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Shilpa Shetty racism row

Updated on 18 January 2007

By James Blake

More than five million people watched Shilpa Shetty blame racism for her victimisation in the Big Brother House last night.


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In melodramatic scenes, the three white girls who have provoked such outrage in the real world, continued to bully and bitch about the Bollywood star.

Gordon Brown and his Indian counterpart have commented again - some politicians back home are practically foaming at the mouth.

Meanwhile Shetty has spoken for the first time of her fears that she is the victim of racism in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

Unaware that the race row has developed into an international incident, the housemates last night had an argument over Oxo cubes.

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