AimzsterUK Big Brother in hot water over racist comments
January 17th 2007 11:28
What the hell is wrong with society this week?
Latest reports from Britain's Celebrity Big Brother have shown what 'celebrity' status can do to a person.
I guess the girls inside the house, mainly Jade Goody (ex UK BB housemate), Danielle Lloyd (who? Apparently she was Miss England) and Jo O'Meara (former S Club 7 singer) feel very threatened at how glamourous their housemate Shilpa Shetty is.
For those who in Oz who don't know, Shilpa is one of India's popular Bollywood stars. I'm sure she would be that famous to be shipped off to Britain to appear on BB but the reception wasn't what she would've expected.
This report from The Sun - who actively updates on the annual BB event - reports that the girls have said racist and derogatory comments attacking Shilpa, reducing her to tears.
Such comments are about the people of India, and general distaste for Shilpa, which is offensive and insulting. Shilpa has done nothing to provoke such attacks.
I think it's utterly mortifying that these people who were respected in the industry (and I would've expected a 'little' better from Jo O'Meara cos she was an idol to young kids) to show absolutely disgusting behaviour towards a person of another race. On camera. And in front of millions of viewers.
And because this type of fodder creates ratings for Channel 4, producers are doing SHIT ALL about it.
Of course, some may be wondering how other countries find the 'celebrity' series entertaining. Yes, Australia did Celebrity BB too, but it was light-hearted and for a good cause and we learnt a lot about the people who were involved in the show (minus the Warwick Capper incident but at least BB did something about it). Fascination with celebrities in reality shows are rife in Britain just as much as the US. The papers go insane over anything. Here, we are having issues trying to adjust to the WAGs phenomenon, let alone more hype about local celebrities.
But to wrap things up for the night, I hope the Channel 4 does something about this because enough damage has been done and feelings have been hurt enough.
Latest reports from Britain's Celebrity Big Brother have shown what 'celebrity' status can do to a person.
I guess the girls inside the house, mainly Jade Goody (ex UK BB housemate), Danielle Lloyd (who? Apparently she was Miss England) and Jo O'Meara (former S Club 7 singer) feel very threatened at how glamourous their housemate Shilpa Shetty is.
Shilpa Shetty/Source: Bollywood Online
For those who in Oz who don't know, Shilpa is one of India's popular Bollywood stars. I'm sure she would be that famous to be shipped off to Britain to appear on BB but the reception wasn't what she would've expected.
This report from The Sun - who actively updates on the annual BB event - reports that the girls have said racist and derogatory comments attacking Shilpa, reducing her to tears.
Such comments are about the people of India, and general distaste for Shilpa, which is offensive and insulting. Shilpa has done nothing to provoke such attacks.
I think it's utterly mortifying that these people who were respected in the industry (and I would've expected a 'little' better from Jo O'Meara cos she was an idol to young kids) to show absolutely disgusting behaviour towards a person of another race. On camera. And in front of millions of viewers.
And because this type of fodder creates ratings for Channel 4, producers are doing SHIT ALL about it.
Of course, some may be wondering how other countries find the 'celebrity' series entertaining. Yes, Australia did Celebrity BB too, but it was light-hearted and for a good cause and we learnt a lot about the people who were involved in the show (minus the Warwick Capper incident but at least BB did something about it). Fascination with celebrities in reality shows are rife in Britain just as much as the US. The papers go insane over anything. Here, we are having issues trying to adjust to the WAGs phenomenon, let alone more hype about local celebrities.
But to wrap things up for the night, I hope the Channel 4 does something about this because enough damage has been done and feelings have been hurt enough.
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