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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. Almost nine million people watched Goody being interviewed by host Davina McCall, according to overnight ratings.
"I'm not racist, but looking at that film I can see why it has had the impact it's had," she said. Goody said her behaviour was "nasty" adding: "I'm not racist, but I can see why it has had the impact it's had."
"I look like one of those people I don't like." On seeing clips from the show, she said: "I look like one of those people I don't like."
Apology I apologise to anyone I offended Jade Goody Instead of emerging from the house to the usual crowd, Goody was taken straight to a studio for the interview.
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 shocked when McCall showed her TV news headlines - revealing that Goody's comments and behaviour had become the subject of questions in the House of Commons and 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 saying: "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 About 40,000 viewers have complained about the showViewers 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.
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. Comments have included Goody calling Shetty "Shilpa Poppadom".
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." Goody insisted on the show that she "didn't say Shilpa Poppadom in a racial way" and that she did not judge people "by the colour of their skin".
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. Goody told McCall: "I can see why it looks like bullying.
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.
"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.""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 It was a straightforward contest between Shilpa and Jade, between good and bad Shetty family spokesman The audience for Friday's coverage peaked at 8.8 million between 2245 and 2300 GMT, according to the unofficial overnight figures. The entire show averaged 7.8 million.
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 comparison, an average of 7.7 million saw Pete Bennett win the last non-celebrity version of Big Brother in August - Channel 4's biggest audience of 2006.
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. On Saturday, London mayor Ken Livingstone told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was "delighted" at her eviction.
"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 everyone is delighted that we got the result we did last night," he said.
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. "Otherwise the image of Britain across India, which is the second-biggest investor in London after America now, would have been really damaged and it would have done a lot of harm to people's jobs."
TV watchdog Ofcom has now had over 36,000 complaints about the programme, leading sponsor Carphone Warehouse to suspend its affiliation with the show. A spokesman for Shetty's family said: "This vote has shown that goodness always prevails, like in Bollywood films.
I have heard worse so called abuse on playgrounds and in internet chat rooms - all it helped was the ratings for a very tired programme Julie, Hereford Have your say on Celebrity Big Brother "This vote was not about just one contestant facing eviction," Dale Bhagwagar told the Agence France-Presse news agency.
"It was a straightforward contest between Shilpa and Jade, between good and bad."
Earlier, Shetty was asked by Big Brother whether 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."
The furore saw politicians including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron drawn into the row, while more than 50 MPs have signed a motion condemning the programme. But Channel 4 has continued to stand by it.
TV watchdog Ofcom has now had about 40,000 complaints and sponsor Carphone Warehouse has suspended its affiliation with the show.