Katie Hopkins

Hopkins in 2018

Katie Olivia Hopkins (born 13 February 1975) is an English media personality, columnist, far-right political commentator, and former businesswoman. She was a contestant on the third series of The Apprentice in 2007, and following further appearances in the media, she became a columnist for British national newspapers.

Quotes

• I'm not sorry for stealing my husband from his wife.
  • Katie Hopkins: "I'm Not Sorry For Stealing My Husband From His Wife", at huffingtonpost.co.uk, (6 August 2013).
  • After admitting on The Apprentice her affair with Mark Cross, who she knew was married. Hopkins indicated she was without remorse for her actions; Cross divorced his wife to marry Hopkins.
• Would I employ you if you were obese? No I would not. You would give the wrong impression to the clients of my business. I need people to look energetic, professional and efficient. If you are obese you look lazy.
• The difference between most mothers and me is that I didn't sit around drinking coffee at baby group for 12 months after the birth of my baby. No, in three weeks I was back in my suit, back at my desk earning profit for my business and I don’t see why other women shouldn't do the same.
• Women don’t want equal treatment, they couldn’t handle it if they got it. It’s a tough world out there. What a lot of women are actually looking for is special treatment. What women need to realise is that they have to toughen up.
• Ramadan typically brings a spike in violence in Middle East. I get grumpy when I don't eat - but I don't blow things up. Religion of peace?
  • Katie Hopkins : her most offensive quotes The Daily Telegraph (8 January 2015).
  • Katie Hopkins's most outrageous quotes Western Daily Press (28 July 2015).