sorry about this but

[smiffy65]

did any one of you see the shilpa shetty statement on sky,if you did'nt you can see it on sky website,I dont know whether its me or not I just did'nt get it,Shilpy states over and over again that she did not think it was racist and wants an end to it,but the media seem to be pushing her to say it was Racist, they have even brought Narinda from a past big brother into it what is going on,

[andy-hughes]

i didn't see the statement, but objectively, because Shilpa chooses not to see the comments made to and about her as racist does no mean that they were not, ir indeed that they were racist - it is simply her position, which she is fully entitled to take.

Damage is not caused on the basis of perceived intent to harm - if it were, then no-one would ever run over and injure or kill a stranger in the road, because no harm was intended, but that does not mean that no harm was caused.

To me, a racist is someone who dislikes or fears someone on the basis of their ethnicity, and reacts in a hostile manner with words or actions. on my definition, Jade's behaviour was racist, whether she intended it to be, or not.

To simply say rthat you did not mean harm to someone does not automatically negate the harm you may have done.

The facile argument put forward be people with basic low-grade mistrust and dislike of their races is that "I'm not racist ... some of my friends are Asian ..." which is meaningless.

I do believe that this issue was blown out of all proportion by the media, but the issue rasied was a relavent one. Jade was intimidated by Shipla, and ensured a campaign of low-grade bullying and an unpleasant atmosphere was created by bringing the other two (quite willingly) into it. Jade carried the can, but the rest of the Housemates, and Channel 4 have nothing to be proud of for letting this situation arise, fester, and then blow up whilst doing little or nothing to stop it.

[ludwig]

It wasn't racism, it was bullying. It was 2 mingers and an airhead ganiging up on the prettiest/cleverest girl in the class, just like they do in playgrounds the world over.

I loathe racism in all its forms, including the form that says, 'whenever 3 white people gang up on a black person, it's because the white people are racists'.

Why can't it just be because they're obnoxious idiots?

[dyli795]

the fact that they are obnoxious idiots was well proven by them. one bit that stands out for me was when Shilpa asked "aren't you going to say anything?" and they just laughed in her face instead, just dross!

[craigiep]

I watched Shetty being interviewed by Kay Burley on Sky One tonight. Burley was repeatedly trying to get Shetty to say it was racism, in a blatant attempt to secure some kind of story for Sky News but Shetty was standing her ground. Recaling how Shetty's reaction in the CBB House immediately after the row was that it WAS racism and how she 'coincidentally' changed her mind completely after WW3 kicked off, I suspect she made some kind of deal with Big Brother bosses which she ain't gonna break now. Shetty has been shoved in our faces from every media orifice in the last few days, with endless interviews in the tabloids. Talk about milking it for all it's worth. I'd had enough of her superior manner after she'd only been in the CBB House a few minutes, so this is way beyond my tolerance levels. Will Shetty please SHUT THE **** UP & DISAPPEAR BACK OFF OUR RADAR

[brachiopod]

Well said, craigiep
It's the tabloids I feel sorry for, being forced to put her on the front pages day after day, and all those poor hacks being forced to stay behind without paid overtime and being made to write thousands of column inches about her in particular and BB in general.....

[craigiep]

Shilpa said in that interview 'racism is not in my dictionary...racism doesn't even exist in my world' - so how come she said in the CBB House that Jade & Co's behaviour was racism? She also claims Jade & Co acted out of jealousy of her - a view shared by many people, it seems. I don't agree. It was obvious to me watching that they simply found Shilpa extremely annoying and disliked her personality, and that's precisely how Jade & Co explained themselves on emerging from the House. CBB Housemates last year found Jodie Marsh annoying and attacked her accordingly, yet they weren't publicly crucified for it.

[jean88]

Because she's not going to see these ppl again and she's moving on to bigger and better things. She doesn't want to cause any more controversies and it's not doing anyone including herself any favours. She thought it was only a game and want it over with.