Asked whether she had experienced ageism throughout her career, Vorderman responded: “Most of my life, let’s be fair. Twenty years ago, I wore a blue dress to the BAFTAs which was above the knee, I was 39.

“That became a massive story, programmes were made about it,” she continued. “Not about the dress - it was about whether a woman aged 39 should wear a dress above the knee. I was called mutton dressed as lamb - would you call a 39-year-old that today because she wears a dress above the knee? Of course you wouldn’t, that’s nonsense.”

She then went on to tackle the issue of ageist remarks generally, saying they “belong to the last Century,” and that they won’t change the way she thinks about herself and the way she dresses.

“I get it all the time and has my attitude changed whatsoever? No! And is it going to change? No!” she explained. “What is ‘age appropriate’? Surely it’s about the spirit of somebody.”

Carol Vorderman’s response to this ageist comment was truly iconic