Emily Turffed Out Of The Big Brother House For Racist Abuse
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
We all know (well those who watch this abysmal crap, ahem) that contestant Emily on C4’s Big Brother doesn’t like fellow contestant Charley very much. However, things turned nasty last night after Emily said “Are you pushing it out, you nigger?” to Charley, while they were dancing in the living room.
Indian-born Nicky Maxwell, who was also present, said to Emily: “Erm, I can’t believe you just said that.”
Charley said “You are in trouble”, adding she was “in shock”.
Emily replied: “Don’t make a big thing out of it… I was joking.”
In consultation with broadcast executives, the decision was taken to remove Emily from the house because she had breached rules governing contestant behaviour.
Angela Jain, head of the Big Brother commissioning team, said: “The word nigger is clearly racially offensive and there was no justification for its use.”
She added: “She [Emily] understands why her involvement has come to an end and she very much regrets what she said.
“I think people watching the show tonight will agree that Emily spoke carelessly rather than maliciously - certainly Charley and Nicky, the two housemates most directly involved in the conversation with her, seemed to accept that she did.”
Source: BBC News
July 24th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
i hate how you have treather her she said she was sorry what more can she do bb didnt kick jade out did they no they is just un fair and how you r treatin the is prejduced i think