Jade Goody

[Abbie]

i think she is an absolute disgrace she said she is making money out of it for her children well im sorry jade but what a sick way of making money!

I agree it can appear to be a sick way to make money

But I think its more a sad way that she feels and thinks this is the only way she can make money to ensure that her sons will be left with some money so she can try and ensure their safety after shes gone

[Chloe O'brien]

When Jade was first diagnosed with Cancer my first opinion was that I hoped she would stay out of the public eye and give herself time to get better, but hearing that the cancer has spread and her decision to make money for her kids future my heart goes out to her.

Unlike many celebs who have suffered rom Cancer over the last few years they have stayed out of the public eye until they were well enough to resume their careers. Jade does not have that luxury her time is running out and she has no career. Before Big Brother came along she was a dental assistant now all she knows is reality TV. It may not be ideal but as she says she does not want her kids growing up like she did. It's sad that she is know for making a fool of herself on TV sitting naked while playing a game of strip poker on national telly, were are those so-called mates now. Jade was gulible when she appeared on BB the first-time that's why she is looked on as some villiage idiot.

I hope Jade does beat the Cancer and get's her life back on track, she doesn't deserve to die so young and those poor boys need their Mum.

[Perdita]

Jade Goody may have a case for negligence against the NHS for missing her cervical cancer, it has been alleged.

A lawyer told The Sun that if previous biopsies taken from the reality TV star showed the same cancer "fingerprint" as her current condition, she could potentially win a case for loss of earnings.

Sarah Harman said: "If you are losing blood and collapsing, your cancer is established.

"It's strange it wasn't diagnosed. Jade's symptoms should have been investigated."

Harman added that she respected the fact that Goody does not want to sue the NHS but said that she also has two children to think about.

The Big Brother star spoke today about the "glimmer of hope" offered by a new anti-cancer drug.

[Abigail]

There are lots of reasons why a person would collapse and lose blood. Doesn't automatically point to cancer.

I should think Jade has more important things on her mind than suing the NHS, like spending quality time with her children.

[Perdita]

TRAGIC Jade Goody was recovering last night after a successful operation to remove a life-threatening tumour.

The cancer-stricken star was well enough to chat to friends and family after two hours of emergency surgery to remove a golf-ball sized blockage from her bowel.

Before the op at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital mum-of-two Jade, 27, insisted that she wanted to carry on with a fly-on-the-wall documentary series about her cancer—despite being told it had spread and she might not survive.

I have to do this for my kids“I have to do this for my kids,” she told bosses at Living TV who had considered stopping filming because of her worsening prognosis.

Jade’s plea has plunged executives at the satellite channel into a moral dilemma over filming what may be her final months. “She’s lived on reality television and she may die on reality television,” one told the News of the World.

But the channel’s chief Claudia Rosencrantz—a well-regarded former ITV boss who launched the careers of Ant and Dec—has supported Jade’s desperate desire to continue with the documentary series. Rosencrantz told a pal: “I’ve cried so much for Jade and have been very emotional for her. But she needs this money so much for her two sons.

“She also she needs the opportunity to show the world how to avoid cancer. That’s also important to her.”

Insiders at the channel have revealed they have begun daily meetings to discuss filming Jade’s rapidly deteriorating condition.


Her contract with Living ends next month with one filmed programme still to be shown. So far there have been no discussions on a renewal. But it is now expected she will sign up for more shows.

Meanwhile Jade—mum to five-year-old Bobby and four-year-old Freddie —is determined to stay positive about her future and has been given a glimmer of hope by doctors.

They have started her on cancer “wonderdrug” Topotecan which shrinks tumours that have not responded to chemotherapy. And Jade, who posed exclusively for the News of the World last month, is said to be happy and upbeat following Friday’s surgery. A medical source added: “The team are pleased with the way things went.”

Friends say all her thoughts are now focused on not despairing despite the disease spreading to her liver, bowel and groin—and she refuses to talk about death. She is telling everyone: “I want to stay alive for my boys.”

Yesterday Jade’s PR Max Clifford said the star found filming her documentary helpful —and stressed it would continue. He said: “She wants to be busy, so there’s something to keep her occupied in-between the trauma and the pain.

“She also wants to warn other people. In terms of Living TV, it’s very much, ‘Do you want us to stop, Jade? Do you want us to leave you?’. Jade’s attitude is, ‘When I’m up to it, you do the filming, that’s what I want to do’.” A source at Living TV—where Jade has worked regularly since she found fame on 2002 with Big Brother —told us: “Everyone here has got very close to Jade through filming the show. We are all praying for a miracle.

“The greatest show we could ever film would be one about Jade’s full recovery, but we have to be realistic. There is no getting around the fact that that situation is grim.”

Other broadcasters have questioned Living’s motives for continuing the filming—noting it has been one of their only successful programme franchises in the last year.

One rival channel boss said: “Jade has become synonymous with Living and she puts bums on seats. When it comes down to it that’s what matters to them, so of course they’re going to do this until the end.”

A spokesman for Living said last night: “Jade’s return to good health is our number one concern.

“We have been working in close consultation with her and we will review the continuation of the series with her when the next programme is broadcast on February 19.”

