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Carol Vorderman has culled her lovers from five down to three.

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NovemberMorn · 07/03/2026 18:11

Carol Vorderman has had to slash the number of lovers she has down from five to three, admitting: “Times are hard.”
She now only has a trio of three long-term “special” male friends on the go after previously enjoying the attention of five.
The maths whiz has always been open about loving her friends with benefits.

So...
Is it reasonable for a woman of a certain age to have multiple lovers....not to mention the energy.

Is it unreasonable, immoral, and just plain tacky?

Carol Vorderman makes 'burnout' admission as she's left crying on the floor

Former Countdown presenter Carol Vorderman has opened up about her health battles, including a chronic condition that left her in tears and unable to move

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/carol-vorderman-makes-burnout-admission-36116752

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JellyCatsOnToast · 11/03/2026 18:31

Carol made her sex life the business of people like OP. She don’t have to share this info with us.

I’m young enough to be CV’s granddaughter and it’s just cringeworthy and attention-seeking, like what I did at 15 (that still gives me pangs of mortification).

To see a 65 year old woman thinking this is a flex is embarrassing.

She must have discovered sex at least 50 years ago, she can’t seriously think this is impressing anyone? If she genuinely enjoys having multiple lovers, then enjoy it in private.

Dameputtingonabraveface · 11/03/2026 19:08

Whilst I have absolutely no issue with older women having a sex life (I am an older woman, unfortunately without one) and agree the world should not be revolted or shocked by the concept of women enjoying sex and being attractive until their dying day, I find Carol Voderman pretty laughable. I know it has become 'her thing' to promote older women as sexual beings, but I really do not care about her sexlife, several friends with benefits or obvious and attention seeking. It just all seems very forced, and separate from the reality of women who are quietly finding new relationships in their 50s etc and having a lovely time. No need for an inflated bottom and boobs shoved into lycra or leather and screaming about your sex life like a teenager.

NovemberMorn · 11/03/2026 19:16

Dameputtingonabraveface · 11/03/2026 19:08

Whilst I have absolutely no issue with older women having a sex life (I am an older woman, unfortunately without one) and agree the world should not be revolted or shocked by the concept of women enjoying sex and being attractive until their dying day, I find Carol Voderman pretty laughable. I know it has become 'her thing' to promote older women as sexual beings, but I really do not care about her sexlife, several friends with benefits or obvious and attention seeking. It just all seems very forced, and separate from the reality of women who are quietly finding new relationships in their 50s etc and having a lovely time. No need for an inflated bottom and boobs shoved into lycra or leather and screaming about your sex life like a teenager.

Agreed, which is why I mentioned age in the OP....she should know better.
I find it hard to understand why so many women on here get very triggered when age is mentioned. Getting old should be seen as a blessing, it's far better than the alternative.

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JillyComeLately · 12/03/2026 00:06

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Keyboard warrior alert.👀

Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 11:12

EvieBB · 11/03/2026 18:14

Why is she nasty/vile for saying that? I'm curious...
I was brought up Catholic and taught that it's nasty/vile to sleep around....so it depends on perspective and what is drummed in to you.
I now (thankfully) am more liberal as an adult and think it's up to Carol how many people she sleeps with but I still thinks it's icky/cheap to brag about it.
I don't think that viewpoint makes me nasty/vile.
Please could you share you thought process...

Not because she’s against the bragging part. It was the saying she thinks it’s cheap and slutty to shag around. Basically women aren’t allowed to enjoy themselves without being judged negatively by some. Women putting other women down yet again, it all comes to down to deep seated resentment, jealousy and competition.

Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 11:12

JillyComeLately · 12/03/2026 00:06

Keyboard warrior alert.👀

Nope I’ll say this to her face too 😂 or anyones.

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 11:32

Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 11:12

Nope I’ll say this to her face too 😂 or anyones.

Good, because if you read back I made it plain that I regard men AND women as cheap and slutty when they sleep around.
Thats' my opinion, barging in a thread just to call someone nasty names says a lot more about you than me.

Normally I ignore people who do that, but as it's been brought up again I am happy to set you straight.

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Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 12:02

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 11:32

Good, because if you read back I made it plain that I regard men AND women as cheap and slutty when they sleep around.
Thats' my opinion, barging in a thread just to call someone nasty names says a lot more about you than me.

