Hitesh Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 This will probably all kick off again but just came across this... <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6048656.ece" target="_blank">Link</a> <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Jade Goody, the reality TV star who died last month of cervical cancer aged 27, represented �all that is paltry and wretched about Britain�, Sir Michael Parkinson has said. He told Radio Times: "Jade Goody has her own place in the history of television and, while it�s significant, it�s nothing to be proud of. Her death is as sad as the death of any young person, but it�s not the passing of a martyr or a saint or, God help us, Princess Di. �When we clear the media smoke screen from around her death, what we�re left with is a woman who came to represent all that�s paltry and wretched about Britain today. �She was brought up on a sink estate, as a child came to know drugs and crime, was barely educated, ignorant and puerile. Then she was projected to celebrity by Big Brother and became a media chattel to be exploited till the day she died.� Max Clifford, Goody�s publicist, said: �What Michael forgets to mention is that Jade already has saved countless lives of young women through her battle with cervical cancer. And she has provided the best possible education for her boys and stressed the importance of that.� Thousands of mourners turned out to say farewell to Goody at the TV star�s funeral at the weekend. Friends and family gathered in St John the Baptist Church in Buckhurst for the service. Her widower, Jack Tweed 21, was among the six pallbearers for her white coffin which arrived in a vintage rolls Rolls-Royce.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> I won't comment but I think my views are known about her...
BoneDog Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 Gotta say I was never a fan of hers in the slightest. Was disgusted by her a few times. I just found it not nice what some said about her just after she died. Touched a nerve cos I was pished and that's why I had a paddy!
Uncle Albert Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 Another shit thread. Nobody actually cares anymore so I dont see why people like Parkinson are coming out now aswell speaking about her. Dickhead.
Hitesh Posted 7 April 2009 Author Posted 7 April 2009 Another shit thread. Nobody actually cares anymore so I dont see why people like Parkinson are coming out now aswell speaking about her. Dickhead. He was probably asked about it by the Radio Times journalist amongst other things and the paper have just taken that part out most likely. I'm sure he didn't just go to the paper and say all this stuff. Most likely asked his opinion on it as it was in the news a LOT!
Dr The Singh Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 This. I wonder what Michael Parkinson would say about you Ultra, I doubt it would be as nice as what he's said about Goody!!
Corky Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 It's time to let her be. She had people who liked and disliked her, as does everyone, and we should move on now. The press should stop dragging it up, let it be and concentrate on current events.
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Katy Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 So dragging yourself out of the gutter and trying to make something of yourself is a crime these days is it?
Uncle Albert Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 So dragging yourself out of the gutter and trying to make something of yourself is a crime these days is it? Depends on how you make something of yourself really. Obviously if me or you were to become a famous person through our abilities such as acting or something then maybe you deserve all the plaudits you recieve. What really pisses me off is that while Goody has passed away another two people have also died through tragic circumstances and have also left children behind them but they arent having their names plastered all over the tabloids. And the other two people who died had alot more to be famous for than a Big Brother contestant, she couldnt even win that.
Corky Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 So dragging yourself out of the gutter and trying to make something of yourself is a crime these days is it? It's probably more a dig about the coverage surrounding her death I suppose.
andyh1884 Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 Perhaps I missed it, but I'm struggling to find whereabouts Parky said she was a wretched role model.
Corky Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 Perhaps I missed it, but I'm struggling to find whereabouts Parky said she was a wretched role model. Third and fourth paragraphs.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 I think the whole thing is fascinating, particularly people's attitude to celebrity, to illness and death and how the publicity industry manipulates these things through the media. I saw the Big Brother thing when it all kicked off and it was one of the most shocking things I've ever seen on telly, as it's not often you get to see someone lose it on that scale live on air, the pig ignorance and sheer vitriol was astonishing - the most extreme career suicide I think I've ever seen. And we've gone from that to her being described in some quarters as 'Britain's brightest star' and 'Saint Jade', and this curious (to me anyway) notion that just because someone's ill or died you shouldn't say negative things about them. How far can this be taken? I exaggerate to make a point, but if Max Clifford took on Ian Huntley as a client, could he ultimately end up on the cover of Hello magazine and feted as Britain's favourite ex school caretaker? Well of course not, but where is the line drawn? Would it help if he had a brain tumour - would it make a difference? Because it shouldn't, although Goody's ultimate misfortune seems to have done her the power of good from a PR point of view. It's a funny old world, innit?
James. Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 Max Clifford, Goody’s publicist, said: “What Michael forgets to mention is that Jade already has saved countless lives of young women through her battle with cervical cancer. And she has provided the best possible education for her boys and stressed the importance of that.” 1. She "raised awareness" only because she got it. Not because she spent her life campaining for awareness, like many others do. 2. She was already a multi millionaire before she got cancer. Spin. That's all it is.
andyh1884 Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 Third and fourth paragraphs. I don't agree. What that says is she represents all that's wrong with this country. I says nothing about her being a role model, it's just a personal attack on her upbringing & life in general. Surely she's a great role-model for the "barely educated, ignorant and puerile" from "sink estates"? She made a fortune during her short life. OK, you might not agree with how she did it, it may be a fairly sordid way of doing it, but her kids will feel the benefit of it.
hairy Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 So dragging yourself out of the gutter and trying to make something of yourself is a crime these days is it? Thats not what he is saying. He is attacking the media and that agent of hers rather than making something of yourself.
Katy Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 Thats not what he is saying. He is attacking the media and that agent of hers rather than making something of yourself. He's part of all that though. If he hates it so much he should find another career.
Thracian Posted 7 April 2009 Posted 7 April 2009 His comments are unkind, unnecessary, don't befit a gentleman and they are also misguided. For a woman who, by his own definition, had so many problems and so few adventages she has somehow managed to have great and possibly far-reaching effect while providing far more for the family she's left behind than ever she would as plain Mrs Goody. I hope she can remain what may she well have finally become in death - a catalyst for good.
Hitesh Posted 7 April 2009 Author Posted 7 April 2009 More from him... Parkinson: 'Goody was exploited'Sir Michael Parkinson and Jade Goody Sir Michael said Goody was manipulated until the day she died Sir Michael Parkinson has hit out at the media's treatment of the late reality TV star Jade Goody. Writing in the Radio Times, the 74-year-old said Goody had become property of the media "to be manipulated and exploited till the day she died". He added she came to represent "all that's paltry and wretched about Britain", and was "the perfect victim of our times". Goody died on Mother's Day aged 27 after battling cervical cancer. "Her death is as sad as the death of any young person but it's not the passing of a martyr or a saint or, God help us, Princess Di," Sir Michael wrote. Exploitation "When we clear the media smokescreen from around her death, what we're left with is a woman who came to represent all that's paltry and wretched about Britain today. "She was brought up on a sink estate, as a child came to know both drugs and crime, was barely educated, ignorant and puerile. "Then she was projected to celebrity by Big Brother and, from that point on, became a media chattel to be manipulated and exploited till the day she died," he said. The broadcaster added it was not the fact that Goody became famous in the first place that bothered him: "What bothers me is that the media first of all recommended we hate Jade Goody. "'A slapper with a face like a pig'; 'the most hated woman in Britain', remember? And shortly thereafter tried to persuade us to celebrate her." He said Goody was "the perfect victim of our times...brought up in a cesspit of poverty and died to an orchestrated chorus of exploitation". "All that is to be wished of such a troubled soul is: rest in peace," he concluded. Hundreds of well-wishers lined the streets to pay their respects to Goody as her funeral procession made its way through the streets from London to Essex on Saturday. from BBC
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