Just read Jordans Collum in this weeks edition of OK Magazine, ive copied it below. Quote from Dear Jordans OK magazine collum…13th october 2009…
" Its a real shame about the Tickled Pink campaigne,and it was totally misconstrude what i had said! The thing is my mum’s best friend and my friend Louise,she had breast cancer,went bald,lost her breast,eyebrows and eyelashes.So there is no way i would ever take the mickey out of it,especially knowing somebody who has had it.I was willing to give money from my underwear sales to help the breast cancer charity but as they’ve dropped me from the campaigne i’ll give that money to a charity that does want it.!!
Well , i agree that Jordan was not the most apropriate person in the world to campagin for Breast Cancer ,and i dont particualy like her however, now jordan it would seem will be donateing her sales money to an alternative charity, looks like the baby has been thrown out with the bathwater
I have never had a problem with the PINK i realy dont care as long as it continues to bring in vital funding for BC . I for one hope that the pink bashing stops before we loose more vital funding .
I know a few people here hate all the Pinkness associated with BC but please lets think carefully before we lose any more money we need every penny we can get!!!
I agree that it is a shame that funding for bc has been lost.
If KP had mentioned her “scarred t*ts” in any other context it wouldn’t have bothered me but not in a shoot for breast cancer, I found that very offensive.
Why do people think we should put up with insensitive comments because the money is going to bc? If a celebrity was raising funds for the RSPCA would it be ok to joke about harming animals? Or if they were raising funds for the NSPCC would it be ok to joke about abusing children? Have we ladies who have had bc got to put up with anything as long as we get funding?!
KP was supposed to have issued an apology. She doesn’t sound very sorry in that quote!
KP would have gained a lot more respect if she had just said she would step down from the campaign and as Asda are still selling her wares that she would still donate the money to BC.
I wonder what her mums friends and her friend think of her (really) and such a shame she cant see further than her bank account.
Does giving to charity entitle her to something? I do think if everyone gives 1p it would be a start! Lets just give because we have a generous heart and not something to be gained from it personally.
How fickle,if it really was a cause so close to her heart how come she lets her own ego get in the way once again,by deciding to donate her money elsewhere.
I for one would not buy anything of hers that would in any way benefit her financially.
Well said Maude, and I too am really disappointed that KP thought it necessary to ‘punish’ and threaten to withdraw donations (if this is what has happened) just because a few people dared to express offense at her comments - what kind of nasty arrogant attitude is that? Her comments were never misconstrued, she even said in the ‘apology’ about how she understood how the comments could have been offensive, well does she?
I agree that we need all the funding this charity can get but I too do NOT think it’s OK to use flipant ‘pink humour’ - not when people are dying from this … and then expect us all to laugh along.
As Maud said, would we use light humour around cruelty (animals and human)? In November, would those who have lost loved ones be expected to just laugh along to careless comments about those being remembered? - of course not!
Let’s not forget, there’s a little respect needed here for the ladies (and men) who won’t come through this disease, they are the reason this charity exists - to save lives. Don’t they deserve a little understanding, compassion and dignity? Don’t they matter?
Katie, please think again, what if it were you? You’re the first one to speak out when offense has been caused to you and yet your fans still keep you in the luxury lifestyle you enjoy, no-one witholds your profits when you speak YOUR mind!!
Thank you ladies for all your comments.
I knew when i started this thread that it would raise many strong views and i want to say firstly that i respect everyones opinions on the whole Pink issue even though i dont personaly have a problem with it.
I too have lost friends and family to cancer , including a good friend at 25yrs old and a close family member who was 36 leaveing behind 2 young daughters. My heart gos out to everyone who has lost their life to this desease . I remember every name on this site who has lost their life to this vile desease even though we have never met and every time i read of another young life lost it breaks my heart, i have followed their stories and at night when i cant sleep i think about them all.
Yes at the moment i have primary breast cancer , but i am only too awear that that could change at any given time , im waiting for bone scan results at the minute because i have a lot of bone pain. i too may well die of this desease , my fears are no less real.
Children in Need raise Millions every year , through a fundraising night which is usealy full of comedy sketches , celebs doing their bit and a teddy with a bandaged eye representing the horrors that these poor kids are going through yet others do not seem to get offended by the way in which the money is raised.
It is a sad fact that people wont donate money to any charity if there isnt something in it for them ,yes it would be lovely if people would just give out of the goodness of their heart but these people are few and far between sadly, they want the fundraising to be fun so it attracts interest that proberly otherwise wouldnt be there ,i dont believe for one minute that anyone fundraising for breast cancer doesnt realise the seriousness of breast cancer, most are donateing time and money in memory of others.
