Katie Hopkins

Whitewavemark2

Bet she gets a job in GB News

That was the first thing I said! I bet she has 'broken' her contract to get back ready to take up a very relevant position with GB news. Maybe her lover Tice will turn up as well.

To be honest, I had no idea who she is, and quite frankly, it would seem that’s for the best from what is reported about her on here (and elsewhere, I suppose, though I haven’t read any of those). I’ve never been a follower of The Apprentice, it’s always struck me as a programme that survives by promoting the worst attitudes and behaviour in people from the trailers Ive seen, so I’ve avoided it as that kind of behaviour holds no interest for me whatsoever.

Will she join GBNews I wonder? Perfect addition to team?

Blossoming
(I’ve pmed you; well, about a dozen times )

The word ‘psychopath’ is bandied around a lot, but I do wonder if it’s applicable to Hopkins

Parsley3

Hopkins was vile on The Apprentice and went on to perfect her special brand of vitriol in the media. Those posters who are kindly offering a reason for her behaviour may not know her back story.

I know her back story from day one, before even The Apprentice, but it would be unprofessional of me to post on here.
That's how she was, is and always will be.

I have a brain injury. It’s not a licence to be vile.

I agree Kate1949. She was like this before. And she is just an attention seeker who enjoys being unpleasant and stirring things up.

She was like this before she had her brain operation. She is a fraud and a publicity seeker. I don't think she believes half of what she says. She's just trying to get attention and it works. (Just my opinion obviously). She will be thrilled to be back in the public eye again. Marcus Rashford gave her a fantastic reply when she had a go at him a while back.

Good post janejudge

That is interesting trisher

She's entiirely entitled to her views and they may be influenced or the result of her health problems.She'snot entitled to tell lies and tht's why she has so many court judgements against her.

Interestingly Mo Mowlam who had a brain tumour once asked her specialist how long it could have been there and if it was possibly responsible for her outspoken attitude. He couldn't answer her.

you can fill us in Parsley3. I'm at a loose end today

Hopkins was vile on The Apprentice and went on to perfect her special brand of vitriol in the media. Those posters who are kindly offering a reason for her behaviour may not know her back story.

Yes, I’m with you Jane (as ever!)

I was going to post about her brain surgery and seizure disorder but I think it can only be used as a reason for her behaviour and thought processes. If she has such a severe neurological impairment from it, is it ethical to give her such platforms and I suppose the answer is always yes? if it is within free speech guidelines and with that falls to her (or an advocate) the responsibility to moderate her own platform. She seems to just fill it with hate filled bile though. I can have sympathy and compassion for her complex health needs whilst finding her views abhorrent

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She has at times spoken very intelligently and I've also seen her being hilariously funny. But she seems to have a side to her which is totally obnoxious and knows no boundaries. In this case it's very strange for someone who is basically intelligent to behave like a stupid teenager.

Callistemon

I don't know how musicians etc should have been allowed in when live gigs were supposedly cancelled.
I know Australian musicians and they have not been working.

It does seem so unfair, I think the more famous you are (or rich) means that you are not subject to everyday rules.

Hi Lucca yes I have heard and read the things she’s said. I think of her in the same way I did ( past tense now thankfully) that Trump guy, or even just the local bigot at the bus stop/ queue spouting off. Never watched the Apprentice or Dragons Den as both these types of “entertainment” - imo obviously, epitomise all that is mean and greedy and tiresome and joyless in society. I can’t bear Eastenders either, GRIM

FannyCornforth there are many people with epilepsy who do not and would never express the views Hopkins has. Her epilepsy seems to have been controlled sometimes and sometimes untreatable. It was never mentioned in her period on The Apprentice, she lied about it to get into the army but seems to now say she had attacks most nights.
She has libelled so many people and written inaccurate and insulting things. Opinions my be the result of a brain injury but anyone can check the facts. She has no money now because of the libel actions.

I don't know how musicians etc should have been allowed in when live gigs were supposedly cancelled.
I know Australian musicians and they have not been working.

I am not a Katie Hopkins fan.

Actors, Musicians and business people have been going into and out of Australia throughout the pandemic, as they have every other Country Worldwide.

I would love to be able to visit our family in Melbourne or our AC in Kenya, unfortunately we are just normal folk with no chance whatsoever!!!!

I am crying with rage at the injustice of this.
So many people needing to travel from UK to Australia and vice versa to visit dying relatives, for funerals of loved ones but can't.

As far as I'm aware she didn't have a brain injury, she had an operation to cure her epilepsy.

Other people in that situation have managed to avoid being banned from Twitter, deported from other countries and sued by so many people that they have had to sell their house to cover the costs. They've managed to avoid accusing innocent people of being terrorists and mixing up TV cooks with people who vandalise war memorials.