Carole Malone
Carole Malone | |
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Born | 14 October 1954 Tyne & Wear , England | (age 69)
Occupation(s) | TV Presenter, journalist, broadcaster |
Spouse | Emir Mulabegovic |
Carole Anne Malone (born 14 October 1954) is an English TV presenter, journalist and broadcaster.
Career
Malone was born on 14 October 1954 in the mining village of West Allotment, near Newcastle upon Tyne.[1][2][3] She started her career as a journalist before moving into television. She hosted her own light-hearted court show, Guilty!, on Sky One from 1997 to 1999.
In 2002 and 2005, Malone was a guest panellist on Loose Women, later returned as a guest anchor covering Jackie Brambles' maternity in 2007.
Between 2006 and 2010, Malone was a regular panellist on
In 2006, she appeared on the
, and lost three stone.In 2007, Malone was the seventh celebrity housemate to enter
From September 2007 to April 2011, she appeared as a regular discussion contributor on
From 2017 to 2021, Malone appeared weekly as a presenter on Sky News' The Pledge. Since 2021, she has appeared regularly on GB News and every Wednesday, on Jeremy Vine.
Controversy
In 2009, a complaint was made to the Press Complaints Commission about a Malone column in the News of the World, which claimed that illegal immigrants receive "free cars", leading to the newspaper being forced to issue a clarification that "illegal immigrants do not receive such a benefit and apologise for the error".[4]
Celia Larkin, writing on 12 February 2012 in the Irish Sunday Independent, said of Heather Mills "Is it any wonder she was reduced to tears in the October 2007 GMTV interview? Did we feel sympathy for her then? No. 'Heather Mills has Melt Down' screamed the headlines, so now she had lost her marbles to boot. And if that wasn't enough, Carole Malone of the Sunday Mirror, one of the papers that were relentless in their attacks on Mills, accused her of staging an act on live TV in order to further her cause in the upcoming divorce hearing. How cruel can you get?"[5]
On 14 May 2012, while on ITV's
Personal life
Malone is married to Emir Mulabegovic, a Bosnian refugee.[2] They live in London.[2]
References
- ^ "Carole Malone". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Celeb BB: Carole Malone factfile". Manchester Evening News. 15 February 2007.
- ^ Malone, Carole (2021-05-14). "Posh was a dirty word where I grew up, says CAROLE MALONE". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Press Complaints Commission". Press Complaints Commission. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "We made her into a monster, but this is the real Heather". Irish Sunday Independent. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Derby fire deaths: Neighbours to form human chain". BBC News. 18 May 2012.
- ^ Jones, Owen (18 May 2012). "Owen Jones: Hatred of those on benefits is dangerously out of control". The Independent. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
External links
- Carole Malone at IMDb
- Images of Carole