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What Is Katie Hopkins’s Net Worth?
Katie Hopkins, an English media personality known for her controversial opinions, has an estimated net worth of $500,000. This valuation is influenced by various factors, including her career in television, print media, and legal challenges arising from her statements.
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Born on February 13, 1975, in Barnstaple, Devon, England, to a bank-teller mother and an electrical engineer father, Katie Hopkins spent her formative years in Bideford. She attended a private convent school from the age of three until she was sixteen. Hopkins initially harbored aspirations for a military career and received sponsorship from the British Army’s Intelligence Corps. She pursued economics at the University of Exeter while participating in the Officers’ Training Corps on weekends. After completing her training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, a seizure prevented her from taking up her commission. Instead, Hopkins entered the business consultancy sector and relocated to New York City before returning to the UK in 2005. She worked as a global brand consultant for the Met Office. However, her employment at the Met Office ended in mid-2007 after appearing on “The Apprentice,” due to her failure to meet the standards required during her probationary period.
Television Career and Media Appearances
Katie Hopkins’s first foray into television was in 2007 as a contestant on the third season of the British reality show “The Apprentice.” She exited the show before the final task because of disagreements with Alan Sugar. Following “The Apprentice,” she made appearances on shows like “8 Out of 10 Cats” and “The Friday Night Project.” She also participated in the seventh season of “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” on ITV.
In the early 2010s, Hopkins featured on “Question Time” and “10 O’Clock Live.” In 2015, she was a contestant on “Celebrity Big Brother” on Channel 5, finishing in second place. In the same year, Hopkins was featured on the TLC program “My Fat Story,” documenting her weight-loss journey. She also launched her own TLC program, the panel show “If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World,” which was canceled after seven episodes due to low ratings.
Hopkins has also been a guest on various conservative news programs.
From 2013 to 2015, she was a weekly columnist for The Sun, after which she began writing for Mail Online. Her employment with Mail Online was terminated in late 2017. From 2016 to 2017, Hopkins hosted a Sunday morning talk show on LBC in London, but she was fired after making inflammatory comments on Twitter about the Manchester Arena bombing. In early 2018, she joined the far-right website The Rebel Media but was fired later that year. In mid-2020, Hopkins was suspended from Twitter for hateful conduct; her account was reinstated three years later.
Legal Issues and Financial Implications
Katie Hopkins has faced multiple legal challenges that have impacted her finances. In late 2016, she was involved in a libel case for writing articles on Mail Online claiming that the Mahmood family were Islamic extremists. In 2017, she faced another libel case, Monroe v Hopkins, brought against her by writer Jack Monroe, whom Hopkins had falsely accused of vandalizing a war memorial. Monroe won the case, and Hopkins was required to pay legal costs. It was reported in March 2018 that Katie Hopkins sold her Exeter home for 930,000 pounds to help pay for a civil libel judgment owed to British food writer Jack Monroe related to a defamation lawsuit.
In 2020, Hopkins was sued by Finsbury Park Mosque for falsely linking it to a violent incident. She issued an apology later. In 2021, while preparing to participate on “Big Brother VIP” in Australia, Hopkins was dropped from the show for posting on social media that she deliberately violated COVID-19 safety protocols. She was also fined for not wearing a mask, had her visa canceled, and was deported from Australia.
Social and Political Views
Katie Hopkins has frequently faced criticism for her social and political views. She has been described as a “professional troll” due to her controversial statements, some of which have been characterized as anti-Islam and anti-migrant. In 2017, she faced backlash for stating that there was a “Muslim mafia” in Britain and that the country was experiencing “institutionalized discrimination against whites.” Hopkins has also expressed that “Islam disgusts me” and has supported the banning of burqas. She is also opposed to multiculturalism, claiming that increased crime is a direct result of it. Hopkins penned a column for The Sun comparing migrants to cockroaches and feral creatures, and later stated that “racial profiling is a good thing.”
Personal Life
Hopkins married her first husband, entrepreneur Damian McKinney, in 2004. They divorced in 2005. Hopkins married businessman Mark Cross in 2010; their marriage was filmed as part of the reality television show “Four Weddings.” Hopkins underwent surgery in early 2016 to alleviate the severity of her epilepsy, which she had struggled with for her whole life. During the operation, a portion of her brain was removed; although this effectively ended her epilepsy, it caused some complications.
