Over the past few years, the former Countdown star has become increasingly vocal about politics online, regularly criticising the previous Conservative government making her a bit of a target for those who don't agree with her strong opinions.
Her new book - Now What? On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain opens with some of the startling things public figures have said about her including a post on X, where former Tory MP Marco Longhi calls her: "A person who obviously has bitterness, arrogance and envy in her heart. There's no amount of plastic surgery or Botox that will cure that." But does criticism - from public figures and online trolls - bother Carol? Not in the slightest.
"I quite enjoy it - they don't realise, bless them, the trolls, that they're a bit of my oxygen," she says.
"It's like when the Tories came after me, I knew I was doing something right so I'll carry on, because that's the way I'm built. I won't shy away from it.
"Most of the responses from trolls are misogynistic or abusive - there's no argument, there's no debate based on fact. It's just abuse, bless them." After years in the public eye - presenting on Loose Women and BBC Radio Wales, and appearing on reality shows like Strictly Come Dancing and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! - Carol says she published her first political post on X (formerly Twitter) in November 2022.
It was about Baroness Michelle Mone, who faced controversy over the so-called "VIP lane" contracts granted to some PPE suppliers during the coronavirus pandemic.
That's all detailed in her new book, along with a diary of her increased political activism from the end of December 2022 up until the recent election.
To understand why Bath-based Carol, 63, decided to dive head first into politics, she says it's important to know her background growing up in North Wales.
This story is from the October 06, 2024 edition of MEN on Sunday.
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