Jade: ’I wanted to die after BB’ - July 23 2007
Jade Goody has admitted that she felt so depressed after her disastrous involvement in the Big Brother race row that she contemplated suicide.

The controversial reality star said the only thing holding her back was thinking about her two young sons, Freddy, two, and Bobby Jack, four.

Jade, 26, reveals the full extent of her troubles to Piers Morgan in BBC1’s You Can’t Fire Me I’m Famous.

In her first TV interview since the spat with Shilpa Shetty in the house, Jade says: "I had bad depression. I was on sleeping pills and on suicide watch.

"It’s the worst thing a mother can say, ’There’s no hope’. But I snapped out of that quickly because I’ve got kids and they are my life."

Jade admits that she has struggled to find work since the show aired in January, and that she worries about paying the bills.

She adds: "I’m not doing this to be back in magazines or TV. But I’ve got a mortgage and bills to be paid."

Jade says that she might have got her temper from her mum, saying: "You learn from your parents. Mine weren’t the best."

The show is on BBC1 at 10.35pm, Tuesday July 31.

Church Reassures Jade - July 10 2007
The Church of England has moved to reassure Jade Goody after she expressed fears that a recent miscarriage was "God’s punishment" for her behaviour.

The star was 12 weeks pregnant when she lost the baby she was expecting with boyfriend Jack Tweed.

It came months after the Celebrity Big Brother race row which saw her vilified for her treatment of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.

"After the miscarriage I did ask: ’Why is all this happening?’ I thought it was God’s punishment for something I’d done," Jade, 26, told Closer magazine.  But her comments prompted a response from the Bishop of Croydon.

The Rt Revd Nick Baines issued a statement saying: "Jade Goody can be sure that losing her baby wasn’t a punishment from God.  "God doesn’t punish people. He stands by them and shares in their suffering as we see in Jesus Christ."

Jade, who has two sons, had hoped for a girl.  "I dreamt of having a girl and even secretly imagined dressing her in pink," she said.  "This year it’s been one thing after another. But after losing the baby I thought I’d never recover."

Jade’s career nosedived after Celebrity Big Brother.  She told the magazine she has "no one to blame but myself" for her problems.

"Last year, everything I touched turned to gold. My perfume was outselling the Beckhams’ and I was at the peak of my career, so I was probably due a tumble. I didn’t expect it to be so bad, but it’s made me stronger," she said.

Jade banned from driving - July 5 2007
Jade Goody has been given a six-month driving ban after admitting a series of motoring offences.

The former Big Brother contestant appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court where she admitted driving her BMW car with a provisional driving licence on November 3 on the M1 motorway at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.

She also pleaded guilty to driving the vehicle otherwise in accordance with her licence and to driving with no insurance.

Jade, 26, pleaded guilty to two further offences of driving otherwise in accordance with her licence and without insurance on March 27 in Brentwood, Essex.