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| Emily is removed from Big Brother | |
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| Emily Parr has been removed from the Big Brother house for using a racially offensive word to another housemate. | Emily Parr has been removed from the Big Brother house for using a racially offensive word to another housemate. |
| The 19-year-old from Bristol was taken out of the compound at 0330 BST and was forbidden from having any further contact with the 11 other contestants. | The 19-year-old from Bristol was taken out of the compound at 0330 BST and was forbidden from having any further contact with the 11 other contestants. |
| This week's eviction vote has been suspended, in which Emily was nominated along with Shabnam Paryani. | |
| A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said that the decision had been taken because "such behaviour won't be tolerated". | A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said that the decision had been taken because "such behaviour won't be tolerated". |
| Regret | |
| Channel 4 said the offensive term was not broadcast in the programme during a live stream, and was immediately reported to senior production staff. | |
| Emily said: "Are you pushing it out, you nigger?" to Charley Uchea, while they were dancing in the living room on Wednesday evening. | |
| In consultation with broadcast executives, the decision was taken to remove Emily from the house because she had breached rules governing contestant behaviour. | |
| Charley Uchea is the cousin of Manchester United star Kieran Richardson | |
| This includes causing serious offence based on the grounds of race. | |
| Angela Jain, head of the Big Brother commissioning team, said: "The word nigger is clearly racially offensive and there was no justification for its use." | |
| She added: "She [Emily] understands why her involvement has come to an end and she very much regrets what she said. | |
| "I think people watching the show tonight will agree that Emily spoke carelessly rather than maliciously - certainly Charley and Nicky, the two housemates most directly involved in the conversation with her, seemed to accept that she did." | |
| Ms Jain said that the decision had been taken in the wake of the alleged racist bullying of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year. | |
| The broadcaster was censured by media watchdog Ofcom and ordered to make a series of on-air apologies for the incident which prompted a flood of complaints. |