Jade Goody...

[Gray]

Urgh.

I never liked her when Big Brother was on [Hell, i didnt even LIKE Big Brother, but you cant get past her loud mouth...]

But the amount of press on this story about her recently has been astonishing. I have refused to pretty much read into any of the story, because i get the feeling she is milking every little bit - Which at the sametime makes me think "Well no... She is [supposedly] dying of Cancer, so i CANT think that..."

But its pissing me off the amount of coverage this is getting, about her having a quickfire wedding, getting hundreds of thousands of pounds, a show dedicated to her... What makes her so special? Everyone a couple of years ago couldnt stand her, but now...

Didnt even wanna bring this topic up because it just pisses me off, but alas!

 

[pcg79]

the whole idea for the publicity is to get some cash for her kids and also to raise awareness for cervical cancer. i dont like reading any of the shit (so i dont) and shes annoying as fuck but hey its for a good cause, i guess...

 

[nath]

Meh, if people/companies are willing to pay for her story etc, why not take it. It doesn't take a lot of effort to pay no attention to the stories. The most I've seen is the headline on the BBC news site saying she's only got a couple of months.

 

[Deebs]

I follow this quite closely especially after loosing my Mum to cancer a couple of years ago which many of you will already know (Mum miss and love you lots). I applaud and respect her so much. Why?

Well, during the last few months of my Mum's life she did not want people to see her without any hair, being quite skinny and suffering from Bell's palsy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Jade is showing courage by allowing the cameras to record her dying moments (yes they are moments in comparision) and her ups and downs, her submission to this awful disease and how it impacts her and her family. More about this later.

Even though she knew (my Mum), but would not admit it, that she was dying her first and foremost priority was ensuring her children and husband would be ok when she was gone. Jade is doing the right thing, she is bringing cancer into the face of everyone and ensuring that she receives money for doing it for her children. Trust me, Jade is not a bad person for doing this, in fact she is helping a lot of young women who would normally never get a smear test.

She is also following her maternal instincts, protect her children no matter what the price, which to me is great. If my Mum were alive today I know that she would be admiring a person who has done what she did not want to do or could not want to do.

When people came round my Mum would panic about how she looked and would not let them in until she put her wig and brave face on. It was a fucking hard experience and I remember my Mum crying many a time stating that she wanted noone in her house seeing how she was and then bucking up, dolling up and entertaining the person at the door like there was nothing the matter with her.

Jade, my thoughts are with you girl. You ARE doing the right thing.

 

[Doh_boy]

As a little addition to the above, cervical smear-tests have gone up 28% since she's been doing this whole thing.

I have to admit, though, I didn't really like her/don't but I could ignore her then and can ignore her now.

 

[old.user4556]

I'm not reading any of the press or interested in what's going on; as absolutely tragic that it is, I can't stand the woman.

 

[Scouse]

Can't stand her myself and I very much doubt she's doing anything for the right reasons, but the overall effect has got to be good if it means more subs for Cancer charities, more people getting checks etc. etc.

Lost a few family members to the big C and always find it stunning when I meet people who've had no direct experience of it. Not a nice thing to bring to the front of people's minds but a necessary one...

 

[SawTooTH]

Watching the Beebites coming out and applauding this preposterous self publicist is hysterically funny. The feigned concern over her plight when they really don't give a toss.

 

[sayward]

Have never liked her but I think she is doing the right thing as she sees it, with the only means at her disposal, the only way she has any experience of. If the publicity makes more women have smears, and almost more importantly, return for a second one when they have had a doubtful test result it has to be a good thing.

 

[Sparx]

the sceptic in me is waiting for the miracle cure to suddenly appear.
EDIT: I know i should be more sympathetic due to my Gran passing away 3 months ago with Lung, Liver, Pancreatic and Bone Marrow Cancer (was all secondary too)

 

[old.user4556]

the sceptic in me is waiting for the miracle cure to suddenly appear.

That's what I've been thinking all along, but feeling very guilty for thinking it; then the "Jade gets cured" multi-million OK! exclusive.

