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Saint posted:

I never bought into Jade as some star with anything like star quality/charisma

 

I don't get why people were interested in her.

 

Tbh I never liked her - and the Shilpa debacle was disgusting

I never particularly liked Jade either, but equally I thought the hate campaign against her during BB3 was disgusting. Not liking a HM is one thing, but actually travelling round to the studio just so you can shout "KILL THE PIG!" at them is quite another... 

I've said before that it took me a long time as a viewer to forgive Graham Norton for his part in the vilification... 

 

I could sort-of understand why some people were interested in her: in particular, I know a lot of teenage girls saw her as being much more representative of their lives than the rich, airbrushed celebrities usually served up to them as role models. 

That said, I've always felt that her popularity was exaggerated - possibly as a backlash to the preceding hate campaign. When she died, I saw a BBC news report that described her as winning BB - in fact she came last out of four in the final Vote-to-Win, with barely 20% of the vote...

I never bought, or even read, any of the mags that featured her, nor did I ever buy her perfume or other products, but then I was never part of her target audience...

 

I fully agree with you about the Shilpa debacle. For me, the most heart-breaking moment was Shilpa's interview after she won. Jade had already apologized to Shilpa in the house, so she had a rough idea about what had been going on, however she hadn't fully grasped the sheer scale of it. She was expecting to be shown a few clips of dodgy insults, but instead had to sit through several minutes of continuous abuse, all the while trying to remain stoic.

It was deeply uncomfortable viewing...  

Eugene's Lair
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