From Big Brother house to the royal House of Commons, Indian actor Shilpa Shetty has sure taken a big leap. Shilpa along with her mother, Sunanda Shetty, paid a visit to the House of Commons in London on Wednesday and met Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Shilpa is on an emotional high after winning the UK reality show Celebrity Big Brother. The show has brought her publicity and some very lucrative assignments in UK. She is thankful to the British Asian community that stood besides her during the ‘much touted’ racist row. Here is an her interview with CNNIBN…
You just stepped out of the House of Commons where you met Prime Minister Tony Blair. What did he have to tell you?
He was very sweet. I just took the opportunity to thank him. He perhaps had to answer a lot of questions about the goings-on in the Big Brother house. I had to thank him for his support and humbleness.
Mr Vaz (Labour MP Keith Vaz) too had addressed a lot of such issues. So, it was a great opportunity for me to thank him and I did so. He was very kind, extremely warm. He truly did stand up for my country, which is something that we all must appreciate.
He was extremely sensitive about the racial issue raised up by a lot of people in the context of the show. There is something that we have changed about the whole perception, I feel.
There is obviously a lot of attention that you have got, from movie offers to brand endorsements, do you have any idea where you are going from here?
Shilpa Shetty: I’m moving upwards. In one word, things are moving upwards for me. I have some interesting job opportunities here. I have been offered to write a book, and a perfume by my name, which seems quite an interesting offer besides the others. My agents are looking into it. It’s a totally different ball game all together here honestly.
So, would you be writing an autobiography?
Shilpa Shetty: It’s too early for me to write an autobiography. I might come up with a cookery book or perhaps something that talks about my days in the Big Brother house.
What about chicken curry?
Chicken curry rules you know.
Does that mean you will bid adieu to Bollywood?
Shilpa Shetty: No way. I am who I am because of Bollywood. Nobody is ever going to take that away from me. The very name Shilpa Shetty is synonymous with Bollywood.
So, are you ready to live with one foot in London and other in Mumbai?
Definitely. It will have to be that way I guess.
Are marriage offers pouring in for you?
Shilpa Shetty: There is so much on the platter right now that there is no time for marriage. But I would love to get married someday. There is nothing on the cards yet. I don’t know from where these rumours come up.
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