It's perhaps a little surprising that Big Brother is the focus of another race row given the problems earlier this year in the celebrity edition of the popular reality television program.
Despite firm instructions to avoid the dicey topic of race an utterance from Emily Parr effected fellow housemates enough for them to express shock for several hours after.
There is little doubt the racist slur was said without malice but the celebrity Big Brother precident (which saw more plain racism being overlooked by the Big Brother team) required Big Brother to act.
Emily was summoned into the Big Brother diary room in the early hours of the morning. Big Brother asked for her to explain her words and then proceeded to inform her of the seriousness of the situation and that Emily would be removed from the house.
