Jade: "I cannot have her think I'm racist"

Jade started off down to road to reconciliation last night by trying to convince Shilpa that she had no racist feelings towards her.

The BB3 star, whose grievances against Shilpa have focused around uncooked chickens and the expulsion of Carole, was keen to make her position clear after Big Brother challenged her on some debatably racist comments.

Conscious that Shilpa would eventually hear her words, she decided to clear the air. "I do want you to know, I'm not racist," she began, explaining that Big Brother had questioned her on what she had said. "I said 'I cannot have her hear that and think I'm racist'."

However, Shilpa was unwilling to let the issue drop too quickly, appropriately noting: "That's going to be out and a lot of Indians have heard it. Trust me, it's not going to go down well."

"It probably won't go down well," agreed Jade, "but as long as I have told you that I said it about you."

"Sometimes you say things about me that you can't take back," Shilpa retorted, still unsatisfied, giving as an example Jade's accusation of her being "stuck up".