Katie Hopkins is married and has three children aged 10, nine and six. But how do they cope being the children of a woman who was once dubbed “the most hated woman in Britain”?
Apparently very well, according to Katie.
Speaking with Management Today, she explained that her children are in a “nice, small school that they love” - which they appreciate more after she “made them go to state school for a while”.
And, while some of the other pupils tease them about their famous mum, Katie insists that her children are too well grounded to let it affect them.
She said: “They still see it as quite cool I am on TV. Some kid said to them that ‘their mum hates your mum’.
“My daughter explains it as ‘you just speak your mind Mum, and not everyone likes your mind.’”
When asked if people ever verbally abuse her children in the street, Katie said that it had never happened - and that she never expected it to happen.
However she did confess that some of her more controversial Twitter comments had led to a visit from social services before.
She said: “I did have a call the other day from part of social services that they were concerned about the welfare of my child based on my Twitter feed, which someone thought might be damaging them.
“They said they had to call to follow up.
“If you’re a fort at the top of the hill – which is how I see myself and my family – you will get incoming, like massive great mortar shells. And you always have to be ready for the next thing.”
It’s good to hear that her family are handling life in the spotlight in their own unique way, isn’t it?