Carol Vorderman used to get told on a daily basis that she wasn’t "half as fat" as she looked on TV.
The 58-year-old actress chuckled every time an audience member on the game show ‘Countdown’ – which she co-hosted – made such a comment, and has admitted she thought it was "lovely".
She wrote on Twitter: "Well @ScarlettMoffatt and @EmAtack….every studio day on Countdown I roared laughing when someone said "eee Carol Love, you’re not half as fat as you look on the telly "….I thought that was lovely…I know what they meant…#YouGottaLaugh cos we’re all very lucky xxx (sic)"
Carol’s ‘Countdown’ conundrum comes in response to Emily Atack hitting out at people for saying she "scrubs up well".
The ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ star tweeted: "If one more person says "you scrub up well!" to me…. IT’S NOT A COMPLIMENT!!!! (sic)"
Scarlett Moffatt – who co-hosts spin-off show ‘Extra Camp’ – wrote: "The best is when people say eeeeh your "actually" very pretty (sic)", and Carol then replied with her ‘Countdown’ story.
Some Twitter users pointed out that such a comment is in fact a complisult – a phrase which is seen as a compliment but could be taken as an insult.
Emily’s tweet comes after King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp, who beat the former ‘Inbetweeners’ star to the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ crown last year, said she might have a chance with his son Jamie Redknapp because she "looked all right" after "scrubbing up" following her jungle stint.
The day after his triumph, he said: "When I first saw her in the jungle I thought, ‘No chance’.
"But I’ve seen her today, when she’s scrubbed up, and she looks all right. I’m telling ya, she looks very useful. She looks good."
"But when I saw her in the jungle I thought, ‘No, you ain’t got a prayer.’ "
Carol Vorderman ‘loved’ Countdown fat comment
