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Racist remarks made against Shilpa

Shilpa Shetty has apparently been at the receiving end of some racist remarks in the house of Big Brother.

Shilpa, who is one of the 'hottest' contestants of UK television show Celebrity Big Brother, continues to hold her position in the house in the show’s second week, much to the annoyance of certain other contestants in the house.

Jack Tweedy, for instance, has been bitching about Shilpa with his girlfriend Jade Goody, and he has allegedly made a racist remark against Shilpa, calling her "you bloody Paki". Paki is a derogatory term mostly used by the whites in UK and Canada to insult a South Asian.

Goody has said Shetty "makes my skin crawl", while Danielle Lloyd, a former beauty queen, has called her "a dog."

Jo O'Meara, another contestant, refused to eat a chicken roasted by Shetty because she claimed it was too spicy and undercooked, prompting Shetty to burst in to tears.

'Jackson Five' star Jermaine Jackson has consoled Shetty by quoting his brother Michael's hit Man in The Mirror. "They need to look in the mirror before they can make that charge," he told her.

Although the television channel airing the programme is said to have muted the word with a beep sound, but the movement of Jack’s lips reveal what he said. Shilpa was reportedly shocked at hearing the comment but she did not respond. Apparently, she deems Jacks remark not worth responding, and very rightly so.

Meanwhile, Shilpa has lent her support to PETA in UK. And the Animal activists in their turn are encouraging voters to back Shilpa to become the show’s next winner.

posted by nK @ 8:39 PM Comments: 1