Carol Vorderman's sauciest confessions from 'special friends to romps in space'

25 November 2023 , 08:30

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Carol Vorderman chooses to spend her time with multiple 'special friends' rather than dating one serious partner (Image: Daily Mirror)

Carol Vorderman once confessed she would love to do 'naughty things in space'.

The former Countdown presenter, who is happily single and living her best life in her sixties, doesn't shy away from chatting about her romances and sexual desires. The 62-year-old television personality has openly spoken out about her choice to date five 'special friends' rather than settling down with one serious partner.

Carol, who recently announced she would be leaving her BBC radio show over new guidelines, has also revealed she'd like to make history in space and be the 'first person to have sex' elsewhere in the galaxy. Though, if the TV star were to jet off on a rocket, it wouldn't technically be her first time...

Carol's ex was a commander at the International Space Station and took this bikini picture of her into space (Instagram)

Back in 2018, Carol candidly confessed on Loose Women: "I would like to go to space and do naughty things in space." Panellist Nadia Sawalha interjected her and summarised: "Basically, she wants to be the first person to have sex in space!", to which Carol fired back: "Not by myself", admitting she'd like someone to accompany her. "I do like astronauts. One of my exes was commander at the International Space Station," the Celebrity Gogglebox star continued.

Then earlier this year, Carol shared that her DNA had already left Earth, when her ex took a snap of her in a bikini on his mission to space. She shared on Instagram: "In 2010, a friend of mine from NASA was so kind on his trip to the International Space Station and took up a few trinkets for my family, including this photo of me. He took a photo of the photo in the ISS with Earth behind and I treasure it. It means 'I've sunbathed in space'. Ha."

Carol Vorderman takes rarely seen daughter Katie to meet Lewis Capaldi backstage

The media personality has been married twice and previously described one relationship as 'happy' and the other as 'unhappy'. She first wed Royal Navy officer Christopher Mather in 1985, then went on to tie the knot with management consultant Patrick King in 1990, with the couple welcoming two kids together, Kate and Cameron, before their split.

In 2000, the couple divorced and Carol admitted it was a regret of hers. She previously told Woman Magazine: "I never said why my marriage broke down and we'd agreed never to talk about it publicly. The divorce is a regret of mine and my mum thinks that we should have stayed together. He's now remarried so there's no chance of us getting back together."

Now, Carol has a casual arrangement with her 'special friends' and recently revealed one of the many rules she has to make it work. Quizzed about the setup in an interview with The Times, she said: "They never come to my house. I'm not dumb!", explaining: "A lot of men ask me if they can be my special friend and I have to say, it doesn't work like that."

Earlier in the year, Carol proudly admitted she was dating several men on Michelle Visage's Rule Breakers podcast. She said: "I'm having the best time. I have a system which I've had for 10 years. They're called 'special friends'." The TV star went on to explain that she's been in "long-term relationships if you like" with them - one as long as 11 years and another seven years.

"It's a happy place. I hasten to add I'm not into one night stands," Carol said. "The language around a woman of my generation is that if you had more than one partner when you got married you were this you were that. Everything was derogatory about a woman, that was the environment I was growing up in. It was like 'she's desperate', everything was judgmental."

In an interview with This Morning, the mum-of-two explained that all her 'friends' are adults and single, explaining how that's another one of the key rules. "Everyone's single - that's a critical part of it," she explained. When asked whether the men knew of each other, Carol laughed and said "they do now", but added: "They have their lives as well. I never ask about that. It's a freedom."

She explained that she doesn't know if her dates have other 'special friends' but she doesn't "need to know really". Carol added: "I don't want to settle with anybody. [I've] got fantastic friends, I love my job, I have people who love me - the male-female relationships are sort of the icing on the cake, rather than the fundamental basis of it."

Nia Dalton