Countdown legend Carol Vorderman has opened up about meeting her dad for the first time when she was 42. The Clifton resident, 62, was a guest on Michelle Visage's Rule Breakers podcast earlier this week, in which she detailed everything from her impoverished upbringing to her five 'special friends'.
Ru Paul's Drag Race star Michelle invited the 'national treasure' onto her BBC podcast, which is dedicated to 'true originals who have ripped up the rule book to forge their own path to success'. She asked Carol, who became the first woman to appear on Channel 4 in 1982, to kick off the show by going right back to her 'humble beginnings'.
Carol was born in Bedford on Christmas Eve, 1960, with her family going through a very difficult period around the time of her birth. Speaking on the podcast, Carol said that her father, Tony, had an affair whilst her mother, Edwina (also known by her middle name, Jean), was pregnant, and did not tell her until after Carol had been born.