 

[Zenith.UK]

Jade Goody - "celebrity" in the news suffering cervical cancer.
Alfie Patten - 13 year old "baby faced" father.

The thing they have in common apart from being in the tabloids right now?
The publicist for both of them is Max Clifford.

 

[Sparx]

LOL yeah i saw that too, Max Clifford is such a whore

 

[taB]

The cult of celebrity is a fucking blight on this country.

I'm sorry she is terminally ill. So are many other people who I've never heard of and are no less deserving of my compassion, sympathy and charitable donations.

The whole sitaution is horrible and not just because she is dying.

 

[Bullitt]

Apparantly this whole 'episode' is like marmite, dividing the country - you either think it's a good thing or a bit sick. I couldn't give a toss either way, there are a couple of issues that stand out for me though:

Her whole idea of 'I want to raise money so my kids aren't as ignorant as me' is respectable in the fact she's willing to admit she's ignorant. But did she do anything about it? No.

Furthermore WHY does anyone need an excuse (in this case a "celebrity" suffering) to go for a smear test? It's quite sad. People should be educated to the degree that they know terminal illness can strike anyone at any age and be mindful and/or tested regularly.

I regularly check my balls (the pleasure is merely a nice bi-product) and i don't need some suffering celebrity to remind me to do it.

 

[DaGaffer]

Much as I loathe the cult of Z-list celebrity, and detest Jade Goody's life to date as a celebration of chavvy pig-ignorance; if her plight is being harnessed for the greater good then I have no problem with her putting her death in the public eye. Wonder if Max Clifford will give his cut to cancer charities?

 

[Kryten]

I agree with much of the sentiment - I couldn't stand the lady for what she's done, she is indeed as thick as two particularly short planks but that shouldn't really be held against her.
What's happening to her now is clearly putting her life in perspective, as no doubt it would to anyone. As for the media publicity, many people would rather stay out of the public eye and keep the peace. She would rather go through it right in the public eye to secure her kid's futures, completely without greed (for fairly obvious reasons). It's good marketing for Mr Clifford's POV but that's not the point of any of it. Any increased awareness is a good thing with regards to these health issues and if it helps anything in the long run it's a bonus. The slightest things help and Jade is trying hard to hold back her pride and dignity to help. That's probably saying more than any cash donation can.

 

[russell]

Jade was bought up in the gutter by an uneducated, heroin addict mum. I have always admired her fight to make something out of life.

She did so well in BB as she was not fake and did not try to hide who she was and how little she knew! Yeah you could describe her as an awful chav- but she knows that. She made a million of the back of that show, more than most of the wannabes over the years -so she must have something about her, even if that just means she got herself a good manager.

She can be offensive, she can be stupid and she has been a bully. Yet she has always recovered and got back out there. She has milked her luck and now she is having to deal with being unlucky and she is still fighting on.

It makes me feel sick that some of you believe her 'cancer' is like a publicity stunt and that she will be in OK 'miraculously recovered' -You bunch of cynical bastards.

She has it, and she has it bad.
And true to herself she is fighting, getting a whole demographic aware of the disease -who other medical awareness messages would not reach. She is fighting for the sake of her boys and trying to set them up with what she didnt have.

Oh my God the woman is so brave to still be in the spotlight looking how she looks, after a lifetime of being so conscious of how she looks, lipo, makeovrs, botox and wieght loss....

I admire her greatly and I think every day must be a nightmare for her. I dont think i would be able to be as strong as her. I hope she gets the time she needs to do what she wants.

 

[Bugz]

I regularly check my balls (the pleasure is merely a nice bi-product) and i don't need some suffering celebrity to remind me to do it.

Oh?

(possibly NSFW)

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu2K4eIqxd4&feature=related

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well good health to her as to all humans, not much jade goody coverage in finland for obvious reasons. Don't know her and don't believe what other people talk about other people so, can't comment on that...

But, have to say, it's always rather ironic for people to "make a public post" about how some celebrity gets too much "unneeded press"

 

[Aada]

I think she is doing the right thing by letting the media cover it and making more money for her kids to grow up with and life abit easier without a mum.

But i am not reading every single story about it i might glance at the page when i am working.

