Channel 4 received a record number of complaints after some contestants on Celebrity Big Brother, including Jade Goody, apparently made fun of and bullied Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. And of course, there was some racism in there, too. Apparently they made fun of her accent and made a couple of really weak comments which vaguely made reference to her race.
What have we come to when this many people who don't know this woman from Sheeva phone in to complain about some things they heard said about her on the TV? One person even phoned the police. In no way is any form of bullying acceptable or to be condoned, but that's ALL it is: bullying, at the very most. The idea of racism in this case is absurd. What these people don't realise is that bullies take whatever attributes they can to pick on, and in this case it just HAPPENED to be Shilpa's race. It's not right, but there are no sinister undertones to it. No one showed any hatred or violent intent. Get over it.
And while we're on the subject of controversy, we may want to check out Shetty's family's connections with the Indian Mafia.
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