Katie Hopkins

Katie poses for her official BBC "Apprentice" publicity photo.
Born:	1976 Devon, England
Occupation:	Reality TV participant, [1] Brand consultant[1] and now working at the Met Office.[2]
Children:	India and Poppy McKinney

Katie Hopkins (born 1976) is a Reality TV participant who appeared on the third series of the British version of The Apprentice. She withdrew from the show in week 11, and was not dismissed with Sir Alan Sugar's catchphrase You're Fired.^[3] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 438 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (468 × 640 pixel, file size: 47 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... “Devonshire” redirects here. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen (King) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... The new building on the edge of Exeter The Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself), which has its headquarters at Exeter in Devon, is the United Kingdoms national weather service. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Series Three of The Apprentice is a television series currently airing in the UK on BBC One. ... The Apprentice is a British reality television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to become an apprentice to British business magnate Sir Alan Sugar, with the winner given a £100,000-a-year job working for his electronics manufacturing company Amstrad. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Youre fired! is an informal exclamation commonly associated with an employer informing the employee of his or her involuntary termination of employment. ...

Biography

Early Life

Born to Roy and Anona Hopkins in 1976,^[4] Katie attended Exeter University, studying Politics and Economics^[4], and has trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and claims she can ‘out press up’ most men.^[5] Her goal is "to be CEO of a large global brand builder by 40".^[6] She was once a stand-by contestant for the programme Big Brother.^[7] She once called Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport her home due to spending so much time traveling around the world and has worked for organisations such as Guinness, Smirnoff, Moët et Chandon, Reuters, Thomson Financial and Barclays.^[8] The University of Exeter is the principal University in the English city of Exeter, in Devon. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is defined as a group of people who are influenced to change laws and other such things to make the world a better place the process by which groups of people make decisions. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... New College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst New Colours are presented to RMAS, June 2005. ... A press up (also push up) is a common strength training exercise performed while lying horizontal and face down, raising and lowering using the arms. ... Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, and S4C in Wales and E4, in which a number of contestants live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... Guinness logo World War II era advert. ... Plastic 473ml Smirnoff Ice no76, bottled in Dorval, Quebec. ... Logo Moët & Chandon (founded 1743) is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of champagne and one of the most well known champagne houses in the world. ... Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pron. ... Thomson Financial is an arm of The Thomson Corporation one of the worlds leading information companies, focused on providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. ... Barclays Bank is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. ...

Romantic Interests

It was at university which she began a romantic relationship with fellow student Alan Hickman which lasted until 2001.^[4] Katie was also "close" to work colleague Paul Collins during her relationship with Hickman.^[9] Paul's wife Mel found out about the affair, and Paul decided to stay with his family. ^[9] Katie later dumped Alan Hickman for her boss, Damien McKinney.^[9] He was a father of three and 15 years her senior.^[4] The couple left Britain to live in New York; it was here in which their daughter India was born in 2004.^[9] They returned to Britain shortly after India's birth, it was during the following year that they were married and their second daughter Poppy was born.^[9] Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NY redirects here. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Katie re-kindled her romance with Paul Collins upon returning home.^[4] Although, Mel Collins found out about both this new affair and the fact that she was expecting another child.^[9] Mel then separated from Paul and has said that she would like to get back together with him.^[9] Katie and Paul then separated.^[9]

While filming The Apprentice, Katie formed a relationship with fellow contestant Paul Callaghan. There have been various conflicting reports regarding whether the couple had sexual intercourse whilst participating on the programme. While reports originally suggested that the couple romped in the attic of the house in which the candidates were living,^[10] Paul originally confirmed that they didn't have sex,^[11] but later changed his statement when confirming that they had made love outdoors.^[12] Paul Callaghan. ... It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ... A typical attic. ...

