DANI TO BEAT
BULLYING 28/04/07
DANI TO BEAT BULLYING
CELEBRITY
Big Brother babe Danielle
Lloyd is joining forces with Shilpa Shetty for an
anti-bullying campaign. Their joint venture shows the Bollywood actress has
forgiven the model who was accused of being a racist bully towards her. A pal
of Dani’s said: “It’s proof they want to put their Celebrity Big Brother
nightmare behind them and use what happened for a good cause.”
Dani, 23, and Shilpa, 31, have signed up to work together to help promote the
nationwide
charity Beat Bullying.It was set up to fight physical, racist and
homophobic bullying among young people.
On Celebrity Big Brother in January, Danielle was caught on camera calling
Shilpa “a dog” and telling her housemates: “I wish she’d just f*** off home.”
Her
comments – along with those uttered by her pals in the Channel 4 house Jade
Goody and Jo O’Meara, 27 – sparked a worldwide race storm. But
Shilpa maintained that the comments had been said “out of ignorance” rather
than racism and said she forgave them.
She said after leaving the house: “This issue is over and done with for me. I
want to move on. ”
A source said: “It’s a massive coup for the charity. “And
it proves Shilpa and Danielle want to move on and put their appearance on Celebrity
Big Brother to good use.“They are turning their TV nightmare into something
positive.”