For those unfamiliar, Katie Hopkins is a conservative British media personality, Trump supporter, and—some would say— a professional troll who first rose to fame as the “villain” of her season of the UK Apprentice in 2007. Since then, she has been a staple in British newspapers and tabloids as a lightning rod for controversy due to her unpopular opinions about immigrants, and people of color in general.
In addition to those lovely qualities, Hopkins also gained notoriety in 2015 for a TLC program called My Fat Story, in which she purposely gained and lost around 40 pounds to essentially stick it to overweight people.
Which brings us to today. While many in the UK celebrated the Royal Wedding last weekend, Hopkins, on the other hand, took to Twitter to express her distaste with the whole thing—specifically with the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, who happens to be biracial.
Shortly after the wedding, Hopkins posted the following tweet comparing Markle to her sister-in-law Kate Middleton on her own wedding day.
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/997841195165454337
People were quick to jump on Hopkins over the tweet. And since she already started with the unnecessary low blows, one person observed that there’s only seven years difference in age between Hopkins and Markle.
Reminder that Katie Hopkins is 43, 7 years older than Meghan Markle. Hate ages the body awfully kids pic.twitter.com/kXaTxIMKwo
— Velvet Thunder (@JlBison) May 20, 2018
Now, we all know that shaming a woman, or anyone for that matter, for their appearance is obviously a slippery slope. As the week went on, however, Hopkins continued attacking Markle on social media, while others piled on to mock her over her age.
And at that point folks, it just boils down to reaping what you sow. Some pointed out the difference between Hopkins and celebrities who happen to be just a few years older than her.
Gabrielle Union is 2 years older than Katie Hopkins… pic.twitter.com/fC5Zc5Jpfr
— fake georgia (@lemonadenormani) May 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/faenshady/status/998616786718179329
https://twitter.com/bwaymegan/status/999353378550505472
Angela Bassett is 16 years older than Katie Hopkins. pic.twitter.com/80AgHi6sUC
— Friendly Neighborhood Thot Pocket (@thotpocket8) May 23, 2018
Some people compared Hopkins to women who are much older, ostensibly to demonstrate that she doesn’t look much younger.
Betty White is 53 years older than Katie Hopkins… pic.twitter.com/nMgQwaJHsA
— 𝚖𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚙 🇱🇧 (@markthegemini) May 20, 2018
Queen Elizabeth II is 49 years older than Katie Hopkins pic.twitter.com/TF6W3SCvs0
— laurella✨ (@lauranne_t) May 20, 2018
And eventually, the whole thing evolved into a full-blown meme.
https://twitter.com/MysticMartiaI/status/999309423582633984
https://twitter.com/weaintboyz/status/998582076948602881
https://twitter.com/capstrio/status/998293438155149318
King Tutankhamen is only 634 years older than Katie Hopkins pic.twitter.com/oOIn3UOPa9
— G-$tackz (@Gershforthewin) May 20, 2018
Pharell Williams is only 1,890,065,999,000 years older than Katie Hopkins pic.twitter.com/kjc9ON0EWS
— #diaryofnasawali (@nvsvwvli) May 21, 2018
the twelfth doctor is 4.5 billion years older than katie hopkins pic.twitter.com/sOLedyvGF0
— bea (@dutiesofcare) May 23, 2018
Once again, the justice of the internet was swift and merciless. What can we say, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person.