Normally I ignore people who do that, but as it's been brought up again I am happy to set you straight.

People who judge someone who is doing no harm to others and is enjoying themselves, deserve to be called out. Stay miserable 😘

pointythings · 14/03/2026 13:42

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 11:32

Good, because if you read back I made it plain that I regard men AND women as cheap and slutty when they sleep around.
Thats' my opinion, barging in a thread just to call someone nasty names says a lot more about you than me.

Normally I ignore people who do that, but as it's been brought up again I am happy to set you straight.

But a person's opinions speak to the kind of person they are.

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 14:25

pointythings · 14/03/2026 13:42

But a person's opinions speak to the kind of person they are.

And a person who hides behind a keyboard, has nothing worthwhile to add, calls others nasty, childish names then scurries off like a little coward ... shows exactly what sort of person they are too.

It's obvious (by this thread) that some women think it's fine she sleeps around, others don't. Some think her bahaviour is fine, but to publicly talk about it is tacky. I happen to think that behaviour, whether it be a man or woman, is cheap, and to brag about it, cheap and slutty.
The fact that she is an older women....makes it morso, she should have learned to have a bit of decorum and class at the age of 65.

She is giving interviews to be noticed, so no one should complain because people here have noticed and commented.

That's my opinion, and it's also my opinion that the Carol supporters would think entirely different if an elderly man in the public eye gave several interviews bragging about all the different women he was having sex with.

Some will deny it, probably the same women who would banish a man from the home if he so much as farted.😕

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Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 14:27

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 14:25

And a person who hides behind a keyboard, has nothing worthwhile to add, calls others nasty, childish names then scurries off like a little coward ... shows exactly what sort of person they are too.

It's obvious (by this thread) that some women think it's fine she sleeps around, others don't. Some think her bahaviour is fine, but to publicly talk about it is tacky. I happen to think that behaviour, whether it be a man or woman, is cheap, and to brag about it, cheap and slutty.
The fact that she is an older women....makes it morso, she should have learned to have a bit of decorum and class at the age of 65.

She is giving interviews to be noticed, so no one should complain because people here have noticed and commented.

That's my opinion, and it's also my opinion that the Carol supporters would think entirely different if an elderly man in the public eye gave several interviews bragging about all the different women he was having sex with.

Some will deny it, probably the same women who would banish a man from the home if he so much as farted.😕

I’ve not scurried off, I’ve replied and I’m right here still 😂
Keep clutching those massive pearls.

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 14:37

Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 14:27

I’ve not scurried off, I’ve replied and I’m right here still 😂
Keep clutching those massive pearls.

Right here, yet not given an opinion on anything. I will leave you to hover over your keyboard, desperate (yet failing) to insult.😀

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Jc2001 · 14/03/2026 14:44

Miranda65 · 07/03/2026 18:12

Having them is fine.
Talking about them in public is oh so very tacky!

I suppose she needs some way of keeping up her public profile.

Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 14:54

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Zov · 14/03/2026 18:02

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 14:25

And a person who hides behind a keyboard, has nothing worthwhile to add, calls others nasty, childish names then scurries off like a little coward ... shows exactly what sort of person they are too.

It's obvious (by this thread) that some women think it's fine she sleeps around, others don't. Some think her bahaviour is fine, but to publicly talk about it is tacky. I happen to think that behaviour, whether it be a man or woman, is cheap, and to brag about it, cheap and slutty.
The fact that she is an older women....makes it morso, she should have learned to have a bit of decorum and class at the age of 65.

She is giving interviews to be noticed, so no one should complain because people here have noticed and commented.

That's my opinion, and it's also my opinion that the Carol supporters would think entirely different if an elderly man in the public eye gave several interviews bragging about all the different women he was having sex with.

Some will deny it, probably the same women who would banish a man from the home if he so much as farted.😕

I completely agee @NovemberMorn Shagging multiple people at the same time is nothing to be proud of, and it doesn't make you better than people who ... GASP ... choose to just have sex with one person!

And why talk about it in public? Confused I don't dislike Carol, but I dislike this side of her ...

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 18:33

Zov · 14/03/2026 18:02

I completely agee @NovemberMorn Shagging multiple people at the same time is nothing to be proud of, and it doesn't make you better than people who ... GASP ... choose to just have sex with one person!

