Tabloid Digest

Recent events on Celebrity Big Brother have turned into an international incident, with India making protests over the treatment of Bollywood Actress, Shilpa Shetty.

It started when celebrities Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd, Jo O’Meara and Jade’s mother Jackiey Budden took a dislike to Shilpa. Shilpa is elegant and graceful, successful and beautiful, but perhaps a little arrogant.

Some of the comments made by the housemates have shown their ignorance and have been unpleasant. Jade Goody showed bullying behaviour when she appeared on Big Brother in 2002 and does not seem to have matured in the intervening years. There have been 15,OOO complaints to Ofcom (TV watchdog) regarding the comments, made about Shilpa, being bullying and racist.

Channel 4, who air the show have said they have no plans to remove any contestants. Sources have suggested that between 1 and 3 contestants will join the show today.

The programme was discussed today in the House of Commons with Prime Minister, Tony Blair being asked to comment and saying “I agree entirely with the principle that we should condemn racism in all its forms.” In response to India’s concerns, the British Government have said “We are looking into all aspects. We will take appropriate action”.

The situation in the Big Brother house is now very tense, but there has been a boost to viewing figures.