White Dee Bb

[tamborine]

this will be fun, wot say you?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689459/Benefits-Street-star-White-Dee-set-100k-pay-day-star-Celebrity-Big-Brother.html

[tamborine]

enter the Duchess of Solihull, yikes ;)

[andy-hughes]

I love the bit where they mention her agent - she has an 'agent' ??????????????

[gingejbee]

This may say something about me, but...I recognise only two people on the list of "celebrities"....even WITH their pictures.

[gingejbee]

....and White Dee (??) wasn't one of them.

[Booldawg]

haha, brilliant! I might even watch it! I said months ago she was being managed. She's too media valuable not too be.

[Baldric]

///White Dee, Bb and this will be fun///

Looks like an Oxymoron to me!

[Zacs-Master]

And if you read a bit further:
However, despite the rumour, and Dee's obvious enthusiasm for the programme her agent today denied a deal had been made........
She was said to have accepted a six-figure deal to star in the Channel 5 reality series, but her spokesman told MailOnline that was completely false.

So a complete non story.

[trt]

From what I saw last night, the Duchess ploy didn't go as planned as she just spoke as she normally does (common) and the other 3 people, didn't take any notice of her so called Royalty status!!

[trt]

Oh, and I definitely heard her say to one of them, that she told BB that she wouldn't take part if there was no Gym!

[Dodger666]

The only "fun" thing about it is that her benefits will be stopped if they haven't been already.

As for being called a "celebrity", the mind boggles.

[Georgiesmum]

I think the programme will be a load of tripe myself, with or without her.

[andy-hughes]

Dodger- "As for being called a "celebrity", the mind boggles."

I disagree, this woman is the perfect definition of a 'celebrity' - she is famous for doing nothing of any value whatever, her saturation media coverage will be as brief as it is extensive, and she will return to the obscurity where she belongs.

Yep, tips all the 'celebrity' boxes in my world.

[jennyjoan]

Was Chanelle Houghton - a non-celebrity who became a celebrity. Well, she appeared in Daily Mail often enough.

I haven't watched BB at all until last night perchance I saw it on TV - I do think she would be a kind person. If that matters.

[Dodger666]

We will have to agree to disagree, Andy.

There is no way I would label this woman as a "Celebrity". I would also say she is more infamous for what she hasn't done rather than famous. A true celebrity will be a celebrity for ever.

[andy-hughes]

Dodger666 - "We will have to agree to disagree, Andy.

There is no way I would label this woman as a "Celebrity". I would also say she is more infamous for what she hasn't done rather than famous. A true celebrity will be a celebrity for ever."

Fair enough, although I think use of the terms 'celebrity' and 'star' are sufficient to emphise the gap between the two states of fame.

A 'celebrity' is famous for doing nothing, and will have a brief but seriously high-profile career before burning out because lack of anything concrete - music, acting, something, anything - means that people tire very quickly of one individual, who is instantly replaced by another.

A 'star' is someone whose fame is based on a body of work, music, film, television, books, or similar, and they have a lasting career based first and foremost on their inherent talent.

So, on that basis - 'White Dee' is a celebrity, Paul McCartney is a star.

[andy-hughes]

jennyjoan - "Was Chanelle Houghton - a non-celebrity who became a celebrity. Well, she appeared in Daily Mail often enough."

Chantelle Houghton demonstrated the surreal peak of celebrity status - when she entered the Big Brother house, she was working as a Paris Hilton lookalike, when she left, someone had a job as a Chantelle Houghton lookalike!

Now that is what celebrity is all about!

[Tizzi24]

A load of rubbish "celeb" on a load of rubbish programme.

[237SJ]

It`s a sorry state of affairs when decent hard working people earn minimum wages in this country but someone else can make shed loads of money simply by being a fat, slobby chav.

[sir.prize]

Dee Kelly aka White Dee is being paid £100k for Celebrity Big Brother so her manager will get a nice payday too.

[tamborine]

One less burden on the tax payer.