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14 mars

Jade's Wedding...To Living TV


Jade Goody and Jack Tweed © Jade's Wedding on LIVINGMy mum and I decided to give in to all the press attention and watch Jade's wedding on Living. It turned out to be an extremely bittersweet couple of hours. Mixed in between the snatches of the Jade of old (the way she insisted that everyone wear dressing gowns for breakfast and the warning to Jack to "Watch my make-up!" when he kissed her, for instance) was this other Jade, the terminally ill Jade. The Jade who's lost her hair due to chemotherapy. The Jade who is wheeled around by a nurse. The Jade who is taking long bouts of rest. The Jade who is trying to smile through the pain. The Jade who is dying before our eyes.

At the wedding breakfast, the tearful bride told her guests: "Thank you everybody that's in here. I'm so proud to see everybody's faces. And hopefully, in a few years' time, I can have a blessing and we'll all be here again so everyone can cross their fingers and a miracle might happen." What can I say to that except this: when it comes to Living TV, McDreamy and McSteamy are no match for the phenomenon that is Jade Goody.
 Jade Goody © Jade's Wedding on LIVING
Derek Shepherd (McDreamy) and Mark Sloan (McSteamy) may be handsome, philandering doctors on Grey's Anatomy, one of America's most popular shows, but Jade is the reality TV star who was made on camera and is dying on camera. Channel 4 introduced her to the viewing public via Big Brother in 2002, but Living TV built on the Jade brand with a series of shows including: Jade's Salon, Just Jade, Jade's P.A. Living With Jade, The Next Chapter and recently, Jade: Bride To Be and Jade's Wedding. The wedding to Jack Tweed, much-publicised and sold to highest bidder OK!, aired on Living and delivered huge ratings.

Split into two parts, with a two-hour special covering the wedding and the reception after, Bride To Be pulled in 789,000 for the digital broadcaster with Jade's Wedding garnering 771,000 viewers. As these two shows may be the last time Jade Goody is seen on TV, the record viewing figures for Living TV reflect that sad situation.
 
Even before the tragic news broke that her cancer was terminal, a quick glance at Living TV's viewing figures tells you all you need to know about Jade's pulling-power. Cast your mind back a couple of months to when I sounded off about Lipstick Jungle. Living launched its biggest ever marketing campaign to support its much-hyped new US acquisition. Yet for all that activity, the return was just 200,000 viewers (including a very bored yours truly).

But last month, Living's Jade - a show documenting her cancer battle - attracted 709,000 at 9pm. That programme's result was a massive 366% up on the channel's slot average for last year of 152,000 viewers. Living's previously highest-rated show was the finale of America's Next Top Model in 2007, which achieved a total audience (including Living +1) of 859,000. But of course, Jade has easily surpassed that. It was inevitable really - such is the interest in the ill-fated mum-of-two. It's got to the point where I wonder what the broadcaster will do post-Jade...
 
Jack and Jade kiss © Jade's Wedding on LIVINGThere was only one week to put the wedding together. One week to find a wedding gown big enough to accommodate the pouch that contains the pump which supplies Jade's medication. Time was of the essence...for obvious reasons. "That vicar looks funny," said my mum as he helped the pair choose vows. Given a choice between 'everlasting' and 'eternal', Jade, ever frank, asked: "Which is better cos I'm dying?" Heartbreaking stuff. The cancer-stricken star turned down the offer of a wig for her big day. "I'm not embarrassed of my head so no, I'm not wearing a wig," she stated. In the event, she didn't need a wig; she looked absolutely beautiful. Beaming, Jade managed the walk down the aisle, accompanied by her 70-year-old grandfather John Craddock, who gave her away.
 
It was just like any other wedding but also, unlike any other wedding: a swanky venue (Down Hall Country Hotel in Essex); a reception (held in a marquee in the grounds of Down Hall); music (Max Clifford's wedding gift of opera singers were disguised as hotel staff; they serenaded the party with Dean Martin's That's Amore and Puccini's Nessun Dorma. Then pop group Sugababes turned up); family (no mistaking Jackiey Budden, Jade's mum) and attendees (including Richard and Judy, singer Jamelia, ex Blue boyband member Antony Costa, Max Clifford and Paul O'Grady).
 
The segment I personally found almost unspeakably poignant came courtesy of Jade's photographers. Instead of a speech, they presented a montage of pictures of the bride and groom taken in happier - and in Jade's case, healthier - times. Accompanied by Kylie and Jason's Especially For You, the snapshots showed a smiling, laughing girl, with a full head of hair, frolicking with the man she loves. A girl with not a care in the world - the Jade of yesteryear. The Jade of today, noticeably emotional looking at memories past, wiped tears away. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be affected by that. Too ill for a honeymoon, her photographers obliged by super-imposing pictures of the newly-weds against some of the world's best known tourist spots: Egypt's pyramids, America's Las Vegas, France's Eiffel Tower, Australia's Sydney Opera House...Jade and family © Jade's Wedding on LIVING

This time, the music was Grease's We Go Together sung by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John; bright and light-hearted, it was the perfect pick-me-up. The night ended with Jack and Jade watching the fireworks with her sons Jack and Freddie.

