Jade Goody

Jade Goody

Jade Goody

Tens of thousands of Channel 4 viewers protested over Jade’s apparent racial bullying of fellow Celebrity Big Brother contestant and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.

But the reality star denies her four-day trip to India is an attempt to rehabilitate her reputation.

"I am not giving the money to improve my image. It is to improve the lives of the underprivileged children," she told reporters at a news conference yesterday, after promising to donate all her Big Brother winnings to charity.

Jade donates £25,000 to Indian runaways - Feb 28 2007

Jade Goody has donated £25,000 to an Indian charity that cares for children who run away from their homes.

The disgraced reality TV star’s donation came during an image-rebuilding visit to the country after the fallout from the Celebrity Big Brother bullying row.

Jade spent nearly 90 minutes with some of the children at the Anubhav - or Experience - charity in the Indian capital.

"I am not giving the money to improve my image. It is to improve the lives of the underprivileged children," she told reporters.

Shilpa Shetty won the TV reality contest after Jade outraged the public and sparked allegations of racism over her treatment of the Bollywood beauty.

Jade, who is on a four-day visit to New Delhi, said she has received a warm welcome.

"This was not a publicity stunt. Nobody knew I was coming out here," she said, adding that she paid for the trip herself.

She said she would not visit Mumbai to meet Shilpa.

Race row Jade arrives in India - Feb 27 2007

Jade Goody has finally made her trip to India following the Big Brother race row.

The star, 25, has left boyfriend Jack Tweed, 19, and her two sons Freddy, two, and Bobby, three, at home and is staying at Le Meridien in Delhi.

She said: "I’m here on a private visit, for four days. People have been really nice out here.

"It’s private and there are no cameras or anything. I’ve paid for the trip myself. That’s all I want to say."

Asked if she got recognised on the street, the former dental nurse, who is thought to have set off from the UK yesterday, replied: "Yeh, yeh, but people are being so nice."

"I like the food here. Everyone knows I love an Indian."

Jade, who sparked fury on the streets of India following her row with Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, is staying at a £190 per-night club room at the hotel, which boasts a swimming pool, spa and Jacuzzi.

Rooms overlook the presidential estate, India Gate and Indian parliament.

Jade’s agent Catherine Lister said: "It’s a private visit. We’re not releasing very much information.

"It’s private, funded by Jade herself and not in association with any newspapers or magazines."

Comic Relief drops Jade - Feb 22 2007

Jade Goody has been axed from Comic Relief over the Celebrity Big Brother race row.

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Biography

Big Brother’s most famous contestant was born in Bermondsey, where she worked as a dental nurse before becoming Britain’s favourite reason to stay in school.

Jade caused a tabloid frenzy the minute she walked into the BB house with her idiotic questions and unbelievable lack of common sense. She asked if East Anglia was near Tunisia and if Cambridge was in London, she took her clothes off to reveal her ’kebab’, administered the infamous PJ BJ and got a minging verruca.

The tabloids branded her a fat pig and she bitched about all of her fellow housemates openly but somehow she made it through to the final four and gained thousands of fans along the way. When Jade left the house, she was interviewed on any and every chat show in the country, appeared on the cover of Heat five times (she was even their biggest selling cover star) and even had a Channel 4 follow up documentary, What Jade Did Next, made about her in the weeks following her eviction.

Having dropped three dress sizes in matter of months, the Bermondsey girl made one of the most successful exercise videos ever, even beating skinny Geri Halliwell’s yoga workout effort to the top DVD chart spot. In the meantime Jade fell in love with Jeff Brazier, Shipwrecked’s Essex wide boy and became pregnant with her first son, Bobby. Jeff and Jade have been on an off ever since, but have recently opened a tanning salon and beauty parlour together following Jade’s qualification as a beauty therapist.

Jade Goody remains a reality TV show legend most recently appearing in Celebrity Wife Swap with Millionaire cheat Major Charles Ingram while heavily pregnant and hormonal and Back To Reality, Five’s flop Big Brother rip off in which Jade showed the nation she hadn’t learnt anything new, asking James Hewitt if he’d been ’sworded’ and if wood pigeons were like ferrets.

October 2007

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