Katie Hopkins on Woman's Hour

Hi All, Katie was on R4 this morning - anyone else hear her. I can't work out whether I'm motivated or not by her various provocative comments! Does anyone belong to her "Fat Club"?

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Please don't give that woman publicity

[libbydaniels88]

Haha I rather like her. Although I don't agree with her on everything she says, I admire the way she speaks out. I think people today are far too concious of upsetting others, to the extent that they are frightened to even hazard a negative comment. She does inspire me actually, a lot of what she says is hard to hear but true.

Maybe its because I'm 64 and oap's are notoriously rude 😃

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I know what you mean. The "hating" at the beginning seemed totally OTT (as Tewson noted!) - but I do wonder if a bit of direct speaking might get some of us (well, me really!) to pay a bit more attention to our general appearance and fitness. You rarely get anyone talking about "appearance and career" these days - it's just not PC, so I think it reminded me a bit of the 1980s (when I was wet behind the ears and in my first HR job - it was all body language courses and shoulder pads back then!!!).

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Intrigued by your post, I decided to play part of the program whilst washing the floors. My first question was "who is Katie Hopkins?". The answer is that she is no one other than a columnist who is seeking attention grabbing headlines. She ignored the fact that in many cases, obesity is a symptom and bye product of other underlining illnesses. The word "hate" was used quite freely during the early part of the program, with the purpose of stirring strong emotions.

Katie, managed to get a quick plug in for the Fat Club in the closing moments, which is when it became clear she was only there to promote her own commercial venture.

Quite frankly I think she came across uncultured, uneducated and ignorant. I think it dangerous that such a person be allowed to play with the health of others.

Hey ho, onwards and downwards and time to get on with the cooking

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Yes, there was a LOT of "hating" particularly at the beginning. She aims to be controversial in every interaction she has.

You had done well to avoid knowing who she is - and now I've spoiled that for you. MANY apologies - I didn't think that through!

Hope what's in the pot is nice!?

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It's good to know Katie, because now I can dismiss her. Fired again eh

Today we have a spaghetti bolognese which will cook slowly over two hours. Just tinned tomatoes and herbs for seasoning. Now that's cooking a packed tea to prepare for footie with grandson.

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Yum - sounds nice. We'll all be over later ...!

[Jenever]

I'm not really a fan of Katie Hopkins, I think she's little more than a self-publicist, an attention seeker, and by the way, a Donald Trump admirer! However, I do listen to her even though I take a lot of what she has to say with a very large pinch of salt.

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Agreed. I just found all the rather poisonous Trump stuff on her twitter feed...

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It's no surprise she loves Trump 😔😡