After filming The Apprentice, Katie took a job at the Met Office in Exeter.^[13] It is here that she met Mark Cross, a married design manager.^[14] The couple met at Exeter St Davids railway station on May 25th 2007 and later went to a local pub.^[14] It was from here that they went into a field, stripped naked, and made love to each other.^[15] This was widely reported in the tabloid press,^[14][4][16] but Mark's wife Ruth revealed that she already knew of the affair.^[16] Katie's lover and former Apprentice candidate Paul Callaghan revealed that he found out about Katie's affair with Mark by seeing them having sex.^[12] The new building on the edge of Exeter The Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself), which has its headquarters at Exeter in Devon, is the United Kingdoms national weather service. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the Westcountry. ... Exeter St Davids station is the most important of seven National Rail stations in the city of Exeter in southwest England. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

The Apprentice

Hopkins was selected from over 10,000 people to be one of the final 16 candidates in The Apprentice.^[17] The series, which began on the 28th March 2007, received over four million viewers for its opening episode.^[18] She hit the headlines as part of the first on-screen romantic relationship to feature on The Apprentice with fellow candidate Paul Callaghan.^[19] She rejected Sir Alan Sugar's offer of a place in the final episode of the programme, due to problems regarding childcare of her daughters, and walked at the end of the penultimate task.^[20] The episode gained 6.2 million viewers, while the following You're Fired! episode was watched by 3.1 million.^[21] March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Childcare (also written child care[1] and babycare) is the act of caring for and supervising minor children. ... The Apprentice is a reality television show that originated in the United States on NBC. The show is hosted by Donald Trump and the final prize is a job with a starting contract of one year at a hefty six-figure salary. ...

Comments and views

Katie became notable on the programme for her derisive comments toward other contestants. These include calling Naomi Lay a dog,^[22] and expressing overt class issues with fellow contestant Adam Hosker's North England background.^[23] Sir Alan Sugar with Series Two winner, Michelle Dewberry The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ... Sir Alan Sugar with Series Two winner, Michelle Dewberry The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice. ... The three northern Regions Northern England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. ...

Hopkin's also expressed contempt for fellow contestant Kristina Grimes^[24] who was considered her rival whilst on the show. She mocked the choice of clothes and fondness of fake tan of her fellow candidate^[14] and compared her to a Limpet.^[3] Katie also accused her of trying to turn The Apprentice into "The Kristina Show".^[25] Other insults used include calling Kristina a "wench with a forked tongue".^[26] Kristina Grimes is a 36-year-old businesswoman from Harrogate, England. ... Sunless tanning (also known as indoor tanning) refers to applying chemicals on the skin to produce an effect similar in appearance to a traditional suntan. ... Suborders See text. ...

Her insults, however, were not limited to her fellow contestants Hopkins also mocked viewers of TV shopping channels, maternity leave,^[27] fat people^[28] and those with the names Mavis and Derek^[3] See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content. ... Parental leave is the right to take time off work, paid or unpaid, to care for your child or make arrangements for your childs welfare. ... Mavis is a female name and may refer to: People Mavis Staples Mavis Wilton Mavis Madling Mavis Hutchinson Mavis Taillieu Mavis Wilson Mavis Gallant Fictional characters Mavis, a diesel engine character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ... Derek is a male name of English and Old German origin; its meaning is power of the tribe . ...

Public Response

Katie has become something of a hate figure during her time on the programme, especially on internet forums.^[29] Although, Sir Alan Sugar has jumped to her defence.^[30] A hate figure is a person, normally in the public eye, who is widely disliked. ... An Internet forum, also known as a message board or discussion board, is a web application that provides for online discussions, and is the modern descendant of the bulletin board systems and existing Usenet news systems that were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. ...

The tabloid newspapers have also criticised her, comparing her to such fictional characters as Cruella De Vil,^[31] Widow Twankey,^[32] Darth Vader, J.R. Ewing^[33] and The Wicked Witch of the West.^[34] She has also been compared to real people, such as Princess Diana, Simon Cowell, Princess Anne and Margaret Thatcher.^[35] They have also made fun of Katie's red cheeks.^[32] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Cruella De Vil is a fictional character and the primary villain in Dodie Smiths novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians and its various film adaptations. ... Widow Twankey is a character in the pantomime Aladdin. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing John Ross J.R. Ewing, Jr. ... The Wicked Witch of the West (or simply The Wicked Witch) is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum in his childrens books. ... Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961–31 August 1997), commonly, but incorrectly, known as Princess Diana, was for fifteen years the wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ... Simon Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English artist and repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom, but is best known as a judge on the television programs Pop Idol, The X Factor and American Idol. ... Princess Anne may refer to more than one person: Anne, Princess Royal (born 15 August 1950), daughter of Elizabeth II of the UK Anne, Princess of Orange (1709‑1759), daughter of George II of Great Britain Anne (1637‑1759), daughter of Charles I of England Princess Anne may refer to... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ... The word cheek can mean several things. ...

