Carol Vorderman has revealed she has muted five words on social media after being subjected to “misogynistic” abuse.
The 63-year old former Countdown star said has filtered the terms in question on X (formerly Twitter) in the wake of an online spat with Lord Shaun Bailey, who described her Instagram account as “all bum and boobs” and a stark contrast to her “political” agenda on X.
Carol, who was has been very vocal in her disdain for the Conservative Party was forced to leave her role as a presenter for BBC Radio Wales in November after breaching the Beeb’s social media guidelines. She later joined rival LBC vowing to continue “to hold the corrupt to account”.
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Now, the star has explained she has muted “Botox, plastic, s**g, w***e and s**t” to reduce the number of “attacks”.
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Asked how she handles trolls, She told Grazia: “I cop quite a lot of it [abuse] but I pay no attention. I’ve had stalkers and helicopters flying my house. I was litigious to keep my two kids out of the public eye. Misogyny is just a subsection of other bullying.
“On social media I mute certain words. That gets rid of a lot of the ad hominem attacks. The vast majority out there are lovely. But there is a subset of nasty men and nasty women.”
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Addressing her axe, Carol explained that she respected the BBC’s decision to introduce new social media guidelines. However, it was soon made clear to her that given the show was in her name, the guidelines would apply to all of her content.
She told her followers: “Since those non-negotiable changes to my radio contract were made, I’ve ultimately found that I’m not prepared to lose my voice on social media, change who I am or lose the ability to express the strong beliefs I hold about the political turmoil this country finds itself in.”
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And on her new role and greater social media freedom, she gushed: “I’m delighted to be joining LBC and the phenomenal stable of powerful voices on the station. More than ever, live radio is an incredibly important platform for news, so I’m looking forward to returning to a medium that I love.
“I won’t be shy to say things that others won’t and I’ll hold the corrupt to account without fear or favour. And obviously I can’t wait to hear from the listeners – all of it, without apology or embarrassment; their worries, their joys, their ideas. To quote Bob Dylan, ‘the times they are a-changin’ and I can’t wait to get started – bring it on!”
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