Shilpa–bashing scares Big Brother sponsor

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Alleged bullying and racist abuse of glamorous Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on "Celebrity Big Brother" may leave the British reality television programme without its big sponsor, the Times has reported. Britain's media watchdog Ofcom is probing thousands of complaints related to charges of racist bullying towards Shetty, 31, who has regularly been reduced to tears by the antics of some of her fellow housemates, and her treatment could even be debated in parliament.

MP Keith Vaz tabled a early day motion, which are used by lawmakers to highlight an issue, in relation to the show, in which the activities of Shetty and eight other famous faces locked in a house are broadcast round the clock by Channel Four. Carphone Warehouse, a British mobile phone retailer,...