Jade Goody, not much time left

[Kev]

I don't really know why she is hated so much. In a way I kind of admire what she has achieved.

She came from nothing, living on a council estate, thick as shit with no prospects, was on a reality show along with dozens of others of wannabes but unlike virtually all of the rest of them she managed to build a successful career out of it.

When you think of all the hundreds of reality stars that have been created now in the UK she was the only one who managed to turn it into a winning financial windfall for herself.

Amazingly she wrote a series of books all of which were big sellers, she made her own perfume range which was a best seller and she even turned her mother and fiance into reality tv stars in their own right.

She behaved badly on the celebrity version but really that's just her upbringing, you stick a common as muck person on tv how do you expect them to behave?

To all those who hate her or begrudge her success I don't really understand it. She came from a background where she had zero prospects and managed against the odds to become famous and make a stack of money.

Why should we begrudge her that, jeoulousy? I dunno

Now she's dying of cancer tragically at only 27 and there are thousands of people who seemingly applaud the idea and make jokes about it.

That I really don't understand. I mean for all her very public faults, cheering the death of someone dying of cancer wasn't one of them.

I simply don't understand the logic of people who think she's trash and a scumbag and therefore they can think its funny that she's dying, and that this laughing at someone dying of cancer doesn't make them lower on the human rating scale then her. Because as far as I see it, it clearly does.

[X]

Now she's dying of cancer tragically at only 27 and there are thousands of people who seemingly applaud the idea and make jokes about it.

That I really don't understand. I mean for all her very public faults, cheering the death of someone dying of cancer wasn't one of them.

I simply don't understand the logic of people who think she's trash and a scumbag and therefore they can think its funny that she's dying, and that this laughing at someone dying of cancer doesn't make them lower on the human rating scale then her. Because as far as I see it, it clearly does.

........ that'll be moi


Sorry mate - I don't know her, nor her family and don't feel one single iota of a twinge of sympathy for the fat useless uber-chav that she is.

Seriously, I have the social conscience of a flu virus so I wouldn;t lose a wink of sleep if they all died.

I mean - anyone who decides to make a reality show about her last few months doesn't want or even understand the concept of dignity.

. though I couldn;t help chuckling at the irony that the one channel that will be screening her final weeks should be called UK Living......

Any pretend sympathy and hand wringing coming from my general area would be a complete lie, so I just won't bother.

[X]

.... incidentally, I can direct you to a related and somewhat amusing thread elsewhere if you like?

[Kev]

haha the UK Living channel thing is funny. Don't you feel even the slightest bit of sympathy for her though?

Is it just her in particular or people in general. Would you not care less if I don't know Tony Blair was dying or Terry Wogan for example?

[X]

No, no sympathy for her at all. I'm pretty equal opportunity about it as I wouldn't feel anything much if Blair or Wogan was dying.

I am saving some ire for Jade though, as I despised everything she was and stood for during her mercifully brief time here (mercifully for me that is)

I was upset when my brother in law died of brain cancer in just 2 weeks a few months ago ...... but I knew him and liked him, whereas none of those things apply to the (now) skinny piglet. Nobody was weeping and wringing their hands on the internet about him, he was a much more worthwhile human than that fat shit and nobody paid him money for a reality show, or got upset about the family he left behind.

At the risk of repeating myself ....... the only thing better than Jade Goody ... is no Jade Goody.

[Von Milash]

Actually X, I disagree with you. I think she is very brave for living her final days in public. I think it will help a lot of people realize how fragile life really is. One minute you're here, the next you're gone. I thin it takes a lot of courage to show people what it's like to go through something like that. Not everyone knows how bad cancer really is.

[Kev]

Actually X, I disagree with you. I think she is very brave for living her final days in public. I think it will help a lot of people realize how fragile life really is. One minute you're here, the next you're gone. I thin it takes a lot of courage to show people what it's like to go through something like that. Not everyone knows how bad cancer really is.

Yeah I agree mate, I think she's coping with it the best way she can. She's used to her life being something of a media circus now and living it out publicly will probably help her cope better, the attention will cocoon her slightly from the realities of facing cancer all alone, and she's also going to make a whole lot of money very quickly to provide for her two kids which is what a loving mother would naturally want to do.

I think its romantic she's getting married next week but there's a bit of me that can't help wondering of Jack Tweed isn't doing this to line his pockets. I mean he can marry her knowing he's off the hook in a few months, and will also be heir to a sizeable sum of cash. Not bad for someone who was in prison until a few days ago

[Fenster]

I don't really know why she is hated so much. In a way I kind of admire what she has achieved.

She came from nothing, living on a council estate, thick as shit with no prospects, was on a reality show along with dozens of others of wannabes but unlike virtually all of the rest of them she managed to build a successful career out of it.

When you think of all the hundreds of reality stars that have been created now in the UK she was the only one who managed to turn it into a winning financial windfall for herself.

Amazingly she wrote a series of books all of which were big sellers, she made her own perfume range which was a best seller and she even turned her mother and fiance into reality tv stars in their own right.

She behaved badly on the celebrity version but really that's just her upbringing, you stick a common as muck person on tv how do you expect them to behave?

To all those who hate her or begrudge her success I don't really understand it. She came from a background where she had zero prospects and managed against the odds to become famous and make a stack of money.

Why should we begrudge her that, jeoulousy? I dunno

Now she's dying of cancer tragically at only 27 and there are thousands of people who seemingly applaud the idea and make jokes about it.

That I really don't understand. I mean for all her very public faults, cheering the death of someone dying of cancer wasn't one of them.

I simply don't understand the logic of people who think she's trash and a scumbag and therefore they can think its funny that she's dying, and that this laughing at someone dying of cancer doesn't make them lower on the human rating scale then her. Because as far as I see it, it clearly does.

Well said Bilbo.

You must be part of the silver spoon mob, or blatantly jealous of the fame/dough, to revel in someone like thats death.