As well as the Celebrity Big Brother bullying fiasco, Jade parted company with her management company and had to fight a fire that engulfed her villa while on holiday in the Caribbean.

The friend said: "Jade was beginning to think that her bad luck would never end. But getting on this show will do her the world of good.

"It’s her chance to tell her side of the story - without anybody telling her how to say it or what her ’media strategy’ should be."

Jade in ’holiday fire drama’ - April 18 2007
Jade Goody apparently had to battle flames as her Caribbean holiday villa was engulfed by a bush fire.

The Celebrity Big Brother star reportedly threw buckets of water at the advancing blaze as her two sons hid in the building, while boyfriend Jack Tweed phoned the emergency services.

The Sun reports that Jade’s family - Bobby, three, Freddie, two, and Jack escaped after firefighters eventually doused the flames.

But the villa in Tobago was affected by smoke damage and the family were forced to move to another resort.

Jade, 25, was on holiday to help her recover from the racism row over Shilpa Shetty which erupted during her time in the Big Brother house.

Far from helping her to wind down, the ordeal reduced her to tears.

She told the newspaper: "I came for a nice relaxing holiday and end up having to put out fires in my own back yard. It was really scary."

Jade: Work has ’dried up’ - April 13 2007
A planned documentary starring Jade Goody looks unlikely to go ahead after the Big Brother star was apparently axed by her management.

According to the Daily Mirror, Living TV are unsure whether they can work with the 25-year-old if she is not represented by a management agency.

Her former manager John Noel said: "I can confirm that we’ve parted company with Jade. We couldn’t agree on a strategy for a way forward. We’d like to wish her all the best for the future."

Jade had claimed that she had left the agency, according to the Mirror, but this appears to be contradicted by John Noel’s statement.

Her career has been in freefall ever since she was implicated in the Celebrity Big Brother race row and was seen as the ringleader of the group that bullied Shilpa Shetty on the show.

The mum-of-two said: "All the work has dried up. I’m living off savings."

Jade: I’m a loser - April 4 2007
Troubled Big Brother star Jade Goody has admitted she’s a "loser" and has "no talent" in her first public appearance since the race row she sparked in January.

The 25-year-old, who was accused of bullying Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty and making racist remarks, took part in a debate about reality TV at London’s South Bank Centre, the Daily Star reports.

"I’ve never looked on myself as a celebrity. I think I am an annoying person. I’m famous for being a loser: I’m famous for nothing. I don’t have talent," she apparently told the 500-strong audience.

The debate - Reality TV: The New Reality - was hosted by broadcaster Matthew Wright and Jade was joined on the panel by Celebrity Big Brother star MP George Galloway.

Jade also admitted the Channel 4 show had been edited fairly, saying: "They can’t edit me to look thick if I am.

"I controlled myself in that house. There was no one pulling strings.