| Sunday, February 04, 2007 |
| No more reality TV shows, swears Shilpa Shetty after Big Brother win |
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who recently won the Celebrity Big Brother, Britain's Channel 4 TV's reality show after raking up a race row that attracted global attention, says she will never again take part in a reality TV show.
Shilpa already has, among many others, an offer for doing a musical for British composer Lord Andrew Lloy Webber.
"No way," the 31-year-old Shilpa told Daily Mirror of the UK. "I was shocked by the lack of respect, the burping, farting, drinking and swearing. Great Britain is where Shakespeare was from - it's known for its culture and high tea, but I didn't see any of that, apart from Cleo."
Dismissing complaints that she acted superior and controlling during the show, Shilpa Shetty said: "I was never controlling - I just wanted to go with the flow. There was never a time when I said: You have to do it my way."
"When Jade Goody said I was spending too much time in the kitchen, I took a backseat. I like to defuse trouble."
She has also been approached about writing a book, has dozens of film and TV offers. And, Andrew Lloyd Webber is said to be keen for her to star in a musical.
Getting very personal, Shilpa told the Daily Mirror that she now wants to pay attention to her love life, that she is now ready for a boyfriend.
"I'm single and ready to mingle!" the long-legged beauty told the interviewer, while confessing to having not dated anyone for 18 months.
After much drama, some chicken curry and a raging debate on racism, Shilpa Shetty has emerged a bigger celebrity from the Big Brother show than she was when it started three weeks ago. She has extended her stay in Britain, as her mother Sunanda is keen on looking for a match for her.
But potential suitors are likely to be grilled by her businessman father Surendra, Shilpa said.
"If a guy wants to take me out, he must seek my dad's permission first. That's just the way it works. I secretly brief them about the best answers to give to my father's questions before they face him," she revealed.
Shilpa says an arranged marriage will not do for her. "I want to fall madly in love with someone and be whisked off my feet," Daily Mirror quoted her as saying.
Shilpa admitted that lately her parents had been putting pressure on her to marry, since it was relatively old to be single at 31. But she added that she wouldn't want to marry just because of her age, since too many people made that mistake.
What does it cost to be Shilpa's suitor? "I'm a pretty low-maintenance girlfriend - all I ask is that he buys me lots of diamonds," an Indian news agency quoted her as saying.Labels: celebrity |
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