Now a contrite Jade has given her £50,000 appearance fee to charity, together with £50,000 from the News of the World. The paper said she was being paid nothing for the interview.

Jade said of Shilpa: "She was a victim of bullying and racism, yes. I can understand why she would have said that."

She added she was now "shocked and disgusted" by her own behaviour and she had not realised before how she could be so "intimidating or bullying".

Asked about her labelling the Bollywood actress "Shilpa Poppadom", she said she did not think "poppadom" was a racist word.

She said that "things that I may not think are racist can actually be racist" but it was her own fault for being ignorant about other people’s cultures.

"I hate myself right now," she added.

Jade evicted from Big Brother house - Jan 19 2007
Jade Goody has become the third person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house.

Jade, 25, was hot favourite to be booted off the show after being accused of racism following angry clashes with Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.

Instead of emerging from the house to face the usual crowds, the former dental nurse was being taken straight to a studio for an interview with presenter Davina McCall.

A worried looking Jade was close to tears after hearing the result of the public vote.

Jade, who now has some inkling of the race row that is raging outside the Big Brother house, was reassured that Davina would look after her when she left.

Earlier, TV bosses banned crowds from confronting Jade, saying the evictee would be unaware of the "heated public debate" that has been raging outside the house.

Realising her behaviour had sparked a race row, Jade had pleaded with the show’s producers to let her avoid the eviction night crowd.

She said she was "petrified" by the idea of facing the public "because people think I’m a racist bitch".

"I’ve never been more scared in my life. I swear to that," she said.

The Big Brother veteran will also be spared the prospect of the post-eviction press conference.

Jade and Danielle apologise - Jan 19 2007
Jade and Danielle have both apologised to Shilpa in a belated attempt at reconciliation.

Yesterday evening the Bollywood star and Jade had a heart to heart, initiated by the reality star.

The 25-year-old said: "I know that what has happened has not been nice for you... and a lot of stuff got said the other day from you and from myself. I didn’t say it in a racial way... I do not judge people by the colour of their skin."

Shilpa replied: "I know that, I don’t think you’re racist. I really appreciate that you took the first step."

The pair then hugged and made up after giggling over how trivial the argument was.

As the housemates went to bed it was Danielle’s turn to apologise, crouching beside her bed to claim she was "disgusted" by her behaviour.

She told Shilpa: "I didn’t agree with some of the things you said to Jade, but I especially didn’t agree with some of the things that Jade said to you.

"I’m sorry. Cos I’m young and quite naive, I’ve probably took the route where I’ll stick with Jade.

"I feel really disgusted at myself... I’m following the leader, following the group - when [you are] a really nice girl."

The WAG then admitted she felt intimidated by Jade.