Celebrity Big Brother
Wednesday 17th January, 2007 19:27 Comments: 4
I'll expand on this entry later, but for now I just have one quick question. How did the protesters that have been burning effigies in the streets of India get to watch the show? Perhaps they've been watching it online - via a UK web proxy. I'm surprised that anyones noticed any racial comments on the show, I didn't realise anyone had been watching it this year.
EDIT: I heard this quote from Gordon Brown: "I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn". Notice how he said tolerance and not acceptance. So you can think racist thoughts, just as long as you don't say them on live TV. It's funny how no one complained when other contestants took the piss out of Wales or the Welsh accent when Glyn Wise, the runner up in the last Big Brother, or his Big Brother housemate ex-Miss Wales Imogen Thomas were there.
Apparently, Indian TV news was dominated by images of Shilpa Shetty in tears after arguments with flatmates, during which she was allegedly called a "Paki" and a "cunt". Since when has cunt been a racist term? It's very offensive, I very rarely say it myself, but it's not racist.
In one recent argument on the show, Goody told Shetty: "Go back to the slums and find out what real life is like, lady. You are not some princess in fucking Neverland. You're not some princess here... you need a day in the slums... fucking go in your community."
Again, is that racist? It sounds more like a class divide to me, I'm fairly sure if any rich actress were in that house they'd get the same treatment from Jade. To be fair, any middle class person would probably get it from her too. Shetty lives on the entire seventh floor of an apartment building in one of Bombay's most exclusive neighbourhoods, where rents are as high as they are in London. She was born into a wealthy family, and is constantly attended by a retinue of servants, including a full-time hairdresser.
Channel 4 and Endemol, makers of Big Brother, are facing a lawsuit from viewers who say they were distressed by what they saw. Clearly these people never leave the house, or are wrapped up in cotton wool, or just want to claim some money. Cunts.
EDIT: I heard this quote from Gordon Brown: "I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn". Notice how he said tolerance and not acceptance. So you can think racist thoughts, just as long as you don't say them on live TV. It's funny how no one complained when other contestants took the piss out of Wales or the Welsh accent when Glyn Wise, the runner up in the last Big Brother, or his Big Brother housemate ex-Miss Wales Imogen Thomas were there.
Apparently, Indian TV news was dominated by images of Shilpa Shetty in tears after arguments with flatmates, during which she was allegedly called a "Paki" and a "cunt". Since when has cunt been a racist term? It's very offensive, I very rarely say it myself, but it's not racist.
In one recent argument on the show, Goody told Shetty: "Go back to the slums and find out what real life is like, lady. You are not some princess in fucking Neverland. You're not some princess here... you need a day in the slums... fucking go in your community."
Again, is that racist? It sounds more like a class divide to me, I'm fairly sure if any rich actress were in that house they'd get the same treatment from Jade. To be fair, any middle class person would probably get it from her too. Shetty lives on the entire seventh floor of an apartment building in one of Bombay's most exclusive neighbourhoods, where rents are as high as they are in London. She was born into a wealthy family, and is constantly attended by a retinue of servants, including a full-time hairdresser.
Channel 4 and Endemol, makers of Big Brother, are facing a lawsuit from viewers who say they were distressed by what they saw. Clearly these people never leave the house, or are wrapped up in cotton wool, or just want to claim some money. Cunts.
Fab - Thursday 18th January, 2007 10:34 Too mindless and boring to watch you mean? I reckon the Indias were watching it as they want to drool over the Bollywood actress!
Mr Tejuja said that the Big Brother producers came to India to recruit a top actress and convinced Shetty that it would be extremely prestigious for her to appear on the Channel 4 programme. He said that Shetty put three movie projects under way in India on hold in order to clear the time to appear on Big Brother.
Hehehehe, that made me laugh. I can't believe they conned her into this show, or that she put 3 movies on hold!
Hehehehe, that made me laugh. I can't believe they conned her into this show, or that she put 3 movies on hold!
Oh boy, I bet she regrets it now! Obviously no one told her that Celebrity Big Brother is usually stuffed with has beens!
Gordon Brown, who is on a visit to India, told reporters a vote for Shilpa is a vote for Britain and British tolerance.
Except that the public are meant to vote for the person they want to evict, so if you want Shilpa to stay you should vote for Jade to go tonight. Although with 50:1 odds-on for eviction, I think she'll be going out anyway.
Jade told Shilpa: "I know that what has happened has not been nice for you... and a lot of stuff got said the other day from you and from myself. I didn't say it in a racial way... I do not judge people by the colour of their skin."
Shilpa replied: "I know that, I don't think you're racist. I really appreciate that you took the first step."
I wonder if viewing figures will drop once this all blows over?
Except that the public are meant to vote for the person they want to evict, so if you want Shilpa to stay you should vote for Jade to go tonight. Although with 50:1 odds-on for eviction, I think she'll be going out anyway.
Jade told Shilpa: "I know that what has happened has not been nice for you... and a lot of stuff got said the other day from you and from myself. I didn't say it in a racial way... I do not judge people by the colour of their skin."
Shilpa replied: "I know that, I don't think you're racist. I really appreciate that you took the first step."
I wonder if viewing figures will drop once this all blows over?