Australian academic Germaine Greer, in a Guardian article discusses Shilpa and her Big Brother experience with cynicism. 'What no one seems to have understood is that Shilpa is a very good actress,' she writes. 'Everyone hates her because she wants them to. She also knows that if she infuriates people enough, their innate racism will spew forth.'
Greer, mentioning the bizarre fact that contestant Jack Tweed was wrongly accused of calling Shilpa a 'Paki bird;' Channel 4 later revealed the bleeped-out insult, which wasn't racist, just extremely profane and offensive. But that's what Greer argues Big Brother is about.
'Big Brother disorients the housemates and disrupts their perceptions so that they become literally unbalanced,' Greer continues. 'They are forced 'greatly to find quarrel in a straw.' So far none of the women has been that smart. Except for Shilpa. Shilpa's enjoying herself.'
Greer ends her piece, titled 'Why does everyone hate me?' with a suggested smirk, quoting that British betting house 'Ladbroke's are quoting her 10/3 favourite.'
Ladies and gentlemen, we might just have a winner.