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Shilpa dissuaded sis from Bigg Boss

Age Correspondent

Actress Shilpa Shetty may have gained international fame by winning UK television show Big Brother, but the actress says she tried to "dissuade" her younger sister, Shamita Shetty, from participating in Bigg Boss 3, the third installment of the Indian version.

"Ok! It’s out, my sister Shamita is in the Big Boss house. Took the next flight to Bombay from London when she told me she was going in, I scurried to spend the last two days before she left, tried to dissuade her; considering she’ll be away for 3 months if she lasts!" Shilpa wrote on her blog.

The 33-year-old actress was allegedly racially abused by Jade Goody and other housemates during her controversial stint on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007 which made her a household name in the UK and also helped her to win the show.