 

[Tom]

As someone with the ability to not watch things he isn't interested in, I sympathise with those people who are made so angry by the actions of someone they've never met, whom they don't know, and whom they will never meet.

 

[chipper]

never liked her, her total ignorance of pretty much everything used to wind me up. i often thought it has to be an act to be that stupid.

however that been said i feel for her no one should have to go through what she is, shes dealing with it so fair play to the lass. as to all the publicity, i dont fault her one bit if i was on my last legs i would do everything in my power to see that my loved ones would be ok once i was gone. if that means bearing my soul and havin a high profile wedding i would no question.

me and you might not like this woman but she a modern heroine for a lot of people. and frankly guys i bet shes doin better than everyone on these forums financially.

 

[Calaen]

It's a terrible situation that she finds herself in, however would anyone here given the chance not do what she is doing?

People have been saying Jade is as thick as f**k since she was on BB yet she eclipsed all of the other wannabe's earnings by a country mile. People can relate to her, she had a shitty upbringing like alot of others and made something of herself by being herself.

Other people are currently going through the same situation without any publicity at all and that is a bad thing. People need to be made aware that this disease can strike down anyone at anytime and if you have any doubts go and get it checked out. If by having the coverage she is having can save a handful of lives it will have been worth it.

I do agree with Tom's last statement also.

 

[rynnor]

It's a terrible situation that she finds herself in, however would anyone here given the chance not do what she is doing?

I wouldnt - I feel sorry for her as a human being but I find the whole thing tasteless in the extreme and its sad that she appears not to know what dignity is but I guess thats a side effect of reality TV.

Is she really doing her kids favours leaving them a few more quid at the expense of a legacy as a media whore?

There was a tastefull way to sell her story whilst retaining some dignity but this isnt it.

Max Clifford is the baddie in all this - if the death penalty were brought back he'd be flogging the rights to it...

 

[old.user4556]

It makes me feel sick that some of you believe her 'cancer' is like a publicity stunt and that she will be in OK 'miraculously recovered' -You bunch of cynical bastards.

I never said it was a publicity stunt.

I just said I felt guilty for thinking it but it wouldn't surprise me if she went into remission which was then touted as a miracle cure by a chav ridden, low IQ magazine such as OK!

Additionally, if you read up, I said it was very tragic.

I find this level of shambolic sentiment for a nobody celebrity you don't know a bit perturbing. Such is the British way I suppose (as per Diana).

 

[russell]

I think its called empathy.

 

[rynnor]

I find this level of shambolic sentiment for a nobody celebrity you don't know a bit perturbing. Such is the British way I suppose (as per Diana).

It was particularly un-reasoning regarding Diana - my theory is that because communities/extended families have broken down and everyone does pretty much what they like theres this well of sentiment looking for an outlet.

It causes certain people to make irrational connections to people they A. have never met and B. will never know in the way that in former generations may have been reserved for members of their own extended families.

 

[sayward]

Furthermore WHY does anyone need an excuse (in this case a "celebrity" suffering) to go for a smear test? It's quite sad. People should be educated to the degree that they know terminal illness can strike anyone at any age and be mindful and/or tested regularly.

I regularly check my balls (the pleasure is merely a nice bi-product) and i don't need some suffering celebrity to remind me to do it.

Can I just point out that a smear is one of the most demeaning (can be very painful) things a woman, especially a young inexperienced one, has to go through. Followed closely by having a mammogram!

 

[bob269]

It makes me feel sick that some of you believe her 'cancer' is like a publicity stunt and that she will be in OK 'miraculously recovered' -You bunch of cynical bastards.

So if she's made a million like you say, thats way more than any of us will see in a lifetime yet it's not good enough for her kids to live on???, so she chucks in the quick wedding and just shy of a million photo shoot, i'd say it's pretty much milking the media and public for everything before she goes.

I don't think anybody thinks that she will be "OK 'miraculously recovered'" (apart from the OK mags 1mill quids pics), she's dying end of, think of the people on here and those allover who suffer and die each day, she doesn't give a fuck about awareness, it's about fleecing gullable people for everything before she goes.