial anything.

"She is Indian, thinking of an Indian name and only thing I could think of was Indian food. Wasn't racial at all. It was not to offend any Indian out there."

[Jessie Wallace]

Jade has told Big Brother that appending "poppadom" to Shilpa's name was not intended as a racist comment.

In scenes to be transmitted tonight on Channel 4, Jade was called to the diary room and asked about a conversation with Danielle in which she called Shilpa 'Shilpa *******awhiler' and 'Shilpa Poppadom'.

"Shilpa Poppadom," Jade reiterated when confronted. "I explained that for the other two trying to get her name out. Her name is not Shilpa Harry or Shilpa Tweed or Shilpa Mackintosh, she is Indian, so will have an Indian name. No racial anything.

"She is Indian, thinking of an Indian name and only thing I could think of was Indian food. Wasn't racial at all. It was not to offend any Indian out there."

I watched that tonight, and have decided that she is definatly not being Rasist, she's just a bit dim, and doesn't think before she speak's, and doesn't really mean think's in the way she say's them, it's just the way she is!!