Katie Hopkins slammed after sharing ‘cruel’ dementia jokes on Twitter

Twitter users have launched an attack on Katie Hopkins following her ‘distasteful’ joke about dementia

Katie Hopkins slammed after sharing ‘cruel’ dementia jokes on Twitter

by Kayleigh Dray |
Published on

Katie Hopkins has offended everyone (as always) on Twitter, after making a joke about dementia sufferers on her page.

The mum-of-three's post read: “Babe I'm here again, I'm here again, where have you been.

“Babe I'm back again. I'm back again Where have you been?

“Take That, Dementia style.”

While some were amused by her comments, plenty took offence - and Katie soon found herself the target of a series of angry online messages.

One wrote: “Nice of you to take the p**s out of people suffering with Dementia! Let's hope it never happens to you!

“Then again…”

Another added: “After spending yesterday with my nan who has dementia, your comment makes me feel sick.”

“You must be a disappointment to your family,” said another. “What would you do if your parents suffer later on in life? Would it be funny then?”

Another fumed: “I hope she is left on a hospital bed and no one remembers her name and let her children suffer her wrath!”

A large number of people also took the opportunity to slam Katie as an “emotional abuser”, insisting that she is a terrible mother.

It is not the first time that Katie has taken aim at dementia sufferers.

Last summer, she slammed the elderly via her column for The Sun, insisting they are 'annoying' and that assisted suicide is a preferable option.

The former Apprentice contestant wrote: "What's the point in living longer if all we're going to do is get in the way or sit in expensive nursing homes unable to recognise our own reflection in the mirror?

"If I get like that, for God's sake bang me over the head with a hammer… if I can't recognise my children, what's the point in them coming to see me?

"They have lives to enjoy and, frankly, I have fairies to be away with."

The controversial opinion writer went on to add that she would take herself off to Dignitas, the Swiss clinic who help assist people in dying, before she became a 'nuisance' to her loved ones.

"I am getting the words 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' tattooed across my forehead at 60.

"Society has tried giving old people the hint that they are not wanted."

She later defended her own comments on Twitter, saying: "I am unsure why people find this so offensive. If I am off with the fairies, I want my kids off with their friends.

"I refuse to be a burden.

"We extended life beyond the optimal point of departure. What is the point in sucking life from the young? Kids, take my cash & have a blast."

**What do you think of Katie’s comments on dementia? **

Let us know via Twitter (@CloserOnline) or Facebook now.

Just so you know, we may receive a commission or other compensation from the links on this website - read why you should trust us