Scrap Big Brother

Former pop singer Jo O'Meara has called for Celebrity Big Brother to be axed in the wake of the international race row that engulfed the Channel 4 show.

"I feel if this is what a TV show does to people, then it shouldn't be a TV show," she told Sky News.

"The whole thing has been so unfair and so cruel," she added. "I've not been portrayed as the person I really am."

O'Meara's conduct towards Indian star and eventual winner Shilpa Shetty saw her accused of racist bullying.

The former S Club 7 singer has claimed she has received death threats since leaving the Channel 4 show.