shilpa shetti double standards

@tanya6 (333)
January 30, 2007 6:01am CST
i am so shocked at the way this years big brother went but i am not suprised by the outcome channel four had to do something to save all the indian veiwers from abandoning them. why is it that jade jo and dannielle all got branded racist for imatating shilpas accent when shilpa herself had a bash at dirks and dannielles and jades also in the house i know they all treated her badly but to go as far as to say it was racism is just rubbish. how do you feel about this issue.
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30 Jan 07
I also think that it was the 'poppodom' comment that resulted in Jade been branded as a racist, although I don't think she intended it as a racist remark, I just think she was too silly to realise what she was doing. What I don't think everyone realises is that it was Danielle who sparked off all the anger against Shilpa, she was the one that was b*tching about her in the toilet with Jo and Jade and called her a 'dog', and she also pretended to be friends with Shilpa and then twisted her words and ran back to Jade giving her a completely different story. So personally I think she was the catalyst. Although I don't think they intended to be racist with their remarks, I do think the 3 girls were guilty of bullying Shilpa and their behaviour was unacceptable. It's also worth pointing out that if people insist that the girls were racist then surely Jermaine's comment that Jackie was "white trash" must be racist too?
@tanya6 (333)
30 Jan 07
oh my god thats exactly how i see it i agree with you on it all very well put...
30 Jan 07
I think it was jade calling shilpa 'shilpa poppadom' that tipped it over the edge although to be honest I'm still not sure if she really didn't know that her words would be judged as racist, I know she's thick but surely not THAT thick!
@tanya6 (333)
30 Jan 07
i do agree with you the poppadom comment was very idiotic but then is that really racism how mad is this country and shilpa was not even bothered when she was shown the footage if anything she just looked embarassed to be shown it live on tv she managed to rise above the childish antics and showed that really the people who took the time to phone up and complain were all just overeacting and that her life has alot more in it than some silly tv show.
• India
30 Jan 07
about the worlds used by jade it is racism if you had checked that video you would come to know, but at that time -fight was going on between them so i cant say that as racist remarks many use the world, in many other programs too some worlds like f**k, b**ch are used during the anger , about the progrem the media hyped as now viewers had reached a high, so just spoiled the image of channel 4 thats it.
@tanya6 (333)
30 Jan 07
i have seen the vidoe many a time and i have to say the comments made by jade were rude and harsh i am not condoning her behaviour but i do feel that the media made a complete uproar from nothing really. when shilpa left the house she looked very crushed when she was shown the playback of the comments made some of these comments she was unaware of and if anything the media made shilpa feel worse. she came to the end of the show with a belief that she had real friends in the house but all that channel four did was embarrass her i think live on tv to the whole nation. and as far as i am concerned there was no racism if there was on jades part then all the housemates are guilty of it as they all had a dig about one anothers race at one time in the house.