Welsh TV presenter Carol Vorderman shot to fame when she co-presented Countdown and since then has appeared on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, Strictly Come Dancing and often appears on ITV's morning show This Morning. She surprised This Morning's hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary and presenter Matthew Wright when she revealed a fact about her name on Friday, November 18.
Carol said she was named Carol after a Christmas carol as she was born on Christmas Eve in 1960. She said: "There is a specific reason... it is because I was born on Christmas Eve, Christmas Carol. So everybody says oh as your birthday is at Christmas we are going to buy you an extra big present - they never do. So it all sort of merges."
Surprised by Carol's name meaning Alison said: "I will never forget your birthday again Carol. Christmas Carol, Christmas Eve, that is so lovely!"