Carol Vorderman has referred to as out Conservative peer Shaun Bailey after feedback he made about her throughout an look on GB Information final month.
Bailey – a former London mayoral candidate, who was appointed to the Home Of Lords final yr – just lately took half in a debate on the divisive information channel, throughout which he criticised the previous Countdown presenter’s credibility as a political commentator.
“Look, on one hand she’s bought all that stuff on [X, formerly known as Twitter], you realize, she’s a critical political commentator, after which if you happen to take a look at her Instagram it’s all footage of her bums and her boobs,” he claimed.
“So what’s it, right here? She will be able to’t be each.”
Carol then hit again on her X web page on Wednesday, accusing Bailey of being “sexist” and referring to him because the “jingle and mingle partygate apologist”, referring to an image of him that surfaced at a gathering at Conservative Occasion headquarters that was taken whereas lockdown measures have been in place.
“So, Shaun thinks that ladies who put on lycra within the gymnasium shouldn’t be allowed a political opinion… or I assume a vote!” she continued.
“Failed Mayoral candidate #SexistShaun was made a Lord final yr. Yet one more Tory honour for dishonour.”
HuffPost UK has contacted representatives for each Shaun Bailey and GB Information for remark.
Since importing her submit, Carol has been backed by the journalist Ava Evans, who herself was the topic of derogatory remarks by the actor Laurence Fox throughout Dan Wootton’s GB Information present final yr.
“Actually exhausting to see this stated about @CarolVorders,” Evans wrote. “It’s really easy to make use of your interview time to go for somebody’s arguments, but he can’t assist himself however go for her physique.”
Whereas greatest identified for her work as a TV character on the likes of Countdown, Free Ladies and This Morning, Carol has extra just lately made headlines for her quite a few political takedowns on social media.
Again in November, Carol informed her followers that she was stepping down from her present on BBC Wales as she was “not ready to cease” criticising the UK authorities “for what it has finished to the nation I like”, after new social media pointers have been introduced in for BBC staff.
“I used to be introduced as much as battle for what I imagine in, and I’ll stick with it,” she stated.
The Maths knowledgeable additionally just lately revealed that she was teaming up with the non-profit the Good Legislation Mission, in a bid to show a “trove” of previously-unseen materials regarding the federal government’s dealing with of the Covid disaster.