Jo thinks Big Brother should be axed

Jo O'Meara has admitted that she thinks Big Brother should never return for another series.

Speaking in an interview with Sky News, the former S Club 7 singer criticised the show's "cruel" nature and claimed once again that footage of her time in the house had been edited unfairly.

"I just think the whole thing has been so unfair and so cruel and that I've not been portrayed as the person I really am," she explained. "I can't even go out. I've been locked in a room for a week. I feel if this is what a TV show does to people then it shouldn't be a TV show."

O'Meara confessed that it was a huge shock to be accused of bullying Shilpa Shetty - as she has nothing but respect for her "graceful" nature and "got on fine" with the Bollywood actress.

"I don't know why people keep saying I never liked Shilpa, I just didn't bond with her as much as I did with other people, but we got on fine," Jo continued. "She's one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen and she's graceful and a true lady, but none of that ever seemed to get across in the right way or it was made to look like I was being horrible to her the whole time."

Commenting on her current state of mind, she said: "I have got to pick the pieces up or I will end up going mad - more mad than I am. I don't think you can get much lower. They say you have to hit rock bottom before you can build yourself up. I just hope I'm at the bottom now."