Goody or Baddie?
21/01/07 18:27 |
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The generally accepted evidence against her seems to rest on whether the specific words she spoke about fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty were racist comments, but is racism about individual words or is it about an 'attitude' towards someone from a different culture or race? Either way, is it not all bullying in it's most basic form?
Jade took the public flak for being the most vocal and visible in the CBB house. Her outburst against Shilpa was true 'car crash' TV and I am sure the producers of the programme were popping the champagne corks while congratulating each other for their fine casting and manipulation of the growing animosity being shown by Jade and her cronies towards Shilpa. They must in turn share the guilt.
Jade's two closest allies, an ex-singer and a silly girl who lives with a footballer (that's celebrity?) were just as guilty as Jade but relied on making comments behind Shilpa's back - their mimicking of Shilpa's Indian accent was particularly juvenile.
So does Jade deserve the treatment she is getting? Hell yes. She was guilty of bullying whether it be racist or otherwise and that should never be tolerated.
If it is the end of her career - which I do not believe for a second, as the UK public has the memory span of a goldfish - she will be able to console herself with the millions she has accumulated from a career being seen as thick. Her ego will be damaged because she has allowed herself to believe what her sycophantical PR agents have told her - hence her delusional claim to be the 25th most influential person in the world!!
But, whatever opinion you may hold about the latest goings on in the big televised house on Channel Four, you have to stand back and be amazed at the ballyhoo from around the world about what is in essence a very silly programme!
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