What is Pink? its just a colour something someone chose way back when, when breast cancer fundraiseing began ,its reconised for BC and to try and get rid of it now i believe would be damageing and confuseing to the general public and we would lose further funding at our cost.
Katie Price is only a small part in breast cancer funding however her not now donateing money is a loss to us ,i dont want to loose other peoples support, Asda Tickled Pink Campaign has raised over 20 million pound for breast cancer and it funds almost half of BCC services without them this site may not exsist and this charity would not be able to offer the support it does now.
I want a future where my children and their children will live a life without fear of breast cancer and not to have to live as we do so if its pink ,fluffy or fun for those giveing their time and money so be it , as long as it keeps breast cancer high profile and keeps those vital funds comeing in thats what matters.
I think most people do respect your views. Our anger is directed at KP. This is a very emotive subject.
The positive thing is that Asda have now asked us to give them feedback on how their campaign should be run. (I have signed up to that and many others on this forum have too) That is a better way to resolve this issue than just spitting the dummy out like KP appears to have done.
Thanks once again for bringing this to our attention and allowing us to have our say.
Hi Lindiloo
Here,Here.
You are so right, when my husband died at 42 of cancer I was 35, 15 years ago the only support I had was from the hospice, a visit once a week by a 20 year old who wasn’t married and didn’t know what to say to me, if I had, this or a similar site, my experience of losing some one close would of been a lot easier, and if I have to buy pink wrapped mushrooms or pink wrapped flake then so what,it means that this site and many other projects are there, for myself and others with BC, pink is generally associated with women, and as this is primarily a woman’s cancer (yes I do know men can get it as well, before anyone says) so pink it is. sorry if I have waffled on but, I whole heartedly agree with what you say.
Carole x
What do we expect. Some of us didn’t want her fronting the campaign for breast cancer so why then should she give her money to the campaign. It is a double edged saw I am afraid - when the anti KP was launched and ASDA dropped her from their campaign surely we didn’t expect to keep the money. I have said in previous posts I had no issue with tickled pink or KP - I just want an end to this horrible disease which sadly took my mum’s life and may well take mine. I fear for my daughter and niece and in my opinion all fund raising should be viewed as positive.
It is not the colour pink that we object to. I am not sure if you have read the posts.If you have only read this post I would ask you to read the others.It makes me feel a bit angry upset that you think that.
Most of us wholeheartedly welcome any awareness and fundraising that goes along with this awful disease.
There are 3 things I object to, and I am sure others will chip in:-
Katie Price moaning about her scarred breasts, while mine were ripped from me at age 34.The attached emotional and physical scars, that concern my life not my sex appeal
2.The notion of being ‘tickled pink’. As coined by Debsincornwall, my 12 year old and my family and friends are not tickled pink, that I am terminally ill aged 42.
Do other cancers use such explicit images to fund raise? A subtle pink ribbon is subtle enough.
Would people with testicular cancer feel a bit sensitive if crowds of people were wandering around with balls on their head, if they had lost theirs?
Would people with bowel or rectal cancer feel comfortable with bottoms being splashed all over tshirts.
I have lost a lot of family members to cancer and my daughter will be prematurely motherless(like i was) because of mine. Any funding or research into this is essential, but surely NOT by any means!!!
Hi Juliet66
Sorry if I have upset you it was not my intention, yes I have read the whole thread and others concerning KP and I agree with all of it,I mentioned pink not tickled pink as I do agree tickled is not appropriate. I am not very skilled in the art of writing and perhaps did not come across very good, so perhaps I will leave this debate to others who have more to say than me on the subject.
Sorry once again Carole
Can I start by saying that I loathe all things tickled pink, and avoid Asda like the plague in October.I also have no great love for Katy Price, or any of that ilk. However… do you think that sometimes we can be over sensitive? Please don’t take that the wrong way. But, for example, I went shopping a couple of months ago with three friends, one of them bemoaning her ‘huge t*ts that don’t look right in anything’ and a second who responded by saying ‘at least you have them, mine are as flat as pancakes!’. No, I didn’t take offence, or cry, or rant. Because life goes on for other people, and a spot on their nose, or too big boobs are important to them. Yes, sometimes I do want to scream with frustration at what seems to be a slur, or inconsequential, but then I need to think back to life before…Life when I spent plenty of time whinging about the stretch marks on my modest breasts and never gave a thought to those who had lost theirs.
