Carol Vorderman says she is more than happy being single forever because the thought of sharing her life with someone else makes her feel "positively sick".

The TV star turned 60 on Christmas Eve and she spent the festive period with her family.

But don't go thinking her life isn't complete just because there's no man by her side.

The former Countdown favourite says being single suits her down to the ground and she isn't planning to change that in the years ahead.

Carol told The Telegraph she is not clinging to the hope of finding love again and refuses to go looking.

She said: "The thought of sharing my life with someone again makes me feel positively sick.

Carol - at Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2020 - loves her life as it is (
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"I have a ridiculously happy and absurd life. I’m a very successful businesswoman, I’m a hugely successful author who has sold more children’s education books over 25 years than anyone in UK history – but I suppose that isn’t celebrity-worthy.

“I can do a million things on social media about being a pilot, but as soon as I put up a photo [of me] with a tight outfit on, that’s the one that gets the publicity. Therefore the public only see one side of me."

Her first husband was Christopher Mather, a Royal Navy officer, but their marriage lasted only 12 months

Carol then went on to wed Patrick King, dad to her two kids - but that also ended in divorce.

Nobody could argue that she doesn't look sensational at 60 (
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Chris Mather and Carol's marriage lasted less than a year (
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She has a scientific rather than sentimental outlook when it comes to finding love.

The TV favourite has based her theory on evidence gained from real-life experience - and isn't chasing love any more.

She told The Mirror back in 2018 that being single suits her just fine.

"Half of all marriages disintegrate," she concluded. "Of those that last longer than 10 years, of what percentage of those are happy? In all my years I've rarely met any.

Carol went on to wed Patrick King, father of her two children (
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"If couples have found that, they should be celebrated – that’s fantastic. But if they haven’t, that’s equally OK. We shouldn’t beat ourselves up.

"I've seen men and women suffer unnecessarily in a bad ­relationship. They stay together but they’re unhappy.

"That might make me sound hard. But I’m just very realistic.

"It means I make the best of my life because I’m not clinging on to any dream whatsoever."

She can't wait for her new documentary, Closer to Home, to air she takes a road trip of rediscovery across North Wales.