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Tila Tequila: Celebrity Big Brother contestant was 'Nazi sympathiser' who described Hitler as a 'good man'

 
 
 

Channel 5 has been accused of promoting a Nazi sympathiser after it emerged that a contestant on its Celebrity Big Brother show has previously expressed her admiration of Hitler and appeared on her Facebook page posing in front of an image of Auschwitz while wearing a swastika and SS hat.

Anti-semitism campaigners said the comments of Tila Tequila, a Playboy model and singer appearing in the latest iteration of the long-running reality television show, made her a “totally unacceptable participant” in the programme and questioned how her record had been missed by producers.

The entertainer, whose real name is Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen, has strongly denied that she is anti-semitic and in 2012 said she was considering converting to Judaism.

But in a series of online postings, including a blog entitled “Why I sympathise with Hitler Part 1: True History Unveiled”, which has since been removed, Ms Nguyen has described the Nazi leader as a “good man” to whom she felt forgiveness.

 

Campaigners questioned how her record had been missed by Channel 5

 

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But in a series of online postings, including a blog entitled “Why I sympathise with Hitler Part 1: True History Unveiled”, which has since been removed, Ms Nguyen has described the Nazi leader as a “good man” to whom she felt forgiveness.

Nguyen said Hitler 'stood up for his country in a desperate time' [Getty)Nguyen said Hitler 'stood up for his country in a desperate time' (Getty)
She wrote: “He was not a bad person as they have painted him out to be. Not even close!!! Here is a man who was not a coward, stood up for his country in a desperate time of need… and yet not only did he try his best to help his country and people get out of what was a time of depression, economic collapse, high unemployment… he lost the war and was painted out to be a monster after his death. This is what breaks my heart.”

She added: “Hitler was a good man and it takes some f***ing balls for someone to say this out loud in this day and age, especially for a public figure like myself.”

The mother-of-one, who was born in Singapore to Vietnamese parents, is one of 13 participants in the 16th series of Celebrity Big Brother, whose producers have attempted to breathe fresh life into ratings for the ageing reality television format by billing it as a “US vs UK” competition between minor personalities from both sides of the Atlantic.

Channel 5, which is now owned by American media giant Viacom, signed a deal with  Endemol earlier this year to continue airing the Big Brother format for another three years.

Channel and Endemol have insisted that they had not been aware of Ms Nguyen’s comments before she appeared on the programme this week and said it was investigating.

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The Campaign Against Antisemitism called for Ms Nguyen to be removed immediately from the programme and criticised Channel 5 and producer Endemol Shine UK for selecting the 33-year-old American to appear.

The group in particular criticised a photomontage posted in 2013 on her Facebook page in which she appears in front of the Auschwitz death camp while scantily-clad wearing the Nazi emblem and a hat emblazoned with the skull symbol of the SS. The picture has since been removed.

Jonathan Sacerdoti, director of communications, said: “The British public has little time for attention-seeking Nazi sympathisers like Tila Tequila. Channel 5 and Endemol Shine UK ought to be ashamed of themselves for promoting such a deeply offensive person on prime time television.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/n...od-man-10477011.html

 

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Originally Posted by Xochi:

 Godwin's Law or what! Hard to believe she really thinks this though... Channel 5 fake story I reckon Mind you if its true I'm really shocked. 

My thought too.. but it was the Independent so I give it a bit more credence than if it were the Star or the Mail.

Kaffs
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Xochi:

 Godwin's Law or what! Hard to believe she really thinks this though... Channel 5 fake story I reckon Mind you if its true I'm really shocked. 

My thought too.. but it was the Independent so I give it a bit more credence than if it were the Star or the Mail.

wwowww awful if true

Rocking Ros Rose

The thing is, she was rumoured to be going on CBB weeks before it started. I in no way agree with what she said - completely idiotic - but I find it a little scummy that people would wait until she entered the house to reveal her past.

 

Why not do it when she was rumoured and it would've saved so much more trouble?

Rawky-Roo
Last edited by Rawky-Roo

I glanced at DS briefly yesterday after emma said she had been removed and they were saying if you google her it is one of the first things that come up. .so either it is now top cos everyone has googled it or it was there all the time.. that's what you get for employing cheap interns to cover summer holidays..

 

No sad loss tho going on  the little bit we did see of her

Mount Olympus *Olly*
Last edited by Mount Olympus *Olly*
Originally Posted by Saint:

Very poor research

Or was it deliberate??

Deliberate surely? Maybe they expected it to cause controversy and get the ratings up,  but the strength of the backlash took them by surprise?

FM

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