Shilpa Shetty takes Jade Goody's place in anti-bullying charity
February, 2007
Yahoo India News, ANI
London, Feb 10 (ANI): Shilpa Shetty has joined the anti-bullying charity that dumped Jade Goody from its ranks after the racism row on reality TV series Big Brother.
Shipa, who emerged the winner on the show, has pledged her support to the charity Act Against Bullying.
Founder and spokeswoman Louise Burfitt-Dons insisted that the Bollywood star's compose and poise during the show made her the perfect celebrity supporter.
"The way she handled the bullying on television makes her the perfect role model. She came out on top after behaving with dignity and poise, and her ordeal highlights the need to ensure children are taught manners and the importance of not offending people," the Mirror quoted her, as saying.
Burfitt-Dons added that the charity had been forced to sever links with Jade, who led the racist against the actress during the show.
However, she insisted that Goody has a "kind side", and hoped that the negative reaction she was getting from people would not lead her to do anything drastic.
"Jade has a kind side, and I'd hate to see her driven to suicide because of all this," she said.#
(ANI)