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UmbertoGlabrio
02/16/09

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This person is slmost universally reviled in the UK. Having run out of publicity stunts to get her name in the papers she must have had a least a modicum of relief to find she had cancer (good for lots of pictures of her looking forlorn and sad, pictures of her with her kids, putting a brave face on it etc) as well as lots of column inches detailing her 'plans'. The worst things that could happen: a miracle cure or (God Forbid) remission. Remission would be good for lots more interviews as she would be 'terrified of it returning' etc. etc. It's definitely time for her to go!!
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valet_of_the_dolls
02/16/09

@UmbertoGlabrio: [...] she must have had a least a modicum of relief to find she had cancer [...]

Jesus Christ, that's shameful. No matter what you think of her.
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registered
02/15/09

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I don't watch reality TV so I've never heard of the woman. I wish her the best in raising money for her kids.

What kind of demographic wants to tune in to watch her die?
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
02/15/09

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katie couric got a lot of attention for colon cancer following her husband's illness and death; so there's something of a spokeswoman tradition here

this woman seems like a fameball pre-cancer, so being one post cancer just makes sense

the media needs and wants fameballs, and fameballs live (and die) to get media. this hasn't been news for, oh, 10 years now; it's just getting faster

and if she gets $$ for the kids, so much the better
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seyswho
02/15/09

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OK, yes, this is a horrible story, but I have to wonder... what makes her so special? How many people with terminal cancer die every single day? Is the only thing that is special the fact that she is willing to let millions of people watch her expire? Isn't that a little freaking off???
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bowleserised
02/15/09

@seyswho: There is a huuuuuuuuuge tabloid backstory. Pre cancer. She's had the best and the absolute worst of reality TV fame in the UK. They made a lot of money (they = journalists and TV producers and agents) out of the fact that she was hated. And now she's dying.
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seyswho
02/15/09

@bowleserised: Somehow that makes this so much worse. While I feel bad that she's dying, all I can say about this whole thing is ugh.
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bowleserised
02/15/09

@seyswho: To say it leaves a bad taste in the mouth is an understatement. I read a book by a Big Brother participant which featured interviews with people who'd taken part in various series, and I came out of it hating the TV producers. Their behaviour is pretty atrocious and yet the opprobrium is all ladelled onto the "stars".
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Sigerson
02/15/09

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snark-free zone...
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apikores
02/15/09

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hey, at least we're not making her fight a lion in an arena or anything
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Novaload
02/15/09

@apikores: Yet.
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miss_msry
02/15/09

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Even her death won't be must see TV.
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Calraigh
02/15/09

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If you knew anything about this woman's life previous to the Big Brother fame,you'd realize nothing about her story is subject to the usual. She's like a modern-day Thomas Hardy novel, except on television.

Everything about this is just desperately sad and there's nothing else anyone can, should, or will take from it. Life's a bitch and it took out a lot of it's rage on Jade. I think a 22% uptick in women going for cervical tests is a hugely positive after-effect. It may well be her legacy and that's not half-bad.
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pufflehuff
02/16/09

@Calraigh★: Yes, there is no meaning to this. She was very unlucky, and hers is a very unusual case; she seems to have had pre-cancerous cells from the insanely early age of 16: [www.metro.co.uk]
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forwardmotion
02/15/09

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That's awfully young to be handed a terminal diagnosis. Terrible.
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Gena Radcliffe
02/15/09

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It's a bit naive to believe that the only people who are going to profit from this are her kids. The network that's going to run the program, the people who are selling her story, they're all going to see a cut of it. There has to be a better way to get her message across then creating a television show depicting what will be likely be an ugly, painful death. I barely know anything about her, but I understand she's not a well-liked public figure, so I wonder what the motivation would be in a lot of people's decision to watch it.
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
02/15/09

@Gena Radcliffe: I don't see you coming up with any better suggestions?
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gladys_kravitz
02/15/09

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Oh, yay, I just noticed I finally got my star. It's a Valentine's Day miracle. Thanks, guys!
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
02/15/09

@gladys_kravitz:

I gave you one weeks ago for just having the name gladys kravitz.
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02/15/09

@gladys_kravitz: Haha. I noticed your outburst last night abt how even the bloody faceboookers were getting one - and it had a star beside your name by the time I read it.

So that's how it's done? Nah seriously, good on the gawker person who gave it to you. And well done!
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gladys_kravitz
02/15/09

@registered: @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Thanks, guys! And Uncle Billy, you're among the few who would know who Gladys is. When some commenters say "back in the 90's when I was in high school" I feel like a fossil.

Not to out real identity here, I hope, but my Grandmother gave me the nickname Gladys Kravitz when I was a kid because I was so incredibly nosy. Still am!
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gladys_kravitz
02/15/09

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Have people with young children to protect and support never heard of life insurance policies?
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ihateyourescalade
02/15/09

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Death as primetime entertainment. Ladies and gentlemen, the apocalypse is upon us.
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LatestBy
02/15/09

@ihateyourescalade: Well, except for the whole "happened since ancient Rome" thing.
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chinaplate
02/15/09

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This just about covers it [www.agendered.com]

Mentioning as it does Nick Diamond (Nigella Lawson's deceased husband) who made bags of money chronicling his own death from throat cancer in a newspaper column.

The difference is that, in Britain, Jade Goody - who was on big brother - is famous for being

a) ugly

b) stupid

srsly. the soundbites from BB that made her famous entirely centred around these qualities. That she could now be a suffering mother trying to provide for her children's future makes the people who loved to laugh at her ugliness and stupidity deeply uncomfortable, in the sense that She's stepped outside her fame-box, hence the media hoo-ha.
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
02/15/09

@chinaplate: "makes the people who loved to laugh at her ugliness and stupidity deeply uncomfortable"

so, that's selling point number four, isn't it? do you think she'll grab them by the balls and drag them along to her grave?
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Satyrica
02/15/09

@chinaplate: As I recall, there was also:

c) racist.
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bowleserised
02/15/09

@Satyrica: Some of the coverage of Jade herself was somewhat racist too. The whole thing is pretty hideous. Poor woman.

Oh and it was John Diamond.
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VoxPopuli
02/15/09

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Wow, this is very sad. I remember when she was on Big Brother - I was in Ireland at the time. The UK tabloids were really mean to her, and to be fair she really did seem boorish. But to die of cancer in one's 20s is just awful.
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