Katie Hopkins Biography: Husband, Age, Surgery, Net Worth, Height, Tv Shows, Children, Religion

Katie Hopkins is an English media personality and columnist whose rise to the top began with her appearance on the BBC series The Apprentice in 2007.

Known for her provocative commentary and controversial public remarks, she has worked as a newspaper columnist, reality-TV participant, and social commentator.

Profile

• Full name: Katie Olivia Hopkins
• Date of birth: 13 February 1975
• Age: 50 years old
• Gender: Female
• Place of birth: Barnstaple, Devon, England
• Nationality: British
• Profession: Media personality; columnist; political commentator; businesswoman
• Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
• Parents: Roy Hopkins (father) and Anona C. O. Crowle (mother)
• Siblings: One older sister
• Spouse: Damian McKinney (m. 2004–2005), Mark Cross (m. 2010 – present)
• Children: Two daughters: India McKinney, Poppy McKinney; Son: Maximillian William Cross
• Relationship status: Married
• Religion: Christian-conservative self-description
• Ethnicity: White British
• Net worth: US$2 million

Early Life and Education

Katie Hopkins is now aged 50 and was born on 13 February 1975 in Barnstaple, Devon, England. She grew up in Bideford and attended a private convent school from age three to sixteen, where she learned piano and violin and played sports.

Hopkins went on to study economics at the University of Exeter and also underwent training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, although her path to a commissioned military role was halted by a diagnosis of epilepsy. Her father worked as an electrical engineer and her mother was a bank teller.

Personal Life

Katie Hopkins married former Royal Marine Damian McKinney in September 2004; they had two daughters together before divorcing in 2005. In 2010 she married Mark Cross, with whom she has a son (Maximillian William Cross). Hopkins has publicly spoken about her epilepsy diagnosis and her brain surgery in 2016.

Career

Katie Hopkins’ career began when she appeared on the third series of The Apprentice in 2007, where she reached the penultimate stage before withdrawing. Her media presence expanded when she began writing for national tabloids, first for The Sun (from 2013) and later for MailOnline (from 2015). She also hosted her own television talk-show, If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World, though it was cancelled after one series.

Hopkins has used her platform to voice strong opinions on immigration, multiculturalism, Islam, and other social issues, and she has become associated with far-right political commentary. Her work has involved public speaking, media commentary, columns and social-media engagement.

Net Worth

Katie Hopkins’ net worth is estimated around US$2 million. Her income sources include newspaper columns, television appearances, public speaking engagements and social-media work.

Controversy

Katie Hopkins has repeatedly sparked public outrage for her comments. In 2015 she described migrants crossing the Mediterranean as “cockroaches,” which prompted over 400 formal complaints to the press regulator and a petition with 300,000 signatures demanding her dismissal.

In 2017 she lost a high-profile libel case (Monroe v Hopkins) brought by campaigner Jack Monroe, and was ordered to pay damages and legal costs. She was also subject to deportation issues in Australia in 2021 for flouting quarantine rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social Media

• Instagram: @katiehopkinsuk
• Twitter/X: @KTHopkins

Filmography

• The Apprentice (UK) (2007) – Contestant
• I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! (2007) – Contestant
• Celebrity Big Brother (UK) (2015) – Runner-up
• If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World (2015) – Host

Books

• Rude (autobiography)