From NOTW

[Abbie]

I feel really sorry for It just seems to be more bad news after bad news

[Perdita]

JADE Goody’s boyfriend and mum bickered around her bedside, it was revealed today.

The 27-year-old cancer-sufferer had to ‘diffuse’ the situation between mum Jackiey Budden and boyfriend Jack Tweed after having emergency surgery to remove a tumour on her bowel at the weekend.

Agent Max Clifford said that the former Big Brother star, whose cancer has now spread to her bowel, liver and groin, acted as a peacemaker as tempers flared in the hospital.

Max said: "Her Mum and Jack had an argument around her bedside and Jade tried to diffuse the situation.

“It's fair to say that Jackiey is a volatile lady and if she had a problem with Jack, that that's been diffused now."

But Jade’s friend and producer Kate Jackson, who was speaking with Max on This Morning suggested that the spat came after many restless hours worrying about Jade in hospital.

Kate said: “I think emotions were running high around the bedside."

Max revealed that mum-of-two Jade is finding it hard to speak to her children -who she won't be able to see for two weeks - about the illness, but has been talking to experts about the best way to approach the subject.

Jade’s sons Bobby Jack, 5, and Freddie, 4, are staying with their dad Jeff Brazier but have also been cared for by mum Jackiey.

Max: “I think that Jade will obviously adapt as she goes on and she's very close to the boys and is a great mum. She's spoken to Kate and lots of professionals about going about it but she’ll find her own way."

Kate added: “When I spoke to her yesterday she was very sedated and out of it.

“The conversations we've had have been at her bedside when she's been quite ill. I'm sure once she comes around properly from the operation, she'll find a way of talking to the boys."

You would have thought that they stop arguing by her bedside, this is the last thing Jade needs at the moment

[Perdita]

Jade Goody has said that her recent emergency operation to help fight her cancer was a success.

The Big Brother star said that she had tubes going in to her nose and neck to provide pain relief during the bowel surgery.

Goody wrote in her new! diary: "The operation lasted nearly two hours and thankfully it was a success.

"I'm just relieved that I won't need a colostomy bag. It's one thing losing my hair, but I think a poo bag would have been too much."

At the weekend, Goody's publicist Max Clifford confirmed that the reality TV star would continue to give press and television interviews despite the spread of her cancer.

I am glad for her

[DaVeyWaVey]

STRICKEN Jade Goody is desperate to return home so she can spend her remaining time with her two young sons.
Complications from her cancer have kept the Big Brother star in hospital, where saddened doctors this week told her they are now powerless to stop the disease spreading.

But medics are hopeful the 27-year-old could yet return to her family’s Essex home and receive treatment from a community Macmillan nurse.

That would allow her to be with her beloved boys Bobby, five, and four-year-old Freddie — who visited her yesterday.

Tragic Jade is also making plans to wed. She and boyfriend Jack Tweed, 21, will tie the knot “in the next few weeks”, her spokesman Max Clifford said last night.

Yesterday tears flowed as Jade’s sons kissed and hugged her after attending a school play. Their mum had pleaded with medics: “I want my boys with me.”

The tragic truth about Jade’s condition emerged on Tuesday when she asked why no more chemotherapy was planned for her next week.

Staff at Chelsea’s Royal Marsden Hospital warned her the truth would be hard to take, but she begged to be told.

A member of the medical team she trusted then gently explained that chemo was now unable to stop her cancer spreading.

Instead, doctors’ concern now is to make her comfortable and ease the pain in the months — or even weeks — before she passes away.

Jade, cruelly robbed of her hair by gruelling sessions of chemotherapy, has drawn up a will from her hospital bed leaving her estate to her sons.

She is being comforted in a private room by mum Jackiey Budden, 50, and boyfriend Jack.

But he has to leave at 3pm daily to get home and comply with the conditions of his prison electronic-tag curfew.

A friend said: “Jade is still fighting, but she knows in her heart there’s no chance of getting out of this situation. All doctors can do is try and make her comfortable.

“It is going to be weeks now. Because she is still a young woman, the cancer cells are growing rapidly.

“A solicitor came into hospital this week.

“Jade has drawn up a will leaving her money in a trust fund for the boys.”

Jade, diagnosed with cervical cancer last August, has continued with media interviews despite her illness to make as much money as possible to leave behind for Bobby and Freddie.

Mr Clifford said: “Selling the rights to her wedding would be a sure fire way of earning a big amount of money.”

Care arrangements for her sons have been drawn up between Jackiey, Jack and the boys’ TV presenter father Jeff Brazier.

The source added: “Jade is very frightened of dying in hospital and wants to spend what time she has left at home with her boys and family close to her.”

Staff decided not to risk any more chemotherapy on Jade’s shattered body and are instead concentrating on palliative care.

They broke the news on Tuesday that earlier hopes of recovery had been dashed by the spread of the disease into her groin, liver and bowel.

Oncologists believe it is highly likely it has also spread to her brain and bones.

The Sun revealed earlier this month that Jade’s cancer had spread.

She sobbed, “I don’t want to die” as doctors told her the devastating news.

[Perdita]

She is now getting married to Jack in a £1m magazine deal. Can't blame them, the kids will need looking after and at least there should not be any financial problems.