I don’t know how nice, how nasty, how genuine or how false KP’s gesture was - and no one else on here does either, but I have to admit that after all the flak there has been, I would have said stuff the donation too, and to be fair, at least she is donating it elsewhere and not just keeping the money.
I honestly think that rightly or wrongly, Asda and their blasted TP campaign, and KP have tried to do something good and an unthinking comment, which we are all capable of (we have not become saints because we have bc) has scuppered their plans.
So, step forward politically correct, precise communicator, preferably with no breasts,famous enough to attract media coverage, who is generous enough to give time and money freely to a charity.
I bet we would still find something to gripe about…
There seems to be two separate issues going on - one is about Katie price and her crass comments regarding being dropped from the Asda campaign and the other is whether the Pink thing is a good idea.
I don’t have a problem with the “Pink” theme in terms of the pink ribbon and organised events to raise money. I do think it is appalling to see people run around with grotesque looking false boobs and big bras, though. Like someone else said, imagine an event for testicular cancer where everyone had a pair of oversized testiscles dangling from their pants - that would be seen as totally tasteless, so why the false boobs thing?
Using Katie Price was just a marketing move by Asda which backfired because she is unable to think before she speaks. I blame Asda for being so damn greedy. I don’t think Asda particularly care about breast cancer or what it does - they see it as a good way of shifting their products, that’s all. And the same goes for Katie Price - she wanted publicity and was willing to pay out for it and I dont believe for one minute she gave a hoot about breast cancer either - just hoped it would raise her image.
It is true that we need funds and need to raise awareness amongst the general public, but should this be done at all costs - ie having really tasteless fund raising events or putting up with some bimbo trying to kick start her failing image? My personal opinion is I think the end doesn’t always justify the means as we run the risk of “dumbing down” the seriousness of the disease. At least with other major events, such as Children in Need, we are made aware (quite graphically sometimes )throughout the programme of the serious plight of those we raise money for and to date, I haven’t been offended by any of the acts used.
PS - I totally agree with you, Victoria, about how we can be over-sensitive when someone says inadvertantly about the size of their boobs etc and I would hate to think that people need to tiptoe around me in case they hurt my feelings. And I really believe that KP didn’t really think about what she was saying at the time, but surely the production team should have been clued up enough to cut it from the final showing?
I do not think I am particularly over sensitive. Most people have friends that make those sort of jokes. Sometimes it bothers me, sometimes it doesn’t, but I never say anything.
Choosing KP as the face of a breast cancer charity bothers me. I mean what is she known predominantly for?
Maybe you have had extensive surgery, maybe you haven’t! Maybe you relish your scars, maybe they repulse you. Maybe your sex life had never been better or maybe it died when your breasts went. Maybe you are facing death in the face and maybe you are not…
We are all different and should allow for this. The complaint is with Asda, KP and TICKLED pink. If some of us are over sensitive, perhaps some of us are insensitive to the different situations and feelings of others.
I found the choice of Katie Price for the campaign unsuitable and tactless on ASDA’s part and I did complain to them. I also found the motifs on one of their T-shirts tasteless and complained about that as well. I feel that they listened to the objections and that they will liaise with BCC in future.
I have nothing personal against Katie Price. It is her choice how she wishes to live her life, but I don’t think her public image was the right one for breast cancer charities.
I also don’t, as I have said before have a problem with Pink October as I feel that it does raise much needed funds and awareness.
If all things were fair and equal (but they are not) no type of cancer or other terminal illnesses would have to rely on charity funding and campaigns.
I would like to add my thanks to BCC for the information I receive from them and to all on the forums for support when I need it.
Last year KP raised £16000 for BC selling her goods. Chicken feed to her. On children of courage a 12 year old lad raised half a million ( I think that is the correct amount) and the only way I heard about it was because it was on the tv. There are thousands and thousands of people quietly raising a lot of money for different charities without expecting praise. May their Gods bless them all. Let her throw her toys out the pram and I certainly will not buy any of her goods. Wishing you all good luck.
Marion.
When you work out that asda have 346 stores in Britain they are not giving much away.
As a landlady of several pubs I raised thousands for lots of charities we got a bit of local publicity it helped fill the pub. So I consider to of done my bit.
My complaint has and will continue to b the name is just inappropriate
‘Tickled Pink’ is wrong and it upsets me. One of the posts on here said ‘Fickle Pink’ and for what has gone on this year is more appropriate. My opinion of cours and we are all entitled to one of those still. Aren’t we?
Love Debsxxx