By the time Living aired Jade's Wedding, she'd been back in hospital, confronted by a crazed woman with a hammer, received a phone call from Michael "This is it. This is it!" Jackson and returned home, probably to die. Little wonder there's such fascination with her life...
 
 
 
* Did you watch the wedding on Living? What did you think of it? Share your thoughts by selecting the 'add a comment' button.


Today I am mostly lovin' - The fact that Comic Relief raised a record-breaking £57 million, with more donations expected, in a time of recession. The £57,809,938 reached by the end of the show easily beat the record £40.5 million set in 2007. It's the most money ever raised in the 21-year history of Red Nose Day. We Brits have our hearts in the right place. Thanks to us, projects here in the UK and in Africa will benefit.

Today I am mostly hatin' - Is there anywhere on my EPG safe from Messers Horne and Corden? I'm getting sick of the sight of them - I swear the only show I haven't seen them on is News At Ten. They're everywhere! I still think that, outside of Gavin and Stacey, they are sooooooooo overrated. 
 

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FIRSTLY IT SAD WHEN ANYONE DIES FAMOUS OR NOT YOUNG MORE SO THAN OLD AS THEY HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF A LONG LIFE. JADE WAS LOUD AND SOMETIMES RUDE BUT CANT WE ALL SHE WAS ONLY HUMAN AT THE END OF THE DAY. SHE MADE THE BEST OUT OF A BAD SITUATION TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR HER FAMILY AS SHE WASNT GOING TO BE AROUND,SO PERSONALLY I THINK GOOD ON HER. AND WHEN I SEE MY KIDS DOING SOMETHING NEW OR FUNNY I THINK TO MYSELF HOW LUCKY I AM TO WATCH MY KIDS GROW. (YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH) MONEY CANT SAVE YOU WHEN YOUR DYING.
SO WHATEVER YOUR THOUGHTS OF JADE IN THE END SHE WAS A BRAVE MOTHER WHO MARRIED THE MAN SHE LOVED ONLY FOR A MONTH, SO KIND WORDS PLEASE AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS AHEAD FOR US ALL....
29 Juin
Tina Patersona écrit :
Why should people lose the rights to their opinion because she passed away? People should still have the right to voice their opinion, but it does need to be done in a respectful way.

She had everything given to her for not being a very pleasant person on TV, I prsonally think she would have commanded a lot more respect than she's already getting if she had worked hard and earned that money for her boys without milking the media's sick, twisted voyeurism over the dying. And let's not forget, most of us as a public were all proud of hating her, or as close as until we were told she had cancer... what does that say about us?

Time for all of us to start thinking about all of the families going through this very thing who DON'T have the benefit of millions from TV appearances to give to the family to help them when they're struggling for every penny. No one asks for cancer to happen to them, but the poor, unknown saps that have to go through it, go through it penniless and no one thinks about them because they're not on the telly. And I think when the boys grow up they might not be so proud of what she did although they'll appreciate being set up for life before she was gone.

