Katie Hopkins

Katie Hopkins
Hopkins smiling
Hopkins in 2023
Born
Katie Olivia Hopkins

(1975-02-13) 13 February 1975 (age 50)
Barnstaple, England
Education
Occupations
  • Media personality
  • political commentator
  • columnist
  • businesswoman
Years active2007–present
Television
Political partyUK Independence Party
(since 2021)
Spouses
Damian McKinney
(m. 2004; div. 2005)
Mark Cross
(m. 2010)
Children3
Websitekatiesarms.com

Katie Olivia Hopkins (born 13 February 1975)[1][2] is an English media personality, far-right[3] political commentator, and former columnist and businesswoman. She was a contestant on the third series of the reality show The Apprentice in 2007; following further appearances in the media, she became a columnist for British national newspapers, including The Sun and MailOnline. In 2015, Hopkins appeared on the fifteenth series of the reality show Celebrity Big Brother, where she finished as runner-up, and hosted her own talk show, If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World. The following year, she became a presenter for the talk radio station LBC and underwent major brain surgery to treat her epilepsy.[4]

Hopkins' social media presence and outspoken views, especially on UK politics, social class, migrants and race, have attracted controversy, media scrutiny and legal issues.[5] In 2016, her former employer MailOnline was forced to pay significant damages to a Muslim family whom she had falsely accused of extremist links.[6][7] In the 2017 libel case Monroe v Hopkins, Hopkins was required to pay damages and legal costs to food writer Jack Monroe after making defamatory remarks on Twitter.[8] Her role at LBC was terminated in May 2017 following her comments on Twitter about the Manchester Arena bombing.[9]

Hopkins was permanently suspended from Twitter in June 2020 for what the company described as "violations of our hateful conduct policy",[10][11] but her account was reinstated in November 2023.[12] In July 2021, she was deported from Australia and had to pay a fine for deliberately breaching COVID-19 health regulations.[13] That same year, Hopkins joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP).[14][15]

  1. ^ "Katie Hopkins: what fat people need is a kick up the a---". The Telegraph. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ Thring, Oliver (5 November 2017). "Katie Hopkins: I want to save Britain, but I'm no Bob Geldof". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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  4. ^ "Katie Hopkins undergoes brain surgery to treat epilepsy". ITV News. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. ^ Cumming, Ed (25 August 2014). "Katie Hopkins fat-shaming the obese is pointless – we already blame ourselves". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ^ Jackson, Jasper (19 December 2016). "Mail pays out £150,000 to Muslim family over Katie Hopkins column". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. ^ "MailOnline forced to pay out £150k over Katie Hopkins column". The Scotsman. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference the=guardian-katie-hopkins-applies-for-insolvency-to-avoid-bankruptcy-after-jack-monroe-twitter-costly-libel-case was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Katie Hopkins to leave LBC 'immediately'". BBC News. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Katie Hopkins joined Parler after permanently suspended from Twitter". EMEA Tribune. 20 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  12. ^ Vallance, Chris (6 November 2023). "Tommy Robinson and Katie Hopkins reinstated on X". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Australia deports Hopkins over quarantine boast". BBC News. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Katie Hopkins joins UKIP". www.ukip.org. 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  15. ^ O'Reilly, Luke (14 January 2021). "Katie Hopkins joins UKIP in time for the party's leadership contest". www.standard.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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