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| Goody voted off TV's Big Brother | Goody voted off TV's Big Brother |
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| Jade Goody, at the centre of an alleged racism row on Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother, has been evicted. | |
| Goody, 25, was up against Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who had been the target of the alleged abuse from Goody and others in the reality TV show. | Goody, 25, was up against Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who had been the target of the alleged abuse from Goody and others in the reality TV show. |
| Instead of emerging from the house to a crowd, Goody was taken to a studio for an interview with host Davina McCall. | |
| Channel 4 decided not to have a crowd outside the house, as is usual on the eviction show, after the public furore. | Channel 4 decided not to have a crowd outside the house, as is usual on the eviction show, after the public furore. |
| Relief | Relief |
| After announcing Goody was the third person to be voted out of the house, McCall reminded viewers: "Jade obviously has no idea that for the last week she has been at the centre of an international crisis." | |
| Goody received 82% of the total votes cast. | Goody received 82% of the total votes cast. |
| On hearing the news Goody breathed a sigh of relief and said: "OK." | On hearing the news Goody breathed a sigh of relief and said: "OK." |
| She hugged Shetty before turning to kiss Her boyfriend, Jack Tweed. | She hugged Shetty before turning to kiss Her boyfriend, Jack Tweed. |
| "I knew and I'll be fine... I'm gonna start to cry and I don't want to cry," she said. | "I knew and I'll be fine... I'm gonna start to cry and I don't want to cry," she said. |
| Goody, who rose to fame in the non-celebrity version of Big Brother in 2002, already had an inkling there had been a furore around her alleged racist comments. | |
| She made up with Shetty before the eviction, with Shetty saying she did not believe Goody was racist. | |
| I don't think she would do something that would be anything close to being racist Shilpa Shetty | I don't think she would do something that would be anything close to being racist Shilpa Shetty |
| Goody told Big Brother on Thursday: "I'll be going because people think I'm a racist bitch and I'm not. I'm not at all. | |
| She added: "I'll be so scared when I've got to go. But I don't want no special treatment, like no-one there or none of that malarkey." | She added: "I'll be so scared when I've got to go. But I don't want no special treatment, like no-one there or none of that malarkey." |
| Viewers have accused Goody, as well as former S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara, model Danielle Lloyd and Tweed of bullying Shetty. | Viewers have accused Goody, as well as former S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara, model Danielle Lloyd and Tweed of bullying Shetty. |
| Comments have included Goody calling Shetty "Shilpa Poppadom". | Comments have included Goody calling Shetty "Shilpa Poppadom". |
| But Goody has insisted she "didn't say Shilpa Poppadom in a racial way" and that she does not judge people "by the colour of their skin". | But Goody has insisted she "didn't say Shilpa Poppadom in a racial way" and that she does not judge people "by the colour of their skin". |
| In the show that preceded the eviction announcement, Shetty was asked by Big Brother whether - as she had told housemate Cleo Rocos - she felt her argument with Jade was racially motivated. | In the show that preceded the eviction announcement, Shetty was asked by Big Brother whether - as she had told housemate Cleo Rocos - she felt her argument with Jade was racially motivated. |
| But Shetty said: "I think it's a sequence of events that created that misunderstanding and made me believe for maybe a fraction of a second that I thought she was being racist but I don't think so today, in hindsight, that she was being racist. | But Shetty said: "I think it's a sequence of events that created that misunderstanding and made me believe for maybe a fraction of a second that I thought she was being racist but I don't think so today, in hindsight, that she was being racist. |
| Thousands of viewers have complained about the show | Thousands of viewers have complained about the show |
| "I think that's being too presumptuous on my part, and I give her the benefit of the doubt that she is someone who's nice deep down within her heart and I don't think she would do something that would be anything close to being racist." | "I think that's being too presumptuous on my part, and I give her the benefit of the doubt that she is someone who's nice deep down within her heart and I don't think she would do something that would be anything close to being racist." |
| After talking to Big Brother, during which Goody was asked if she understood why her comments may been seen as racist, Goody asked Shetty to have a chat in the garden. | After talking to Big Brother, during which Goody was asked if she understood why her comments may been seen as racist, Goody asked Shetty to have a chat in the garden. |
| She told Shetty: "I said something which I just want you to know that it did not mean nothing. I said 'I don't know who she is, Shilpa whatever-her-name-is, Shilpa this, Shilpa that, Shilpa Poppadom'. | She told Shetty: "I said something which I just want you to know that it did not mean nothing. I said 'I don't know who she is, Shilpa whatever-her-name-is, Shilpa this, Shilpa that, Shilpa Poppadom'. |
| "That is what my word was, Shilpa Poppadom. And I didn't say Shilpa Poppadom in a racial way or any form of a racial thing, I do not judge people by the colour of their skin, but I was trying to think of an Indian name and I couldn't think of one." | "That is what my word was, Shilpa Poppadom. And I didn't say Shilpa Poppadom in a racial way or any form of a racial thing, I do not judge people by the colour of their skin, but I was trying to think of an Indian name and I couldn't think of one." |
| Shetty replied: "I don't think you're racist, but it did come across as kind of racial, what you said even before that." | Shetty replied: "I don't think you're racist, but it did come across as kind of racial, what you said even before that." |
| She added: "You've said that, it's going to be out and a lot of Indians have heard it. Trust me, it's not gonna go down well." | She added: "You've said that, it's going to be out and a lot of Indians have heard it. Trust me, it's not gonna go down well." |
| The furore has seen politicians including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron drawn into the row, while 35 MPs have signed a motion condemning the programme, although Channel 4 has stood by it. | The furore has seen politicians including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron drawn into the row, while 35 MPs have signed a motion condemning the programme, although Channel 4 has stood by it. |
| TV watchdog Ofcom has now had over 36,000 complaints about the programme, leading sponsor Carphone Warehouse to suspend its affiliation with the show. | TV watchdog Ofcom has now had over 36,000 complaints about the programme, leading sponsor Carphone Warehouse to suspend its affiliation with the show. |