By 20 January, the day after Goody's eviction, the number of complaints stood at 40,000. [4] The final figure was given by Ofcom as "just over" 44,500 complaints. [1] :1.4 As of 2021, this is the British television broadcast with the second-highest number of complaints. [11] [12] Media reaction [ edit ] Addict died in restaurant toilet". 14 September 2005. Archived from the original on 12 April 2006 . Retrieved 28 August 2019. Jade 'donating TV fee to charity' ". Entertainment. BBC News. 21 January 2007 . Retrieved 12 April 2018.

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She was soon shunted out of the house with no public reception and made to confront what she had done. The bullied had become the bully and she was once more a figure of hate. This was popular entertainment as news. She sobbed endlessly: “I won’t defend myself.” What did it tell us about class, race and celebrity? And redemption? It told some of us very complicated things. Goody was mixed race and grew up in an area where the National Front was active and the flats were smeared with graffiti. Yet she was ignorantly racist to an Indian woman. Jade Goody – Shows – Virgin Media". Livingtv.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009 . Retrieved 22 February 2009. But of course, I would agree entirely with the principle that we should oppose racism in all its forms." 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 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 Broadcasting Code, and statutory sanctions were placed on the network. Since the controversy, and following the removal of Parr in the eighth series, Big Brother has continued to have a zero-tolerance policy on the use of any potentially offensive or discriminatory language – either on the programme or in public before it – resulting in the removal of several Housemates. These have included Ken Morley, [59] Christopher Biggins, [60] Rodrigo Alves, [61] Tila Tequila, [62] Andrew Tate [63] and Ellis Hillon. [64] Contestants [ edit ]

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Rod Liddle (11 February 2009). "Jade Goody reminds us how arbitrary is success and how close to death we are". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013 . Retrieved 10 September 2013. Goody, Jade (15 September 2008). "Introduction". Jade: Catch A Falling Star. John Blake (published 15 September 2009). p.15. ISBN 978-1844547258. On 15 January, it was reported that media regulator Ofcom was investigating approximately 200 complaints of racism it had received. [5] Following the broadcast of Lloyd and O'Meara's conversation about cooking in India, this number increased to 3,500 complaints, with a further 1,000 complaining to Channel 4 directly. [6] By 5pm on 16 January, the complaint figures stood at 10,000 to Ofcom, and 2,000 to Channel 4. [7] Goody's melodrama was just as wild when the cameras were not rolling. She once said she entered the Big Brother house in 2002 for "peace and quiet ... I thought it was going to be a hotel where I could be a kid. I've never been a kid." Weaver, Matthew (22 March 2009). "Tributes pour in for Jade Goody after reality star dies from cancer, aged 27". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 March 2010.