Carol Vordeman: 'I’m probably going to have a facelift in the next couple of years'
Carol Vorderman wants to go under the knife to maintain her glowing looks.
Carol Vorderman plans to have a facelift "in the next couple of years".
The former Countdown assistant wants to go under the knife to maintain her youthful looks.
Carol, 65, told the May issue of Woman and Home magazine: "‘I don’t look as good as I did in my 40s, but I don’t think I look bad for my age.
"I have Botox and all of those things, and I’m probably going to have a facelift in the next couple of years. I have no issue with any treatments."
The Celebrity Puzzling team captain does not care about being criticised for getting work done.
Carol said: "It’s my money, I’ve earned it, so I’ll spend it on what I like."
The I'm A Celebrity...South Africa alum said a facelift will make her feel even happier about her appearance.
Carol continued: "I am accepting of myself, but I also want to look good, and those two things can go together.
"I don’t think you should feel embarrassed to admit that, and if it’s right for you, then great - if it’s not, then that’s also fine.
"Being accepting is kind."
In September 2024, Carol was hospitalised following burnout and a battle with crippling chronic rheumatoid arthritis - which left her collapsed on the floor in tears and unable to walk for months.
And the star thinks "becoming ill was a blessing".
She explained: "It reset things in my life. I hit burnout and ended up in hospital in September 2024.
"I had chest pains, and thankfully my heart was fine, but doctors said I had nothing left in the tank, so I had to give up my LBC show. I was sad but thought, 'Next time it could be my heart.' I call that my wake-up call before my next wake-up call.
"I had some travel vaccines in December 2024, and they triggered chronic rheumatoid arthritis.
"I couldn’t walk for seven months, and I would cry in pain. Eventually, doctors found the right medication, but I couldn’t work at all during that time, and it made me realise I was addicted to work.
"I had to say no to things for the first time, so it acted as an intervention. I’m no longer working seven days a week, I’ve got a social life again, and I’m trying new things. I’m writing my first novel and developing a one-woman show, and I’m excited."
Carol urges people to take on new opportunities.
She said: "If you’re anxious about taking opportunities, they will pass you by.
"You’ve got to live for now and go for what’s in front of you. I have never taken anything for granted. Every day I say to myself, ‘B***** hell, I’m lucky.'
"I would never have thought as a teenager living in North Wales that I would have the life I’ve had. It hasn’t all been roses by any stretch of the imagination, but life isn’t.
"Things happen, and you have to learn to make the most of it."
