Jo O’Meara

Profession: Singer
Place/Date of Birth: Rush Green, 29 April 1979

Julie Sullivan said she did not recognise her sister from what she had seen on television - but insisted the former S Club star was not racist.

She told GMTV: "We’re all shocked. It’s just not her character at all. She’s just not like that. At home she’s very down to earth, she’s a very timid little girl."

She added that Jo had only agreed to go on Celebrity Big Brother for the money.

"Jo was really nervous about going in there because of Jade. And she’s gone with that - rather than be on the victim’s side, she’s gone with the bullying, which is not right."

She said her sister would be "really, really upset" when she left the house and saw what she had done.

The singer’s friend and agent, Cindy Lazarus, told GMTV that Jo tried to commit suicide when she was 13 because of bullying at school.

Celebrity Big Brother

Contestants:
Carole Malone
Cleo Rocos
Danielle Lloyd
Dirk Benedict
Donny Tourette
Ian Watkins
Jermaine Jackson
Jo O’Meara
Ken Russell
Leo Sayer
Shilpa Shetty
Jade Goody

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Biography

Perhaps we’ll witness the battle of pop in the coming weeks? Many of you will know Jo from S Club 7, the group split in 2003, but Jo is now pursuing a solo career.

Early this year she appeared on The Two Of Us, alongside Hollyoaks actor Chris Fountain, and performed versions of Extreme’s ’More Than Words’, Stevie Wonder’s ’As’ and Aerosmith’s ’Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’.
January 2008