And why talk about it in public? Confused I don't dislike Carol, but I dislike this side of her ...

I don't dislike her either, I always thought she seemed like the sort of woman who would be great fun on a night out, plus she obviously doesn't give a damn about what people think of her...(and that's obvious in the way she has often talked about sleeping around)
Though, she does state that she doesn't do 'one night stands'...so that's something at least. 😄

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HRTQueen · 14/03/2026 23:33

she absolutely does give a damn

about being talked about still ….

JillyComeLately · 14/03/2026 23:41

Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 11:12

Nope I’ll say this to her face too 😂 or anyones.

You are just plain insulting, with nothing of interest to contribute.

Disturbia81 · 15/03/2026 00:23

JillyComeLately · 14/03/2026 23:41

You are just plain insulting, with nothing of interest to contribute.

Standing up for women to do what they want without judgement is definitely an interesting contribution.

JillyComeLately · 15/03/2026 01:14

Disturbia81 · 15/03/2026 00:23

Standing up for women to do what they want without judgement is definitely an interesting contribution.

Your last contribution was deleted, that says it all.

HoppityBun · 15/03/2026 02:21

She can do what she wants, but culling is perhaps a little harsh.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 15/03/2026 03:07
Arrested Development GIF

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NovemberMorn · 15/03/2026 12:29

HoppityBun · 15/03/2026 02:21

She can do what she wants, but culling is perhaps a little harsh.

One definition of Culling..."To select desirable parts from a group or list"

That sounds exactly like what she has done.

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EvieBB · 16/03/2026 05:33

Disturbia81 · 14/03/2026 11:12

Not because she’s against the bragging part. It was the saying she thinks it’s cheap and slutty to shag around. Basically women aren’t allowed to enjoy themselves without being judged negatively by some. Women putting other women down yet again, it all comes to down to deep seated resentment, jealousy and competition.

Hmmmm......I'm not sure it's to do with jealousy. Let's face it, most men are more sexually driven that most women (generally speaking) so it wouldn't be hard for any of us to have the opportunity to shag around.....and like one poster said, they regard both men AND women as cheap and slutty when they sleep around.

For me personally, I just don't (and have never felt the need) to shag around as I wouldn't have stayed in a relationship if it wasn't fulfilling in that way. I was with the same person from the age of 18 to 31 (and up to the age of 31 had never slept with any one else). However I don't feel I missed out sexuallly AT ALL as we had fantastic sexual chemistry. It didn't occur to me to shag around as I just didn't feel the need to look elsewhere. Plus I was SA'd when I was young, so I absolutely needed/need to be with someone who I felt/feels loves, cherishes and respects me. I couldn't be so blase about 'giving myself away' like that. That's not to say that I judge others....it's just not me and doesn't sit right with me at all. I'm a serial monogomist lol
Sadly, that relationship ended up being more and more emotionally abusive, but the sex was always great and the glue that held us together (along with a big dollop of traumatic bonding) - and probably why I stayed far, far longer than I should have......

NovemberMorn · 16/03/2026 12:19

EvieBB · 16/03/2026 05:33

Hmmmm......I'm not sure it's to do with jealousy. Let's face it, most men are more sexually driven that most women (generally speaking) so it wouldn't be hard for any of us to have the opportunity to shag around.....and like one poster said, they regard both men AND women as cheap and slutty when they sleep around.

For me personally, I just don't (and have never felt the need) to shag around as I wouldn't have stayed in a relationship if it wasn't fulfilling in that way. I was with the same person from the age of 18 to 31 (and up to the age of 31 had never slept with any one else). However I don't feel I missed out sexuallly AT ALL as we had fantastic sexual chemistry. It didn't occur to me to shag around as I just didn't feel the need to look elsewhere. Plus I was SA'd when I was young, so I absolutely needed/need to be with someone who I felt/feels loves, cherishes and respects me. I couldn't be so blase about 'giving myself away' like that. That's not to say that I judge others....it's just not me and doesn't sit right with me at all. I'm a serial monogomist lol
Sadly, that relationship ended up being more and more emotionally abusive, but the sex was always great and the glue that held us together (along with a big dollop of traumatic bonding) - and probably why I stayed far, far longer than I should have......

"and like one poster said, they regard both men AND women as cheap and slutty when they sleep around."

I said that.

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