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The ''Celebrity Big Brother'' racism controversy was a series of events related to incidents of racist behaviour by contestants on the British television series ''Celebrity Big Brother 5'', shown on British television station Channel 4. The incidents centred on comments made by contestants on this reality television show, most notably Jade Goody, glamour model Danielle Lloyd, and singer Jo O'Meara, which were directed towards Indian actress Shilpa Shetty. The screening of these comments on UK television resulted in national and international media coverage, responses from the UK and Indian governments, and the show's suspension during the 2008 season. Many agencies and corporations cancelled their contracts with the housemates accused of racism, citing the allegations as the reason for the terminations. Also, many sponsors of the ''Big Brother'' series cancelled or suspended their sponsorship of the show. After the show, Goody stated that she understood her comments appeared as racist and apologised for any offence caused. Shetty later told the media that she forgave Goody. After conducting an investigation, Ofcom ruled that Channel 4 had breached the Ofcom code of conduct, and statutory sanctions were placed on the network. ==Background== The fifth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' began on 3 January 2007. On Day 1, eleven celebrity housemates entered the ''Big Brother'' house, including model Danielle Lloyd, singer Jo O'Meara and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. Then, on Day 3, former ''Big Brother'' housemate Jade Goody entered the house, accompanied by her boyfriend Jack Tweed and her mother Jackiey Budden. During Budden's relatively short stay in the house, she and Shetty clashed on numerous occasions. Budden claimed that she was unable to pronounce "Shilpa", and referred to Shetty as "Princess" and "the Indian". During her eviction interview, after Budden used the term "the Indian", presenter Davina McCall coerced Budden into saying "Shilpa" and Jackiey pronounced it properly. After Budden's eviction, Goody's boyfriend Jack Tweed called Shetty an expletive, with the bleeped-out expletive variously reported as "cunt" and "Paki" who should remove objects from the toilet with her teeth. The night that Carole Malone was evicted, Lloyd was heard to refer to Shetty as a "dog". However, the first large upsurge in complaints occurred after a conversation between Lloyd and O'Meara was shown, during which O'Meara generalised that all Indians were thin because they were "sick all the time" as a result of undercooking their food, following their belief that Shetty had undercooked a chicken.〔 Lloyd also mentioned that she didn't like Shetty touching her food because she didn't "know where her hands have been". Lloyd, O'Meara and Goody repeatedly maintained a belief that Shetty was "fake", and "a mole". The tensions in the house came to a peak on Day 15, when an explosive argument between Shetty and Goody erupted, seemingly over stock cubes. During this argument, Goody told Shetty that she was "not no fucking princess here", "normal" and needed "a day in the slums", while Shetty told Goody that her "claim to fame was (Brother'' )". Witnessed by a giggling O'Meara and Lloyd, Lloyd said afterwards she thought Shetty should "fuck off home". She also said Shilpa "can't even speak English properly anyway". The next morning, Goody referred to Shetty as, 'Shilpa Fuckawallah', 'Shilpa Daroopa' and 'Shilpa Poppadom'. She later insisted that she had done this with no intention of racism. She later apologised if her actions had offended anybody. After Goody apologised to Shetty for her behaviour, Tweed stated that he was very disappointed with Goody for apologising, and called Shetty a "dick" after previously describing her as a "wanker". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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