Thursday 19 February 2009

You Guys Will Probably Hate me After This.

But I have to say something. About Jade Goody. I didn't want to go into it, because we see it in the papers EVERYDAY. But there's something about the way this girl is doing things that is so tacky.

She has cancer and got it real bad at a hell of a young age. I 100% sympathise with that. She's leaving behind 2 VERY young children who are not going to have their mother with them. I have nothing but sympathy for the situation.

As anyone else would be, she has decided she wants to make the best future for her children and continue working. Since appearing on Big Brother in 2002, she has been known as a British Celebrity (yes she might be a Z- lister, but a celebrity all the same). So being on TV I guess is the only way she knows how to make money. She has decided to document her illness on TV.

However, do not push your illness in the face of so many other cancer sufferers, who have not got the ability, contacts or money to hire Max Clifford (who evidently I cannot stand) and invite press to come visit them in hospital, and then sell your story to the highest bidder. Yes I salute her for continuing to work as many other cancer sufferers wouldn't work, but I just feel it is ever so tacky and offensive to those of us who just have to live with what we have.

The celebrity culture is exploited so much, that it gets to the point, where people seem to become completely irrational. This stunt being one of them.

I was watching Richard and Judy today (ssshh, they're good!!!) and Max Clifford was being interviewed on there, and I could seriously tell, that what he was saying was all completely scripted and was another PR campaign for him. It drove me insane!.

Many people have said things against Jade's actions, however they are being slated all over the place for having their views, which brings me onto my next point.

Before Jade Goody was known as the celebrity as cancer, she was known as Jade Goody the racist girl with the unsuccessful business and a kebab. It's funny how the moment someone becomes ill, the sun shines out of their a**. People should not have to change their opinion about someone, because they are ill. People used to call ehr a media whore. Is this not a prime example of it? You may think I'm cold hearted and have no feelings whatsoever, but believe me I do. Like I said, I have every bit of sympathy for her and her family, but what I do not appreciate is exploitation of media and celebrity culture, to persuade the way in which we feel.

She says she is doing this also to raise awareness of cervical cancer. Great idea! 20% more women have gone to hospitals for screening since Jade went public. If it's for awareness, do you really need to sell EVERY story to the highest bidder everytime. Yes make money for your kids and family. But do not take the piss.

I have had people in my family die of cancer. My grandmother has suffered from it for the past 28 years. And hell it's hard to watch people go through the problems and side effects they have to go through, so I feel for the family and everyone I really do.

But Jade, live the final months of your life with dignity and enjoy what you have with your children and soon to be husband. Reflect on the good times you have had together. Embrace every moment you have with your kids. Don't a) tire yourself out from all the work you are doing, b) miss out on quality time with the children and c) exploit the media and society the way you are. Thank you for raising awareness of cervical cancer, I'm sure you've saved many lives. But I'm sure you've also made a damn lot of money. Enough is enough, don't you think?.

It's things like the video below, that really does need to be dealt with on a personal basis. There's enough "normal mortals out there dealing with the same situation without it being pushed straight back into our faces again.

WARNING: This video, is actually quite emotional. Even brought a tear to my eye.

2 comments:

KAOS said...

Hmm... I'm not sure I agree with you on this one. I think society shys away from death and illness and tries to hide it away. I don't think we should. People would tag her a a hypocrite if she went away and did her dying in private; one things for sure, she's consistent. What's she's doing might not meet everyone's approval, but she's dying, horribly and cruelly. The public lapped up her shallow moments, why should we be protected from the grim final episode?

Unknown said...

hmm I don't agree that we shy away from death and illness at all. We don't make it public no, but people have death thrown in their faces everyday. Everyday, someone is born, married or dies. Why should we have to show it to the rest of the world? And I don't think people would call her a hypocrite if she died in private. If anything I would have respect for her privacy if she had done that. It's a personal and rather intimate process.