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Looks like another Shilpa Shetty tormentor is out of the controversial Big Brother House. Jo O’Meara has has been ousted and has denied she is a racist!

In an interview with Big Brother presenter Davina McCall after she was evicted, Jo denied she was racist. When showed footage of the moments that caused the      international row, she said, “Looking at it, it looks absolutely terrible, but inside it didn’t feel terrible.” But she told host McCall that the edited version of events distorted what really went on.

Of the comments she made about Shilpa while in the house, she said, “I never meant it in that way. I’m not a racist. I know that I’m not. I’m not going to deny that Shilpa did aggravate me a lot — you can’t click with everybody, you meet. “It’s not because I’m racist. I think she’s a very beautiful, very elegant woman.”

Jo was shown mimicking Shetty’s voice but she responded, “We were doing that with her and she was finding that really funny.” The singer admitted that while she was in the house she had felt that something was not quite right. On being shown the footage of the race row making headline news across the world, Jo exclaimed: “Oh my God!” She said, “It does look very bad” but insisted, “I’m not a racist person at all. My cousin is married to an Indian, and my cousins are half-Indians.”

Asked by Davina about mocking Shilpa’s cultural background, Jo said, “I didn’t even know I was doing it.” She said she did not think that she had encouraged Jade in any way, adding, “I didn’t mean to, if I did.”

Before Saturday’s show, a police spokeswoman said, “An investigation into allegations of racist behaviour inside the Celebrity Big Brother house is continuing.

“Hertfordshire Constabulary can confirm police will be making approaches to speak to housemates if and when appropriate once they have left the house. “We are also making contact with two of the housemates who have already been evicted but at this stage no interviews have taken place.”