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DRAMATIC U-TURN: Shilpa says though her housemates are insecure, they aren't racist.

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New Delhi: It’s a reality show that’s got just a little too real for comfort. Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty - at the centre of a fierce controversy over alleged racist slurs hurled at her on the British reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother - took a sudden U-turn on Thursday night and said she was no victim.

Adding the new twist to the already twisted tale, Shilpa claimed the behaviour of her housemates towards her was not racially motivated. "I don't feel there was any racial discrimination from Jade's (one of the contestant of the show) end," British Channel 4 television quoted her as saying in a statement put on its website.

"I don't feel there was any racial discrimination happening from Jade's end. I don't think that's true. I think there's lots of insecurities from Jade but it's definitely not racial."

When “Big Brother” asked her if she still thought that Jade's argument with her two days ago was racially motivated, Shilpa shook her head in the negative.

"No, I take it back. Everyone was having an argument. I don't think that is true now. People say things in a fit of anger. But I stand corrected," the actor was quoted as saying.

Shilpa said, "It's been a fractious few days in the Big Brother House. I'm happy today. I wasn't happy two days ago. The way I live, if something has saddened me, it takes me a day to understand, analyse and then I just leave it right there and then I move on, that's the way I've always lived.

Shilpa takes on Jade, fans cheer

While Shilpa may have had second thoughts about her housemates’ behaviour towards her on Thursday night, but for her supporters outside, the issue is still about 'racism'.