I think she was a superb mother, and a lot smarter than people made her out to be but that's it. it truly is a sad day when a mere honest, respectful opinion gets shot down just because its not what people think should be heard.
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dianaa écrit :
As it was Jades choice for the cameras to film her, i for one did no mind watching it yes it was very sad and my heart went out too her, we know she did all this for her boys she wanted them to carry on with a good education so maybe they will benifit in later life i hope so . I hope Jade is looking down on them and bless her and bless her mum as well i hope all goes well for Jackie x
26 Avr.
trisha hannaha écrit :
i am sorry but jade goody was a very good person, plus a very good mam,daughter, and wife ,
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Aucun noma écrit :
The public is fascinated by Jade Goody because she represents us all - she is good, she is bad - but unlike a huge proportion of the population she 'got over' her abusive childhood to become someone who could control her own destiny, which she did with panache. She was a victim, who became a survivor and, with no talent or education, she did with her life what most of us could only dream of. She knew who she was and where she came from and never pretended to be anything else. That's why we loved her. How many of us could say the same?
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wendy mcgratha écrit :
if you can't say something nice about some one who has passed away then don't say anything!!! thats goes for anyone who died whether famous or not..she didn't pretend to be anything that she wasn't, she just made the best out of life in which ever way it came. she never pretended to be perfect, and if your talking about being ignorant and crude maybe you should look at some of you no name people's comments show some respect to someone who has passed away. you did not have to watch thebits of news when she was on you can always change the channel, not that hard surely in the day and age of remote controls. i do hope she rest in peace and that her and geoff boys get privacy they deserve to grow up. and remember that those boys will read the nasty comments about jade when they grow up and i'm sure nobody would want their kids to read horrible comments about them if they died when their kids were young. soif you can't be nice then be polite!!!!!! W.McGrath
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Aucun noma écrit :
For God's sake we have had enough of this ignorant, crude woman. Let us rest in peace!!!! The media is trying to paint her as a princess, star and saint when she was none of these things. The public are being manipulated by Max Clifford etc just to make money. As for her family, she married a thug, and I for one would like to know how much he was paid to go through that sham of a marriage. Everything was done for publicity. If the family don't like it hard cheese. I have had to put up with the nauseating sight of her on the news. Does her family think about me and my family - I don't think so.
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naomi bradleya écrit :
i think what eva money can b made for her children in a good way is what jade would have wanted i know if it was me i would love to make enough money for my kids if i was in a life death situation good on her for doing what she did so she knew her kids would b cared for the way she wanted them to b if someone hasnt got a good thing to say about someone who is dead then they shouldnt say anything cuz if her family was to read it it could hurt them
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lisaa écrit :
thx god done and dusted damn wman sill manging t get in he press like shewas so9m kinda angel mmmm notttttttttt
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katlyn rokea écrit :
i feel sorry for jades family losing a wife, a mother, a daughter, a niece, a grandaughter and a auntie i think we should just leave jades family alone to a rest in peace and i jut love watching jade in big brother she was really funny and i have always been a fan of jade when she came ot of big brother she is such a happy, fun, bubbly person to look up to xxxxxxx p.s. rest in peace jade
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cheryla écrit :
i know its sad but just give a thought for all those people going through who are not in the spot light and their families who are struggling for money so please just let her rest xxx
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Nicole higginsa écrit :

I have never been a fan of Jade Goody, but since the last few weeks I have been impressed by her moves
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Nicole higginsa écrit :
i think wat she has done for her sons is really nice dont u think so
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Johna écrit :
I completely agree with Doreen, this whole episode is a media pantomime. we've all lost loved one's to this disease, but we dont ram it down everyone else's throat, give it a rest!. John.
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i will be honest ever since big brother i have loved jade i have been a massive fan, i think she was a greeat person who truely loves her boys, and i look up to jade and would love to be like her. it is very sad of what has happened as noone should have to go through it not at any age. i pay my respects to jades family as she is a great los. R.I.P jade may you sleep peacfuly x
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carena écrit :
I have never been a fan Jade Goody's, but the last few weeks I have been impressed by her. She was a young woman who said she was ignorant and uneducated, and some people said she was ued by the media. I think the truth was the opposit she used the media to get every she wanted, she had a beautiful wedding ,christening, her children are well cared for and want for nothing (except a mother). All paid for by the media if that's ot clever i don't know what is. it was mutual exploitaion. Good on you Jade. R.I.P. Love to her family.
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janette rosea écrit :
Jade and Jack's wedding was awsome, I think what she's done for her children is amazing, she will be sadly missed but never ever forgotten. Her legacy is she will save many many women. She had many talents even with her troublesome backgroung, she did good. She has left two young boy's and what good boy's they are. R.I.P Jade The Essex Princess.XXxx
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angelaa écrit :
Jade and Jack's wedding was beautiful - it made David and Victoria's and Katie and Peter's weddings look really tacky!! Jade looked beautiful, Bobby and Freddy were gorgeous and Jack looked wonderful too!! RIP Jade, my heart goes out to Jack and your boys - xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hayley Bobbiiieeea écrit :
I think What she Has Done fo her chidren and other People that have the same condition as her is amazing . x Some people think that by showing her wedding on telly she was just tryin to get publicty but she was doing it for her boys Future! X God Bless You Jade. And Good on you Jack, Jackiey ,Bobbie And Freddie for Staying so strong ... x God Bless You All x xxx (R.I.P Jade our Essex Princess . x)
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julie parsonsa écrit :
Hi, Me and my husband watched Jade's wedding on living and I must say we really enjoyed it. But also it was so sad because we all know what the outcome was going to be. They would'nt have a long and happy life together, but a short and painfull one. That was so sad, as you could'nt get away from the fact, and that's what made it so sad. I loved Jade just the way she was, she was funny, down to earth, and spoke her mind. You knew if she liked or disliked you. That's what i loved about her. She will be sadly missed by every one. I am dissapointed that they did'nt show much of the funeral. We could'nt get there as we are both disabled and would be worried in the crowds. So we are hoping that living were there and have filmed the day. Some people may not like that idea, but when she was so loved as she was then I think people would like to say there goodbyes also. Can you let us know if living is showing Jades funeral or not please. thanks. From big fans of Jade. All our love to all her family especially her two boy's. Love Julie Allen and Milo. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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