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Article: Focus: Big Brother: Jade As seen on TV, as crucified by tabloids She's the mouthy one from `Big Brother'. The one who thinks East Anglia is abroad. The one everyone is having a laugh about. But, says John Morrish, the life of this fame-seeker is too real for reality TV
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 7, 2002
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So it was Adele, after all. As the self-styled lesbian virgin
emerged from the Big Brother house to a disturbing chorus of boos,
Jade, the early favourite for eviction, settled down to another week
inside.
This was an extraordinary turn of events. At the beginning of the
week, Jade Goody, a 21-year-old dental nurse from south London, was
described in the tabloids as "the most hated woman in Britain". She
was at the head of the list of those facing eviction, having accrued
six votes from her housemates - Adele Roberts received only two - and
she was a dead cert as far as the bookies were concerned.
But then, as the vilification mounted, Jade seems to have
benefited from a wave of sympathy. ...