It seems I’m not the only one writing about Celebrity Big Brother.

Since my last entry, it appears that the entire world, from here to Mumbai and back again, is talking about one thing: Celebrity Big Brother!

Who would have thought that a humble little television show could cause such international chaos?

Not me, that’s for sure, but in the last day even Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have weighed in on the subject. Yes, Big Brother is the big story!

All of this controversy has turned what I would describe as an otherwise fairly sub-standard series into history making television. It is now officially the most complained about programme ever!

It’s also improved the viewing figures with a million or more people tuning into the highlights show on Channel 4 over the last couple of nights.

As always, Endemol win, but they’re not the only ones.

As horribly as Shilpa Shetty is being treated, when she emerges from the house, she will be more popular and more well known then ever before. As an entertainment-business commodity, she will be demand here in the UK as well as in India.

And if she wasn’t a Bollywood superstar before, she certainly is now! According to the media, her fellow countrymen and women are very upset at how she is being treated by her CBB co-stars. There have been protests, government statements; even her mother did the rounds on TV here in the UK to defend Shilpa.

But Shilpa requires no defence; for she has done nothing wrong, except to agree to come to the UK and appear on CBB. If she asked me, I would have told her to give it a miss.

Shipa’s support is not just coming from India, as there are many people in the UK from varied backgrounds, who are behind her as well. We’re not all racist louts!

The biggest loser of this series has got to be Jade Goody and it will take a lot of work and skilful PR for her to regain her status in the industry. She’ll play the race card herself and remind us that she is one-quarter black, but that’s no excuse. There is no excuse.

I don’t actually believe racism is at the heart of all of this, though it certainly has played a part. At the root of the collective hatred of Shipa by the evil three in the house is even more basic. She’s different.

If Shilpa were a posh, rich, white chick from Chelsea, they would all still hate her; they would just choose different ways of insulting her. If anything, differences in class and decorum are the more obvious reasons; the fact that Shilpa is from India, just gives them an aspect of her being to verbally attack.

Jade, Jo and Danielle are not very bright; they do not know much about the wider world around them and are woefully ignorant of other cultures. If Shilpa were some classless, rude, skank, they would be friends with her, regardless of her skin colour.

The rumour is that Shilpa will be up against Jade for eviction on Friday night. I sincerely hope this is true, as I think Jade deserves the most shockingly bad reception ever as she comes out of the house and Shilpa deserves to stay. Dialling fingers to the ready, my beloved hippyfans!

Actually, Shilpa deserves to win! Let’s make it happen!