Max Raymond

I think the situation with Jade Goody has been extremely well documented in the last few days. It amazes me that people are actually having a go at her for getting money through these media deals for her kids.

Let’s say you were in the same position as Jade Goody – you get cancer and it’s going to take your life and you’re leaving behind two kids. What would you do?

I reckon a lot of people on here would do what Jade is doing or something similar so that they can get money for their kids’ future put that as a main priority, because (and some people here may have forgotten about this) they require a lot of time and money devoted to them. I would be making sure that my kids are going to be able to have the best life they could possibly have, and trying to make sure that my partner (or someone else if I didn’t have a partner at the time) is capable of looking after them and that there is money available for that person to raise up the kids. Not to say there is anything wrong with giving money to related-charities. I probably would leave some money to charity myself if I could but my kids would be the bigger priority.

In another part of my mind I would also be thinking that I would also be raising awareness of this illness and also, hopefully, inspiring some sort of public debate. There are definitely problems that the NHS has in dealing with this and, whilst it should never take the death of a well-known personality to make people realise this, try and force a change in the way they take care of these things.

I’ve never really liked Jade Goody that much…but I don’t blame her for doing what she is doing. She’s just trying to make sure her boys have a decent upbringing and a happy life…if there’s a problem with that, shoot me.