Love, Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis expressed his distate for Hopkins jokingly vowing to kill Katie whilst accepting his Fellowship award at the 2007 BAFTA awards. ^[36] Fellow contestants of Katie have questioned why she took part in the programme,^[3] while fellow candidate Lohit Kalburgi claims he didn't want to be "the bitch", making a reference to Katie.^[3] Love Actually is a romantic comedy first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. ... Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. ... Richard Curtis in London, 1999 Richard Curtis CBE, (born 8 November 1956), is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, best known for the TV programmes Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley as well as movies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love Actually. ... The 2007 British Academy Television Awards will be held on Sunday May 20 at the London Palladium Theatre in London. ... Sir Alan Sugar with Series Two winner, Michelle Dewberry The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice. ... Look up bitch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Friends of Ms. Hopkins claim that she was only participating in the programme in order to start a media career.^[4]

Aftermath

Katie, like all other Apprentice candidates, appeared on the accompanying spin-off programme The Apprentice: You're Fired!. Upon making her entrance onto the stage, she received a mixed response from the crowd with some audience members booing and others cheering.^[3] When being shown video clips of Katie's comments about other candidates, laughed and Katie dismissed them as "letting off steam".^[3] Michelle Mone, boss of lingerie company Ultimo who was guesting on the episode, verbally blasted Katie by calling her "exceptionally selfish" making remarks such as "You've given businesswomen a bad name".^[37] The episode continued with both women making offensive comments to each other.^[38] Sir Alan Sugar with Series Two winner, Michelle Dewberry The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice. ... Media spin-off is the process of deriving new radio or television programs from existing ones (see list of television spin-offs). ... Booing is the act of showing displeasure for someone or something, generally an entertainer, by loudly yelling boo (holding the oo sound) or making other noises of disparagement, such as animal noises, including the sound of a donkey and hissing. ... Cheering is the uttering or making of sounds encouraging, stimulating or exciting to action, indicating approval or acclaiming or welcoming persons, announcements of events and the like. ... A young child laughing For the 1930 film see Laughter (film). ... For other uses, see Ultimo (disambiguation). ... Assorted lingerie styles. ... Ultimo may refer to: (ULTIMO) my nickname Ultimo, New South Wales the Italian name for Ulten, Italy Ultimo (comics), a fictional giant robot in the Marvel Comics universe Ultimo (designer lingerie brand) Ultimo is spanish for last Category: ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit_oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ...

Once leaving the programme, Katie said that she was backing Simon Ambrose to win The Apprentice, and revealed she wanted to smash a glass ceiling over the head of other finalist and rival Kristina Grimes. ^[39] Sir Alan Sugar with Series Two winner, Michelle Dewberry The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice. ...

The day after Katie's final Apprentice episode aired, two big news stories emerged about her. Firstly, her step daughter Charlotte McKinney told the Daily Mail that Katie had ruined her family and driven the teenager to anorexia by sending her cards with stick men drawn on them. ^[40] Another Mail article reported that fans of the programme were accusing the BBC of fixing her walk-out.^[41] A stepfamily is the family one acquires when a parent marries someone new. ... The Daily Mail is a British tabloid newspaper first published in 1896. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ...

Katie signed two exclusive deals to sell her story; a newspaper deal with The News of the World and a magazine deal with Emap, the company behind Heat and Grazia magazines. ^[42] The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... EMAP plc (LSE: EMA) is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... heat is a British entertainment magazine published by EMAP Consumer Media, and edited by Mark Frith. ... Grazia (Italian for “Grace”) is an Italian and a British weekly womens glossy magazine. ...

In her News of the World interview, Katie played down media reports that she had broken up marriages, but did reveal that she has had 10 lovers and had made love to a man in the barracks at Sandhurst Military Academy.^[43] She also told the paper that Michelle Mone, who had criticised her on The Apprentice: You’re Fired!, was probably “just happy to be out of the underwear factory for the day”.^[44] She also told the paper that she lost her virginity aged 17 after leaving a convent school and that she hopes to be a Member of Parliament for the British Conservative Party, like Margaret Thatcher.^[43] A barracks housing conscripts of Norrbottens regemente in Boden, Sweden. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The new logo of the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ...

References

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External links

• The Apprentice at bbc.co.uk