Tom Doyle :: TALK

Not many people admit to watching Big Brother, so it should come as no surprise when I say that I haven’t been watching it this year. But I admit to have watched it in the past.

This year, I really just couldn’t get into the people that were lined up to appear in the show. With the return of Jade Goody to the show, it just shows how ridiculous reality tv shows have got. Jade Goody a celebrity? ok, fair enough……

Anyway, after watching Sky news yesterday and how people were protesting at the shows producers, claiming that there was bullying and racism taking place on the show, I couldn’t help but laugh. Last night I decided to watch the show to see what all the fuss was about, bear that point in mind as I go on.

After a few minutes, I felt myself falling asleep in boredom. I was quickly woken by a foul mouthed scream from Jade Goody, “Go back to the slums and find out what real life is about, lady!!!!!”. To some, that may sound like a racist remark, but for me, knowing that it came from Jade Goody, just confirmed that the girl is a slight bit dumb and completely ignorant to what is going on everywhere else in the world. It certainly wasn’t meant as a racist comment in my opinion, it was just a stupid girl that knew little of anything outside her own little world. I have to admit, the few scenes I saw of Shilpa instantly gave me a disliking to her. She herself is arrogant and believes she is above everyone else.

But neither Jade Goody or her two partners in crime are to blame for all this hype that is surrounding the show at the moment. I put the blame entirely on the shows producers.

Yesterday must have been a dream come true for the presenters. Their show was mentioned on news stations across the world, all bringing a huge amount of publicity to the show.

And rather than trying to deflect the criticism from the public, they just added more fuel to the fire by carfeully selecting more scenes of bitching, bullying and fighting between the 4 women.

This is reality tv gone too far.