Jade Goody has been in the news for all sorts of reasons but when she finally bowed out after her battle with cancer, she went without so much as a whimper.
Jade turned out to be quite a drama queen during the Big Brother show when her caustic tongue made many a visage to turn violet. Athough she was made to eat crow for being a bully she ‘kissed and made up’ with her nemesis Shilpa ‘Pappadom’ Shetty.
But by then we had got a glimpse of the real Jade- hissing and spiteful - who made a fool of herself by mocking a very cultured and sophisticated Shilpa simply because she came from another culture that Jade little understood .
There are a few things that the Jade Goody episode taught me —
# Your life may be a soap opera but it does not take long for the bubbles to burst.
#Spite is a virtue—public display of spite reveals the chinks in your armor .Such a display may initially win you enemies but once they know how honest you are with your expressions they will love you well enough to start a fan club.
# The more you wait for your turn with the ‘Grim Reaper’ the greater is the macabre drama that unfolds around you.
Whenwilljadegoodydie.com is a Holland -based website that encouraged people to predict the day and time of Goody’s death. This can only be more outlandish than Goody’s own efforts to romanticize and make a spectacle of her exit, for gain.
#’Never say die’- Jade’s fight with the big C reveals her true grit . She bared her fangs at death, withstood several surgeries and desperately tried everything to keep death away -- from trusting faith healers to eating curries!
And when she was sure that her end was round the corner she married her husband-in-waiting Jack Tweed, got christened and even planned her funeral in style……..Way to go ,lady!
Jade Goody’s greatest contribution was perhaps to the public health domain. Thanks to the ‘Jade Goody Effect’, screening for cervical cancer soared to an all time high in the UK. The humble Pap smear has come of age and has found its place in the annals of medical history! Cervical cancer, which is more or less lifestyle –related, can be easily treated and possibly cured if detected early. The recently discovered vaccine for cervical cancer comes as God -sent to all women!
At one time Jade Goody was welcome to my resent although she was of little consequence to my daily life. But as tragic scenes of this former reality star flashed on the TV screen a sense of remorse filled me as the fragility of my own existence was vehemently driven home. Goodbye Jade and thanks for those lessons!
Key words- Jade Goody, reality star, big brother, Shilpa Shetty, Pap smear, cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening, Jack Tweed, Jade Goody Effect,
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