Her mistake was agreeing to go into the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2007, along with her mother and her boyfriend. She was soon shunted out of the house with no public reception and made to confront what she had done.

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The next morning, in a conversation with Lloyd, Goody referred to Shetty as "Shilpa Poppadom", a reference to an Indian flatbread, along with a number of other things.

These conversations, which were never broadcast, led to Big Brother issuing formal warnings to O'Meara and Tweed in the Diary Room, threatening immediate ejection from the House if their behaviour recurred. She is survived by her husband Jack Tweed, who she married a month before her death, and sons from her previous relationship with Jeff Brazier, Bobby, 16, and Freddie, 14.

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After conducting an investigation, Ofcom ruled that Channel 4 had breached the Broadcasting Code, and statutory sanctions were placed on the network.The idea, she said, was to allow the housemates "to explain themselves" to their fellow contestants. Jade Goody is christened with sons at hospital chapel" Archived 6 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Telegraph, 9 March 2009; retrieved 22 March 2009.