British talk-show host Michael Parkinson doesn’t have much love for the late Jade Goody, who he claims represented "all that is paltry and wretched about Britain today."

The world was captivated by Goody for multiple reasons: first was her time on the reality show "Big Brother." Later, after she had made a name for marketing herself, the 27-year-old was diagnosed with cervical cancer. As the cancer spread, so did Goody’s fame — especially because she had television cameras follow her treatment. She did so, said Goody, so that she could raise awareness about the disease and also to ensure her two young sons had money after her death.

Goody’s death came last month and thousands gathered for her funeral this past weekend. Now that she’s been buried, Parkinson’s insisting people snap out of it and realize that she wasn’t a "martyr," Britain’s Now magazine reports:

Jade Goody has her own place in the history of television and, while it’s significant, it’s nothing to be proud of … Her death is as sad as the death of any young person, but it’s not the passing of a martyr or a saint or, God help us, Princess Di.

When we clear the media smoke screen from around her death what we’re left with is a woman who came to represent all that’s paltry and wretched about Britain today.

Sure, Goody wasn’t Mother Teresa, but her post-cancer media blitz did inspire more young women to get cancer screenings. In fact, so many women began booking doctor appointments that some professionals began referring to the phenomenon as the "Goody Effect." That, we think, is quite the feat.