Shilpa Doesn’t Feel Jade Is Racist

Earlier yesterday, Celebrity Big Brother contestant Shilpa talked in the Diary Room about how she was feeling in the House. Big Brother regularly talks to all Big Brother housemates about how they are finding life in the Big Brother house.

When asked if she was feeling happy, Shilpa replied:

“Yeah I’m OK, happiness is a state of mind, I mean it just depends on what you think makes you happy, I’m happy. I’m happy and I try to be happy in every given situation, I wasn’t happy, mm, 2 days ago. Um, well the way I live, if something has saddened me I try, it takes me a day to understand, analyse, and then I just leave it right there and then I move on, that’s the way I’ve always lived”.

Shilpa continued “Today I am in a calm frame of mind so I would just like to say that um, an apology is definitely in order, and if Jade apologises I, I will apologise back and um, and make up with her. But I know that is not going to come forth from Jade’s side, um and she thinks what she did was right and that was the right way to behave so I’m cool with that so I’d rather just be away, and keep my respect so that’s that – I don’t have anything against Jade, I just, I just don’t like the way she speaks that is my only complaint against Jade, I have nothing to say against her as a person, I think she has really worked hard to be where she is right now, um, and I respect people who have come up the hard way but, er, oh she definitely needs to brush up on some manners and the way she speaks”.

Big Brother then asked “Shilpa, you mentioned you were not happy 2 days ago, BB noticed that you had a conversation with Cleo in the bedroom following an argument with Jade. You implied that you thought the differences between the two of you could be racially motivated?”

Shilpa responded by saying “No actually I take that back. I thought it was cos everybody was having an argument with me and I take that back. I don’t think that is true, you know people say things in a fit of anger and erm, I stand corrected so, I don't want people to think and feel that way and I continue to feel that way. So even if I said it I would like you to please clarify and put this as a statement from my side if you can. That I don’t feel there was any racial discrimination happening from Jade's end. Erm, I don’t think that is true. That’s it. I think that there are a lot of insecurities from her end but it’s definitely not racial. So yeah, that’s the way I feel.”

Celebrity Big Brother, Friday 19 January – 8.30 and 10.30pm on Channel 4 (LIVE on E4 streaming).