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| I'm not racist, says TV's Goody | I'm not racist, says TV's Goody |
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| Jade Goody, at the centre of an alleged race row on Celebrity Big Brother, has been evicted from the Channel 4 show. | Jade Goody, at the centre of an alleged race row on Celebrity Big Brother, has been evicted from the Channel 4 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. | 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. |
| After being shown clips from the Big Brother show, which had led to the allegations, Goody said: "It's nasty. | After being shown clips from the Big Brother show, which had led to the allegations, Goody said: "It's nasty. |
| "I'm not racist, but looking at that film I can see why it has had the impact it's had," she said. | "I'm not racist, but looking at that film I can see why it has had the impact it's had," she said. |
| "I look like one of those people I don't like." | "I look like one of those people I don't like." |
| Apology | Apology |
| Instead of emerging from the house to a crowd - which is usual for an eviction show - Goody was taken straight to a studio for an interview with host Davina McCall. | Instead of emerging from the house to a crowd - which is usual for an eviction show - Goody was taken straight to a studio for an interview with host Davina McCall. |
| She looked visibly shocked when McCall showed her clips from TV news headlines about the row - revealing to Goody that her comments and behaviour in the house had become the subject of questions in the House of Commons and of public debate in India. | She looked visibly shocked when McCall showed her clips from TV news headlines about the row - revealing to Goody that her comments and behaviour in the house had become the subject of questions in the House of Commons and of public debate in India. |
| She was silent for a few seconds before she said: "That's intense." | She was silent for a few seconds before she said: "That's intense." |
| Goody, who received 82% of the total votes cast, added: "I apologise to anyone I offended." | Goody, who received 82% of the total votes cast, added: "I apologise to anyone I offended." |
| 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 before leaving the house. | 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 before leaving the house. |
| She made up with Shetty before the eviction, with Shetty saying she did not believe Goody was racist. | 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. | 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 Goody's boyfriend Jack Tweed of bullying Shetty. | Viewers have accused Goody, as well as former S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara, model Danielle Lloyd and Goody's boyfriend Jack Tweed of bullying Shetty. |
| Comments have included Goody calling Shetty "Shilpa Poppadom" in a comment to another housemate. | Comments have included Goody calling Shetty "Shilpa Poppadom" in a comment to another housemate. |
| Goody had insisted on the show that she "didn't say Shilpa Poppadom in a racial way" and that she does not judge people "by the colour of their skin". | |
| When asked about claims of bullying, Goody told McCall: "I can see why it looks like bullying. | When asked about claims of bullying, Goody told McCall: "I can see why it looks like bullying. |
| "I'm disgusted in myself for saying what I have just seen myself saying. I do not approve of any of my actions and I do not approve of the words that came out of my mouth." | |
| Thousands of viewers have complained about the show | Thousands of viewers have complained about the show |
| 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. |
| "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." |
| 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. |