Jade Goody continues to be a public and marketing pariah weeks after the racism row on "Celebrity Big Brother" - she has not received a single offer of work since, and people with similar sounding names are embarrassed.

Goody came in for considerable public criticism for her remarks about Indian actress Shilpa Shetty on the reality show. She has since visited India and apologised for the comments that made her come across as a racist bully.

Her name has had an adverse fallout on others too. Bristol-based driver Jay Goodfield was proud of his private car registration plate that read J600DYY. It was a plate that he had bought for 250 pounds in 2004, but now wants to get rid of it.

Goodfield, 20, is known as Goody to his mates but when Jade became a public hate figure on "Celebrity Big Brother", he says his life has turned miserable by angry drivers mistaking him for the shamed personality.

Until the racism row on television, he says he used to be flattered by the attention he got from star-struck onlookers. He would find people taking pictures by his black Audi TT and was even followed down the motorway by clueless fans.

But after the racism row, passers-by have hurled abuse, drivers keep cutting him up and Jay fears his car could soon be vandalised. He now wants to get rid of the registration plate.

He told the Western Daily Press: "I couldn't believe my luck when I first saw the plate for sale and it looked like a bargain. But now it's turned into a nightmare. I used to get girls following my car thinking I was her boyfriend.

"Sometimes I'd play along with it, put my hood up and wear some sunglasses and it would be a good laugh. Now everyone thinks I'm some kind of racist. People swear at me, give me dirty looks and I've even been threatened by gangs of kids.

"I can look after myself but I just don't need the hassle anymore. It was great when I first got it and before Jade became famous, everyone recognised my car. But enough is enough."

Meanwhile, Jade Goody's agent Katherine Lister admitted that she has not found any work after the racism row broke out on television. Lister said: "Jade's had very, very few offers of work. She's had the odd thing, but they were things it wouldn't be feasible to do."

Jade, 25, has been axed by Living TV, which paid her 150,000 pounds a year for her series "Jade's PA" and "Just Jade". Her perfume Shhh, which was expected to earn her 75,000 pounds, has been withdrawn.

Publisher Harper Collins has also scrapped plans to release "Jade: My Autobiography" in paperback.