celebrity big brother 4,000 complaints

[quadrophenia]

story here

TenaLady - I can. I speak from personal experience.

sneering that 'you don't know where them hands have been...', not racist? LVT, i though that would have tipped you over the edge...

It's like the distinction between calling someone amoral and immoral, isn't it.

If they have no morals across the board, don't even seem to understand the concept they are amoral (like an animal is) but if they have some inkling of what they are doing, and importantly distinguish who they attack rather than attacking everyone and make such a distinction along race lines, then they are racist - and this is exactly what they are doing. Why mention it at all otherwise, just call her a skinny cow who winds you up. That would be 'just' bullying.

Also, I caught a bit of This Morning earlier and they had the beauty queens friend on who was of mixed race. This I took as a tacit message that she couldn't then be racist as she had a black friend. Well it doesn't follow necessarily. She has problems with Shilpa that probably stem from jealousy, but her manner of expressing them is undoubtedly racist.

It is also shocking that none of the older housemates have told them to stop it. Maybe it's an indictment on fame and the fundamental shallowness of the characters it collects?

Try looking out of the window instead folks, it's much more interesting

all i can see is people rushing past and cars trying to get parked. not more interesting.
agree totally about amoral/immoral monkeytrousers.

I think we should all log a complaint with ofcom then Big brother will have to do something about it - You are always going to have small minded uneducated people out there who feel that racism is ok but the fact that the program producers dont seem to be doing anything about it is wrong ! I have logged onto the ofcom web site and they have a link straight to big brother complaints!

I did that too a couple of days ago.

I am watching live feed while working.

They are nominating

Shilpa really not happy

I too complained on monday, not my style to complain 'bout tv and I would'nt say I was particularly pc but this kind of casual ignorant racism is NOT OK. The people behaving like this should be pulled up for it so others who think making comments and disrespecting people by calling them the name of the country they come from (!!??) rethink their attitudes.

therr is now a police investigation ti just said on the news

got that wrong take no notice

OMG, Tony Blair has commented and in India they are burning efergies (sp?!) of Jade, Danielle and Jo and their government are 'monitoring the situation'!

it's got a bit out of hand! still channel 4 have 1 million more viewers so i guess they're happy

The view out of this window is kack.

It's just a brick wall and the roof of the building next to ours.

Down w/Jade!

And whoever those other two pitiful hoochies are.

are they really shphh? I heard that the government in India were looking into it.

omg jo the minty no mark is actually washed and dressed today

I havent seen much of CBB, the only bits I have seen appear to be when Danielle, Jo and Jade have been sat slagging off Shilpa. I didnt seeJack call shilpa a Paki or any of the bits with Jades mum in. When I have managed to tune in danielle,Jo and Jade seem to be talking of nothing else but Shilpa.
They are nasty bitches, who would want to be associated with these 3 horrible women after watching this?
Shilpa is beautiful inside and out, and I think they are probably jealous of her. When this is over they will all be in Heat Magazine protesting their innocence and claiming that they have been edited badly and that things were taken out of context.
I definatly wouldnt want to be friends with Danielle or have anything to do with her after watching this... she seems the worst of a bad bunch.

I agree that Danielle is the least attractive character of them all. She's such a spiteful little thing. Has obviously got by because she's pretty and too shallow to have any scruples.

who knows if shilpa is really beautiful on the inside or if she's just a normal woman who hates their guts but feels that she represents her country to some degree (as she said when she went in) and is too clever to really let rip? that's what i think, personally.

none of which excuses the coven's behaviour, of course. i for one am staggered by shilpa's composure under the circumstances... of course she came onto BB in order to enhance her profile and good luck to her, i wish her all the best. still doesn't mean she should have to put up with this racist crap.

channel four's reply to my complaint.

Thank you for contacting Viewer Enquiries and for your e-mail regarding the interaction between the housemates in this years' CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER.

We are sorry to read that you are concerned by the treatment of Shilpa by other housemates. I can assure you that every housemates? well-being is of paramount importance to both the production team and Channel 4 and at any point, any housemate can come to the diary room, off camera, and talk to either a member of the production team, psychotherapist or doctor should they feel the need to.

As a viewer of the programme I am sure you will appreciate that the social interactions and dynamics of the group are one of the key parts of the Big Brother story and a part that viewers have a right to see portrayed fairly and accurately, even when it may make for uncomfortable viewing. By the nature of the show this often includes incidents where housemates are not getting on or in situations of conflict. While we do try to encourage housemates to try and resolve any issues between them should that be possible, our duty to present the story as it unfolds is of course balanced with our regulatory duty not to broadcast material that may cause unjustifiable offence. We can assure you that we take matters of bullying and racial abuse very seriously and do not tolerate or condone such behaviour. Big Brother is closely monitoring all the housemates at all times, to ensure they have the appropriate support inside the house, and to take appropriate measures to reprimand such behaviour whe

re necessary.

Finally, thank you for taking the time to write in with your concerns, which have been logged for the information of those responsible for our programming.

Kind regards,

Max Whitman
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries

got same email, pathetic generated one as always
useless fecks

am listening to jade ranting about shilpa last night, and also there's a film of the jade vs shilpa conversation/argument on googlevideo.

PMSL... didn't exactly think it was a reply to me alone... can you imagine them trying to craft emails to everyone? honestly, you got to go and search googlemail, jade's gone mad... ranting and raving. cleo useless as usual.

Gordon Brown is currently in India. Here's an excerpt from Ananova:

Chancellor Gordon Brown has stepped into the row over Celebrity Big Brother, describing alleged racist comments made on the programme as "offensive".

Mr Brown, on a visit to India, told local reporters that people were right to regard the alleged racist comments made on the show as offensive. He added that he condemned anything which harmed Britain's reputation as a tolerant land.

He said: "I understand that in the UK there have already been 10,000 complaints from viewers about these remarks, which people see, rightly, as offensive. I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn."

An aide said the Chancellor had not seen the programmes in which the remarks were made, though he has watched Big Brother in the past.

not googlemail, sorry, googlevideo.